Sexual Function and Prostate Cancer – An interactive workshop on sex and pleasure (Nursing & Allied Health)
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Nursing & Allied Health
Thursday, August 21, 2025 |
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM |
Level 4 - Room 3 |
Details
This sexual health workshop will deliver a hands-on experience of treatment options for sexual side effects of prostate cancer. Expect fruitful and lively discussion on penile rehabilitation, approaching sex with altered function, pleasure focused play, communication strategies and consideration of sexual inclusivity. You will have the opportunity to explore tablet regimes, penile injections, pumps, implants, toys, lubricants and more! Whether you are new to the field, or an advanced practitioner, this workshop will equip you with the necessary tools and skills to support men on their journey to sexual recovery.
Facilitators | Ms Evie Mertens, Urology Nurse Practitioner, Urology Nurse Practitioner, Bendigo Health, VIC Ms Francesca Rogers, Urology Nurse Practitioner, Urology Nurse Practioner, Men's Health Collective, WA |
Who should attend | Whether you are new to the field, or an advanced practitioner, this workshop will equip you with the necessary tools and skills to support men on their journey to sexual recovery. |
Experience | All practitioners regardless of experience |
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Speaker
Ms Francesca Rogers
MHC & Thyer Urology
Welcome & An overview of sexual dysfunction in prostate cancer
1:30 PM - 2:00 PMBiography
Francesca is an endorsed Nurse Practitioner (NP) practising in Western Australia. Francesca has extensive experience in Urology, Gynaecology, General Surgery and Colorectal nursing and has been a Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia (PCFA) affiliated Prostate Cancer Specialist Nurse for several years. Francesca has post graduate qualifications in prostate care, sexual health, is a Clinical Continence Advisor and completed a Urology and Men’s Health Fellowship at the Australian Prostate Centre in Melbourne. Francesca completed her Master of Nursing (Nurse Practitioner) and currently cares for general urology patients with a focus in men’s health.
Ms Tori Bellentina
Passionfruit
Rotational Table One: Intimacy, pleasure focused play and inclusivity
2:00 PM - 2:45 PMBiography
Tori Bellentina is a functional sexologist and educator with over nine years' experience in sexual health and rehabilitation. A graduate of Curtin University, she specialises in post-prostatectomy recovery, erectile dysfunction, and the sexual impacts of medical treatments. Tori consults from Passionfruit’s private rooms and has presented for A Touchy Subject, OCA, USANZ, AASTN, and hospitals including Peter Mac and Austin Health. Her work bridges medical and pleasure-based approaches, helping patients and clinicians navigate sexual recovery with practical, inclusive strategies.
Ms Francesca Rogers
MHC & Thyer Urology
Rotational Table Two: The Mechanics - PDE5i, pumps and injections
2:45 PM - 3:30 PMBiography
Francesca is an endorsed Nurse Practitioner (NP) practising in Western Australia. Francesca has extensive experience in Urology, Gynaecology, General Surgery and Colorectal nursing and has been a Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia (PCFA) affiliated Prostate Cancer Specialist Nurse for several years. Francesca has post graduate qualifications in prostate care, sexual health, is a Clinical Continence Advisor and completed a Urology and Men’s Health Fellowship at the Australian Prostate Centre in Melbourne. Francesca completed her Master of Nursing (Nurse Practitioner) and currently cares for general urology patients with a focus in men’s health.
Ms Evie Mertens
Urology Nurse Practitioner
Australian Prostate Centre/Bendigo Health / Western Urology
Rotational Table Three: Navigating difficult conversations and conducting a sexual health consult
3:45 PM - 4:30 PMBiography
Evie is a Urology NP in Victoria, working in regional public, and metropolitan private practice. She has been specialising in Urology since 2012 and completed post graduate studies in urology and continence nursing, intimacy and prostate cancer for couples, and a Masters of Nurse Practitioner. She facilitates several nurse led clinics and her main area of clinical interest is prostate cancer; focusing on urology oncology surveillance and sexual dysfunction to try and optimise patient outcomes. She is a co convenor for the Asia Pacific Prostate Cancer conference, a prior committee member of ANZUNS Victoria, working on research in sexual dysfunction and prostate cancer and is currently expanding her scope of practice learning how to perform transperineal prostate biopsies in Regional Victoria.
Ms Francesca Rogers
MHC & Thyer Urology
Bringing it all together! Case study discussions
4:30 PM - 5:30 PMBiography
Francesca is an endorsed Nurse Practitioner (NP) practising in Western Australia. Francesca has extensive experience in Urology, Gynaecology, General Surgery and Colorectal nursing and has been a Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia (PCFA) affiliated Prostate Cancer Specialist Nurse for several years. Francesca has post graduate qualifications in prostate care, sexual health, is a Clinical Continence Advisor and completed a Urology and Men’s Health Fellowship at the Australian Prostate Centre in Melbourne. Francesca completed her Master of Nursing (Nurse Practitioner) and currently cares for general urology patients with a focus in men’s health.
Session Chair
Evie Mertens
Urology Nurse Practitioner
Australian Prostate Centre/Bendigo Health / Western Urology
Francesca Rogers
MHC & Thyer Urology
