Upcoming Classes

This course will take place on January 22nd from 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CST

Target Audience: Physicians, PAs, NPs, nurses, and other health professionals who see patients with or at risk for sexually transmitted infections (STIs)

Course Description: The purpose of this community is to delve into the clinical aspects of STI prevention, diagnosis, and management and more fully understand the state-of-the-art techniques in managing our patients. If you are not a clinician, please share this invitation with the clinicians in your organization who focus on STIs. Our current list of topics include: the updated 2021 CDC STI Treatment Guidelines, individual disease entities such as Gonorrhea/Chlamydia and Syphilis, management of sexual assault and Pre- and Post - Exposure Prophylaxis, Expedited Partner Therapy, and Trauma Informed Care. An important part of any clinical learning is review of cases so our discussions will be largely case-based. The intent is to create a collaborative community- in other words, we want YOU to bring your cases and contribute topics. The sessions will be organized and moderated by the St. Louis STI/HIV PTC but the floor will be open for discussion and participation. You will be interacting with other clinical colleagues (physicians, PAs, NPs, nurses, and other health professionals who see patients with or at risk for sexually transmitted infections (STIs)MD, DO, PA, NP, RN) from other health department clinics. We may even have a little friendly competition.

The Clinical eLearning Community will be held virtually on Zoom.

For questions, please contact: Sarah Alsop at alsop@wustl.edu

Designation Statement: The St. Louis STI/HIV Prevention Training Center designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. The St. Louis STI/HIV Prevention Training Center can only provide CME for MDs/DOs, all other participants will receive a Certificate of Participation

Accreditation Statement: The St. Louis STI/HIV Prevention Training Center is accredited by the Nebraska Medical Association to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

“PLEASE NOTE: The in-person didactic Wait List is full and registration is now closed for this option. You can still register for the Virtual didactic as space is available to attend virtually. Please select the virtual option only on your registration form. Selecting the in-person option will result in an email notifying you that only the virtual didactic is available. Thank you for your understanding.”

STI Intensive

Thursday, January 30, 2025

8:30a.m.-12:00p.m. (PST)

Join us at this half-day, hybrid event: 

In-person, UCSF PRIDE Hall on the ZSFG Campus. San Francisco, CA.

Also offered as live-stream via Zoom.

3.5 CME units at no cost

Registration closes on January 29, 2025 at 3:00p.m. (PST).

Course Description:

This event will highlight key updates and important concepts in STI management and STI/HIV prevention. Featured speakers will include faculty from the California Prevention Training Center (CAPTC) at UC San Francisco (UCSF), the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH), and the California Department of Public Health (CDPH). 

Topics: 

• STI trends (national and California)
• Biomedical STI/HIV prevention
• Updates in STI management with a focus on syphilis, mycoplasma genitalium and HPV

Learning Objectives:

• Describe at least one treatment approach to Mgen treatment failure
• Understand the population-based screening recommendations for HPV-related diseases including cervical and anal cancer
• Summarize major epidemiologic trends in bacterial STIs with a focus on California data
• Answer frequently asked questions regarding implementation of biomedical approaches to HIV
• STI prevention (e.g., doxycycline post exposure prophylaxis and injectable HIV PrEP)
• Interpret challenging syphilis serologic results using a case based approach

Presenters 

Ina Park, MD, MS

Principal Investigator, California Prevention Training Center 

Kathleen Jacobson, MD

Chief, STD Control Branch, California Department of Public Health

Kelly Johnson, MD, MPH

Medical Director, California Prevention Training Center 

Public Health Medical Officer, STD Control Branch, California Department of Public Health

Oliver Bacon, MD, MPH

Medical Director, San Francisco City Clinic

San Francisco Department of Public Health

Rosalyn Plotzker, MD, MPH

Clinical Faculty, California Prevention Training Center at University of California San Francisco

Public Health Medical Officer, STD Control Branch, California Department of Public Health

Sharon Adler, MD, MPH

Clinical Faculty, California Prevention Training Center at University of California San Francisco

Wyatt Hanft, MD, MPH

Clinical Faculty, California Prevention Training Center at University of California San Francisco

Public Health Medical Officer, STD Control Branch, California Department of Public Health

NNPTC Registration Overview

Within 24 hours of registering:

• You will receive a registration confirmation email from training@nnptc.org sent to the email address you used to register with for the STI Intensive on NNPTC. 
• Please review the NNPTC registration confirmation email and the Attendance Overview section (venue and parking information, live stream link notification, CME Overview, course Materials, post-course materials)
  

Registration for in-person attendance:

• Important: Registering for in-person attendance requires additional approval to be reviewed by program staff as space capacity is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis.
  
• Please allow 3-5 business days upon registering on NNPTC to receive an email confirmation from program staff about the status of your in-person registration.
• Please also review the Attendance Overview section included in the NNPTC registration confirmation for more details.

Registration for live-stream attendance:

• Important: The live-stream link to attend the update virtually will be sent in a separate email notification from captc@ucsf.edu approximately 1-business day before the training.
• Please also review the Attendance Overview section included in the NNPTC registration confirmation for more details.
  

<sup>ACCME Disclosure
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine and California Prevention Training Center. The University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education to physicians. The University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 3.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Nurses may receive continuing education credit for this educational activity as the ANCC accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ through its reciprocity agreement. Nurses should check with their individual licensing boards to confirm the acceptability of AMA credits for the purpose of licensing renewal.


