Five healthcare professionals at Primary Care Connect have been awarded scholarships to boost their expertise in women’s health services through the second round of the Women’s Health Scholarship program.
The scholarships will help clinicians develop specialised skills across areas including IUD insertion, sexual and reproductive health, pelvic physio training, menopause and polycystic ovary syndrome.
The initiative also emphasises culturally safe care for First Nations women, women from migrant and refugee backgrounds and LGBTIQA+ communities.
“Women’s health concerns have gone under-diagnosed, under-researched and underfunded for far too long — that is why we are completely transforming how women’s health care is delivered in Victoria,” Health Minister Mary-Anne Thomas said.
More than 420 scholarships have been awarded through the program so far, supporting staff across Victoria’s Women’s Health Clinics and Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health Hubs.
The initiative forms part of a $153 million health package that includes 20 new women’s health clinics, mobile and virtual services, a dedicated Aboriginal women’s health clinic and an expansion of the sexual and reproductive health hub network.
Healthcare professionals can find scholarship application details at health.vic.gov.au/womens-health-and-wellbeing-program/about-the-program
