Did you know that NEDC offers FREE eLearning for professionals working in fertility care, Eating Disorder Core Skills: eLearning for Fertility Care Professionals and an accompanying resource designed specifically for people seeking fertility care Mind, Body & Fertility: The Connection Between Fertility Care, Disordered Eating and Eating Disorders.
Why did NEDC create these resources?
Research suggests that the prevalence of current and past eating disorder diagnoses is higher among people seeking fertility treatment compared to the general population. Furthermore, females experiencing an eating disorder are twice as likely than the general population to have received fertility treatment or assisted reproductive techniques.
Health professionals working in the fertility care space play a key role in helping to prevent the experience of disordered eating and eating disorders as well as being able to identify and support a person who is experiencing an eating disorder. This includes professionals working in fertility clinics as well as those working in other health and mental health service settings that may be supporting people going through fertility treatment alongside other conditions.
About the training
Eating Disorder Core Skills: eLearning for Fertility Care Professionals is evidence-based foundational eating disorder training developed specifically for fertility care professionals including:
- Obstetricians
- Gynaecologists
- Mental health professionals
- Dietitians
- Nutritionists
- Nurses
- Naturopaths; and
- Herbalists
The training will equip professionals working in fertility care with the knowledge and skill to identify and respond when a person is experiencing an eating disorder, understand shared care in the stepped system of care, and prevent and minimise harm for eating disorders in the context of fertility care.
Eating Disorder Core Skills: eLearning for Fertility Care Professionals is a 90-minute, self-paced and interactive online training and includes practical real-life scenarios and activities, videos from leaders in the field and people with a lived experience of an eating disorder, and up-to-date resources.
This eLearning expands NEDC’s suite of online training which includes GP Core Skills and Mental Health Professional Core Skills.
Ready to strengthen your practice?
Eating Disorder Core Skills: eLearning for Fertility Care Professionals is available free of charge to all NEDC members. You can access this training by logging into your personal dashboard on the NEDC website.
About the accompanying resource
NEDC has developed a resource specifically for people seeking fertility care. The booklet, Mind, Body & Fertility: The Connection Between Fertility Care, Disordered Eating and Eating Disorders, equips people who may be experiencing or at risk of disordered eating or an eating disorder with information about the unique aspects of the relationship between fertility care and eating disorder risk, and includes practical preventative tips and other helpful suggestions.