Financial Disclosure
As an accredited provider of continuing medical education through the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine must ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all its educational activities. In order to assure that information is presented in a scientific and objective manner, The University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine requires that anyone in a position to control or influence the content of a continuing medical education activity disclose relevant financial relationships with any commercial or proprietary entity producing health care goods or services relevant to the content being planned or presented. All presenters, planners or anyone in a position to control the content of this continuing medical education activity have indicated that neither they nor their spouse/legally recognized domestic partner has any financial relationships with commercial interests related to the content of this activity.</sup>

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*This Course will take place on February 6, 2025 from 10AM - 12 PM CST

STI Update: Black Women & Sexual Healthcare 3.0

Target Audience:  Physicians, midlevel practitioners (PA, NP), nurses, and other health professionals who see patients with or at risk for sexually transmitted infections (STIs).

Course Description: Faculty and staff from the St. Louis STI/HIV Prevention Training Center will discuss the realities of Black Women within the realm of Sexual Healthcare. Including but not limited to: case discussion, identifying biases, & understanding and recognizing stereotypes and tropes, as well as recognizing disparities within healthcare for Black Cis-Women, Black Trans-Women, and Black Non-Binary individuals with a Vagina/Uterus.

Please join us for the first national NNPTC ESSHCI & SHIPS eLearning Community. We will hear from two clinics that have successfully implemented mobile health models around HIV/STI testing and care.

Following a short presentation on each mobile unit, an open floor format for peer-to-peer learning and collaboration will take place.

STI Expert Hour Webinar:

Shared Decision Making in Sexual Health

Tuesday, February 25, 2025

11:30AM-12:45PM (PST)

1.25 CME units at no cost

Registration will close on February 24, 2025 at 3:00PM (PST)

Presenter

Patty Cason, MS, FNP-BC

President, Envision Sexual and Reproductive Health

Course Description

A plethora of national guidelines recommend shared decision making as a person-centered way to engage with patients who are making decisions about their health. The goal is for patients to benefit from the provider’s contribution of scientific information while being acknowledged as the experts on themselves. This session will provide a specific, detailed approach to this and language suggestions to operationalize shared decision-making conversations.

Learning Objectives

• Define shared decision making
• Describe three contributions a provider makes during a shared decision-making conversation
• List four ways to acknowledge a patient

Registration Confirmation with Zoom Webinar Link

Within 24 hours of registering:

• You will receive the NNPTC registration confirmation email from training@nnptc.org sent to the email you used to register with for the webinar on NNPTC. 
• The registration confirmation email includes the Zoom link. 
• Please complete the Zoom Webinar Link Instructions and review the webinar details prior to joining the webinar.
• We ask that you do not share or forward any links associated with the webinar. Those not registered on NNPTC who sign on to the webinar will not be counted in attendance or eligible to receive CME credit. 
• To ensure you receive the NNPTC registration confirmation, please add training@nnptc.org to your safe/trusted senders list and be sure to monitor both your Inbox and spam/junk folders for the notification.
  

ACCME Disclosure

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine and California Prevention Training Center. The University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education to physicians. The University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Nurses may receive continuing education credit for this educational activity as the ANCC accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ through its reciprocity agreement. Nurses should check with their individual licensing boards to confirm the acceptability of AMA credits for the purpose of licensing renewal.

Financial Disclosure

As an accredited provider of continuing medical education through the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine must ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all its educational activities. In order to assure that information is presented in a scientific and objective manner, The University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine requires that anyone in a position to control or influence the content of a continuing medical education activity disclose relevant financial relationships with any commercial or proprietary entity producing health care goods or services relevant to the content being planned or presented. All presenters, planners or anyone in a position to control the content of this continuing medical education activity have indicated that neither they nor their spouse/legally recognized domestic partner has any financial relationships with commercial interests related to the content of this activity.

The Virtual STD Intensive Course content includes review of epidemiology, clinical presentation, diagnosis, treatment, and management for bacterial (gonorrhea, chlamydia, and syphilis) and viral (HPV, HSV) sexually transmitted infections, HIV prevention, vaginitis and PID, and case management discussions.

 Each course is limited to 25-30 participants and is delivered via an interactive online platform over four days.

After completing this registration form, you will be contacted by a member of the Denver PTC staff for a brief interview to determine course eligibility. You will then be given an access code to complete the registration process. You are not registered for this course unless you have received a confirmation that the registration process is complete.

*CE will be provided but is currently pending approval. 

*This course is on March 6 & 7 from 8AM-4:30PM CST both days.

Target Audience:  Physicians, midlevel practitioners (PA, NP), nurses, and other health professionals who see patients with or at risk for sexually transmitted infections (STIs).

Course Description:  This course, an intensive overview of STDs, includes 14 hours of lecture over two days.  Topics presented include gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, trichomoniasis, PID, genital herpes, HPV, hepatitis B, chancroid, urethritis/cervicitis syndromes, pediculosis/ scabies, HIV/AIDS, prevention strategies / PrEP / EPT, and case studies.

Course Objectives:  At the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Describe clinical features of reportable STDs: syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia.
• Understand current STD epidemiological patterns.
• Describe clinical features of common bacterial STDs:  syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia
• Recognize clinical presentations of common viral STDs:  genital herpes, HPV
• Demonstrate improved skills in completing STD history and physical exam.
• Discuss clinical characteristics of common vaginal infections:  trichomoniasis, bacterial vaginosis, candidiasis
• Integrate HIV risk assessment into patient care.
• Demonstrate universal precautions during specimen collection.
• Describe current approaches to STD/HIV prevention including pre-exposure prophylaxis and expedited partner therapy.
• Discuss evidence-based strategies for STD treatment, according to CDC’s STD Treatment Guidelines.