Dr Emily Isham, a Vagenius Training graduate, featured on 7 Tasmania News discussing gaps in pelvic pain care.
Sydney. World Conference on Endometriosis. Vivid Festival. What a vivid memory for Vagenius co founders Colette and Rachel, and lead specialist women's health general practitioner, Dr Emily Ware, who works with girls, women and those assigned female at birth, who experience persistent pelvic pain.
What an amazing organisation Women's Health Tasmania is! It held its inaugral conference on reproductive health last week. What a success!
"There won't be many questions left to ask," says Colette, co Founder of Vagenius Training, "once Dr Vavrek has delivered our comprehensive, modular, structured Vagenius eLearning course for GPs." Dr Vavrek appeared as a 'health expert' this week on the highly popular podcast 'LADIES, WE NEED TO TALK.' Yumi Stynes helps to unravel 'all the things' that can happen to women's bodies during perimenopause.
Quite an event, with super high interest so far. Not long now, so book your spot. 'Unmasking Endometriosis: Complex Cases and Collaborative Care'. Get signed up if you want to see our Vagenius experts in action.
GPs in Tasmania have rushed to apply for the education scholarships offered by Primary Health Tasmania, to learn more about persistent pelvic pain and endometriosis. The course 'Persistent Pelvic Pain - Leadership in Care' was recommended to colleagues by 100% of the first cohort's participants completing in December 2024. The results showed that many GPs commented that they had a 'more structured pathway', felt 'empowered' and 'less overwhelmed' after completing the course. They also get an opportunity to discuss complex cases with peers in a virtual session later in the year.
General Practitioner Registrars Australia (GPRA) news item 'Breaking Barriers in Women's Pelvic Health Education' is out this week. With a focus on Vagenius Training's latest course, Persistent Pelvic Pain - Leadership in Care it highlights how groundbreaking this is for GPs. Published for Endometriosis Month, Colette, Training Lead at Vagenius says, 'we are very excited to partner with the GPRA to support their Registrars who want to learn more about women's pelvic health.'
Maree Davenport has been busy. Dr Connan and Rachel Andrew are busy checking it out. Both of them have contributed to Maree's new book 'The Australian Guide to Living Well with Endometriosis', released in March, is now available as a book or ebook. The book aims to help girls, women and those assigned female at birth to 'recognise, manage and treat this life-altering condition.'
We have partnered up with Primary Health Tasmania to get our GPs access to further training about persistent pelvic pain, and diseases such as endometriosis and adenomyosis. 1 in 7 women have endometriosis which can present differently and with a complex array of symptoms. This structured approach is making an impact.
Hot off the press - we have results from our first cohort of Vagenius participants who have completed the Persistent Pelvic Pain - Leadership in Care course. 'It is super comprehensive' one GP reported, 'and outlines a practical approach to planning a patient goal-centred and team approach to care.' PPP is common with 1 in 4 having persistent pelvic pain, 1 in 7 having endometriosis who wait an average of 6.5 years in Australia, to be diagnosed. Achieving earlier diagnosis can prevent many negative impacts on a woman's life, and GPs are liking the structured and practically applicable learning and resources.
Drawn like a magnet to the name 'Vagenius', they saw our exhibitor's booth and stayed a while....
GPs pack into a morning exercise session with Rachel Andrew, Pelvic Health Physiotherapist, Founder of Pelvic Physio and Co Founder of Vagenius Training, at a weekend of training run by the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners. The theme of menopause drew a big group of interested GPs through the doors of Ratho Farm in Bothwell, lutruwita/Tasmania.
