Class Information

Class Information

2022 NC Annual STI Update

March 23, 2022

Live Webinar via Webex

8:15 AM – 4:00 PM ET / 7:45 AM ET Webinar Check-in

Program Overview and Objectives: 

The 2022 Update will provide up-to-date information on prevention, management and treatment of sexually transmitted infections (STIs). This activity will address best practices related to prevention strategies for STIs including HIV, hepatitis and vaginitis. Approaches to addressing the syndemic of substance abuse and STIs will also be reviewed. The format will include case studies of common disease states that may complicate treatment, explore emerging infections and discuss the future of testing technique implementation.

Upon completion of this program, participants should be better able to:
• Review updated information on the prevention, management and treatment of STIs.
•Examine common disease states that may complicate treatment.
•Discuss PrEP updates and review implementation strategies for high-risk patients in NC.
• Recognize the relationship between burnout and well-being.
• Identify syndemic patterns for risk of STIs and their associations with substance use.
•Describe the characteristics of the most common types of viral hepatitis.
•Explain the epidemiology, risk factors and management of vaginitis.

Who Should Participate:

This knowledge-based activity is targeted to physicians, advanced practice providers, pharmacists, nurses, public health workers and other health care providers.

REQUIRED: TWO REGISTRATIONS!

1. Register through Northwest AHEC at www.nwahec.org/66677.
2. After you've completed Northwest AHEC's registration, you will receive a pop-up with additional registration steps. Click the green "Take Me There Now" button to go directly to the NNPTC website to complete the 2nd registration.

*Note: Use the SAME name and contact information for BOTH registrations!

We recognize that much of this information is redundant. However, both registrations are required by our funder, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in order to offer this as a free activity for participants.

Registration will close at 3 PM EST on March 22.

If you have questions about the activity, need to cancel your registration, send a substitute in your place and/or have not received your NWAHEC registration confirmation by March 21, please contact Gail Pawlik at gpawlik@wakehealth.edu.

If you have questions regarding the NNPTC registration and/or Health Professional Application for Training, please contact Aiesha Gentry at aieshagentry@uabmc.edu.

 Credits

• 6.0 Contact Hours from Northwest AHEC
• 0.6 CEUs from Wake Forest School of Medicine
• 6.0 contact hours of continuing pharmacy education credit. 
• 6.0 AMA Category 1 Credit^TM from University of Alabama at Birmingham

                                                                                              Accreditation Statements: 

• This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the University of Alabama School of Medicine (UASOM); the Southeast STD/HIV Prevention Training Center; the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), Division of Infectious Diseases, Sexually Transmitted Diseases Program; UAB Alabama AIDS Training Education Center (AATEC) / Southeast AIDS Training Center (SEATEC). The UASOM is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The University Of Alabama School Of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 6.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity UAB is an equal opportunity / affirmative action institution.
• The University of North Carolina Eshelman School Of Pharmacy is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. ACPE program 0046-9999-22-089-L01-P provides 6.0 contact hours of continuing pharmacy education credit. To receive CE credit, participants must verify attendance, and complete the evaluation form(s) of this program. Participants must provide their name, email address, NABP e-Profile ID, and date of birth (MMDD) to receive credit. Statements of credit can be viewed and printed in CPE Monitor in approximately 2 to 3 weeks. It is the participant’s responsibility to check CPE Monitor to verify credit has been uploaded. If credit is not shown please contact the provider within 60 days of the program date **No partial session credit will be given**

Aiesha Gentry aieshagentry@uabmc.edu