Class Information

Class Information

STI Expert Hour Webinar - Adolescent Sexual Health:

Influences, Trends, and How Healthcare Providers can

Support Adolescent Sexual Health and Wellbeing

Tuesday, December 3, 2024

11:30AM-1:00PM (PST)

1.5 CME units at no cost

Registration will close on December 2, 2024 at 3:00PM (PST)

Presenter

Claudia Borzutzky, MD

Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine at USC
Chief, Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles/Keck School of Medicine at USC
Medical Director for Adolescent Health, Planned Parenthood Los Angeles

Course Description

Sexuality is a normal part of healthy adolescent development, yet milestones of teens’ sexual development vary widely in terms of timing, cultural acceptance and how supported they are, and associated risks for adverse health outcomes. 

Dr. Claudia Borzutzky, an adolescent medicine specialist, will present an overview of:

• the importance of confidential care for teens, both in primary care and sexual health settings
• supporting adolescent sexual wellbeing
• trends in use of contraception and condoms, teen pregnancy, and STIs among teens
• the intersection of mental health, gender diversity, and the COVID epidemic with adolescent sexual health

Learning Objectives

• Integrate understanding of adolescent consent and confidentiality laws in California in order to optimize your practice and lower barriers to care
• Explain the difference between risk reduction and the promotion of well-being, in the context of adolescent sexual health
• Describe teen-centered approaches to promotion of sexual well-being, and reducing rates of STIs and undesired pregnancy

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. 
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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 1.50 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.