Selkirk College OPT Clinic Opened September 22!

Feb 15, 2012 by Sentinel

By, Tasha Repin (4th Year Nursing student), Jessica Vandecar(4th Year Nursing Student) & Judith Fearing (Opt RN + Clinic coordinator)

On September 22, a new Options for Sexual Health (Opt) clinic opened on the Castlegar campus of Selkirk College. A satellite of the Castlegar Opt clinic, this is only the second Opt site on a B.C. campus. It will run weekly on Thursday from 11–1 p.m. in the Monashee wing of the college.
The Selkirk College clinic will provide comprehensive sexual health information, education, reproductive health and sexually transmitted infection screening and low cost birth control to clients of all ages and sexual orientation. A key aspect of Opt clinics is the confidential, supportive and non-judgmental atmosphere in which these services are provided.
The added value of this clinic is that it will offer a service to students and staff on site at Castlegar campus, as well as provide a nursing practice placement for six BSN students. A team of third and fourth year BSN nursing students who have completed Opt’s volunteer training will run the clinic under the supervision of an Opt trained RN.
This clinic has been established with the combined support of Options for Sexual health, Selkirk College and the Columbia Basin Trust.
More information about OPT can be found at www.optionsforsexualhealth.org.
To make enquiries about the Selkirk OPT clinic email selkirk.opt@gmail.com .

For more information please contact Judith Fearing
jfearing@selkirk.ca
250-365-7292 ext 439