On Friday 18 May 2018 the Cairns Sexual Health Service hosted their seventh Sex Essentials education day for nurses, GPs, youth workers, allied health, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workers, educators and community workers. These annual education days are famous in FNQ and beyond for being energetic and fun. Each Sex Essentials day has a different theme, the 2018 theme was “The Fairy Tale”.
Regular visitors to meta4RN.com know that I’m a fan of taking health education beyond the classroom/conference walls by using social media. While readily acknowledging that there’s no way to capture the whole day on a web page, hopefully this collation of Tweets gives a taste of the creative, inspiring, fun and educational event that was Sex Essentials – The Fairy Tale:
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Sex Essentials – The Fairy Tale
Cairns Sexual Health demonstrating that health professional education/continuing professional development and fun are not mutually exclusive activities #SexEssentials #CPD
[insert respectful nod and friendly wave to #SMACC + #FOAMed peeps here] pic.twitter.com/s6R3vQr4N3
— Paul McNamara (@meta4RN) May 10, 2018
More info re #SMACC (Social Media and Critical Care) here.
More info re #FOAMed (Free Open Access Meducation) here.
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Sex Essentials – The Fairy Tale is about to get underway #SexEssentials pic.twitter.com/k4AleVbqLX
— Paul McNamara (@meta4RN) May 17, 2018
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Hi Ho
Hi Ho
It’s off to work we go
“A day of fun and facts…” #SexEssentials pic.twitter.com/Z51Tjwt7Z8— Paul McNamara (@meta4RN) May 17, 2018
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Darren Russell (aka Friar Tuck), Clinical Director of Cairns Sexual Health Service, is giving an overview of the #SexEssentials hot topics (not quite as sexy as it sounds) pic.twitter.com/emjxUjYs2q
— Paul McNamara (@meta4RN) May 17, 2018
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Multi resistant gonorrhoea has been popping-up lately. Advice = re-test (a test of cure) all patients 2 weeks after standard treatment. #SexEssentials
— Paul McNamara (@meta4RN) May 17, 2018
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Infectious syphilis is on the rise, and has resulted in 6 infant deaths so far. In Australia. In a first-world country. Syphilis and HIV often go together. #SexEssentials pic.twitter.com/oGSg7MU3OO
— Paul McNamara (@meta4RN) May 17, 2018
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“Cairns is leading the country, if not the world, in eradicating Hep C” Darren Russell, Cairns Sexual Health Service #SexEssentials pic.twitter.com/aAZoYRuByw
— Paul McNamara (@meta4RN) May 17, 2018
This is not an exaggeration. For example, watch this short presentation about how FNQ is home to Australia’s first Hep-C free prison here.
Vimeo
AVHEC 2017 – Darren Russell “Keynote 11 – Eliminating Hepatitis C – The Cairns Experience” from ASHM on Vimeo.
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“Just because they don’t look like a bear, does not mean they don’t like playing in the woods.” HIV testing is free, quick and easy. #SexEssentials pic.twitter.com/7yEjLNBfdI
— Paul McNamara (@meta4RN) May 17, 2018
You know what bear means, right? If not, have a quick read here.
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“If I was born CIS-gendered I probably would’ve bought a house instead of a penis.” Max MacKenzie #SexEssentials pic.twitter.com/hdnc5ILFlJ
— Paul McNamara (@meta4RN) May 17, 2018
Sincere thanks to Max for an excellent keynote presentation, and agreeing to this Tweet being in the public domain.
Also, my mistake: that should read cisgender/cisgendered.
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My take home message from Max MacKenzie’s fantastic keynote = the importance of health professionals reflecting on their practice and biases #SexEssentials
— Paul McNamara (@meta4RN) May 17, 2018
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Some of the staff of Cairns Sexual Health Service #SexEssentials pic.twitter.com/anZ7XkbsCn
— Paul McNamara (@meta4RN) May 18, 2018
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Talking about PrEP and HIV #SexEssentials pic.twitter.com/cKbEPJBKwh
— Paul McNamara (@meta4RN) May 18, 2018
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“We can very successfully treat people who want to be engaged.” Dr Kay Haig (aka The Wicked Witch of the Yeast) #SexEssentials
— Paul McNamara (@meta4RN) May 18, 2018
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Lucy, CNC @ Cairns Sexual Health Service speaking re partnering with @MissionAust in providing HIV outreach to homeless people.
Peer Workers and Indigenous Health Workers have found ways around keeping medication safe and available. #SexEssentials— Paul McNamara (@meta4RN) May 18, 2018
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How Much Do You Know?
A podcast series that looks at HIV now
👉 https://t.co/9o8JVyUclj #SexEssentials pic.twitter.com/uyaJQk2VSX— Paul McNamara (@meta4RN) May 18, 2018
URL to the How Much Do You Know? podcasts: eastsidefm.org/howmuchdoyouknow
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The charming story of Goldipox and the Three Bears: “And then they went to the clinic (https://t.co/9FLe3h3Jtp) and shagged happily ever after.” #SexEssentials
— Paul McNamara (@meta4RN) May 18, 2018
URL to Cairns Sexual Health Service: www.health.qld.gov.au/cairns_hinterland/html/shealth
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Since 2011 there’s been an outbreak of syphilis – most of the infections have happened in North Queensland.
Syphilis is easily detected and treated. #SexEssentials pic.twitter.com/9zLOC1F6Ou— Paul McNamara (@meta4RN) May 18, 2018
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Syphilis: “Talk, Test, Treat”
Dr Annie Preston-Thomas, Tropical Public Health Services (Cairns) #SexEssentials pic.twitter.com/nFLf3zneWj— Paul McNamara (@meta4RN) May 18, 2018
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Now showing @ #SexEssentials:
Consent. It’s simple as teahttps://t.co/buOWj2BeDq
— Paul McNamara (@meta4RN) May 18, 2018
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Dr Heather McNamee, Cairns Sexual Health Service, re working with young people:
1. “Forget magazines. Offer free wifi.”
2. “Be nice. Be friendly. You’re pretty scary – you’re a health professional.”#SexEssentials— Paul McNamara (@meta4RN) May 18, 2018
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I thought about this tweet a lot during this afternoon’s panel discussion with three very articulate transgender people #SexEssentials https://t.co/7LGVourlpw
— Paul McNamara (@meta4RN) May 18, 2018
Gender = psychological identity
Sex = biological
Gender expression = appearance
Orientation = who you likeThey might not match
That’s ok. https://t.co/WSDPJ4yztL— Aidan Baron (@aLittleMedic) August 6, 2017
This session was facilitated by psychologist Suzanne Habib, and drew on the lived experience and generous wisdom of three remarkable people who shared their stories and answered our (sometimes a bit dumb) questions.
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News (to me):
If you’re in Cairns, more than 9 weeks pregnant, and do not want the pregnancy to progress, you need to go to Townsville, Brisbane, Sydney or Melbourne. #SexEssentials— Paul McNamara (@meta4RN) May 18, 2018
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Congrats to the staff of Cairns Sexual Health Service for delivering on their promise of fun and facts. A terrific way to undertake professional development! #SexEssentials pic.twitter.com/xwOxHlS1n1
— Paul McNamara (@meta4RN) May 18, 2018
Finishing-Up
For the sake of posterity, here are pics of the program.
Morning
Afternoon
Also for posterity, and by way of thanks to the slightly crazy, but very fun, staff of Cairns Sexual Health Service, here is the way the day started:
More info re Cairns Sexual Health Service here.
Visit the their Facebook page for more photos and info re future Sex Essentials days – health education done right.
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Paul McNamara, 19 May 2018
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