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Tricky Fittings: Top Tips from Adolescents to Post-Menopause

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Tricky Fittings: Top Tips from Adolescents to Post-Menopause

Wed, 22 Oct 2025 Half day course

Event Dates

Wed, 22 Oct 2025

Registration: 3:15 pm - 3:30 pm

Event: 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm

Live Online

Suitable For

  • GPs
  • Nurses

About

Join us for this focused and practical 2-hour update on managing those trickier intrauterine contraceptive (IUC) fits – from teens to postmenopausal women. We’ll share clinical pearls, evidence-based guidance, and real-world tips to support your confidence when things don’t go by the book.

Whether you're new to fitting or have years of experience under your belt, this interactive session will provide useful takeaways to improve outcomes and enhance patient comfort across all age groups.

Learning Outcomes:

By the end of the session, you will be able to:

  • Identify challenges and red flags when fitting across the reproductive lifespan
  • Troubleshoot failed or complex fits using practical, evidence-based techniques
  • Adapt your consultation and approach for adolescent, perimenopausal and postmenopausal patients
  • Know when to refer, and how to keep patients supported throughout their IUC journey

Session Outline:

Adolescents & Young Adults: Understanding consent, safeguarding, and managing first-time fits
Perimenopause & Over 40s: Working with hormonal fluctuations, fibroids, and changing anatomy
Post-Menopause: When, how and why to fit – safely managing atrophic tissues
Troubleshooting & Top Tips: Failed insertions, pain management, pre-med, and positioning tricks

About the Trainer

Hanna Smith

Hanna Smith

Hanna is an experienced Nurse Practitioner in Primary Care who has a very special interest in Contraception and Reproductive Sexual Health She is also an IUD/IUS and implant fitter and Faculty Registered Trainer

Event Contact

Essex EQUIP Ltd EQUIP Vicky Turner 01376318743 [email protected]

Event Partners

Hertfordshire County Council

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