Upcoming Classes

NJ STD Update: CDC Treatment Guidelines for Gonococcal Infection
Wednesday March 3, 2021
12:00 - 1:00PM EST

This live webinar is offered in partnership between the NYC STD Prevention Training Center and the New Jersey Department of Health. It will include a review of CDC’s recently released updated Gonorrhea Treatment Guidelines including recommended and alternative treatment regimes, the why behind the changes, impact on expedited partner therapy (EPT), and a question and answer period. 

SPEAKER

Jason Zucker, MS, MD, Instructor in Medicine, Divisions of Adult and Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Columbia University Medical Center; Faculty, New York City STD Prevention Training Center

REGISTRATION

Registration is required. Please use a valid email address and follow the instructions for registering either as a new user or returning user within our system. All correspondence will be sent via email. 

**After you register, you will receive an automated email from "NNPTC Training Registration" that will include the Zoom webinar registration link - you must complete the short Zoom registration in order to get the webinar link. Please check your spam/junk folder if you do not receive the email.**


CONTINUING EDUCATION (PENDING)

Sexual Health Update WCSC4339

Objectives

1. Describe the importance of interprofessional collaboration in sexual health care.
2. Describe current STD/HIV screening strategies and diagnostic algorithms.
3. Describe current STD/HIV treatment recommendations.   

Accreditation Statements:

CME activities with Joint Providers: This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint providership of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the New York City STD Prevention Training Center. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is accredited by the (ACCME^®) to provide medical education for physicians.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.

CNE:  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is accredited as a provider of Continuing Nursing Education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. 

This activity provides 1 contact hour.

CEU: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is authorized by IACET to offer 0.1 CEU's for this program.

Disclosure: In compliance with continuing education requirements, all presenters must disclose any financial or other associations with the manufacturers of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services, or commercial supporters as well as any use of unlabeled product(s) or product(s) under investigational use.

CDC, our planners, our presenters and their spouses/partners wish to disclose they have no financial interests or other relationships with the manufacturers of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services, or commercial supporters. Planning committee reviewed content to ensure there is no bias.

Content will not include any discussion of the unlabeled use of a product or a product under investigational use.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the New York City STD Prevention Training Center are jointly providing the CNE for this activity. 

CDC did not accept commercial support for this continuing education activity. 

Instructions for Obtaining Continuing Education (CE) will be EMAILED to attendees after the webinar.   

This is a one-hour course on emerging issues related to Mycroplasma Genitalium infections, screening, treatrment and resistance. 

Objectives: 

• Review common/uncommon signs and symptoms
• Review screening protocols and treatment options for mycroplasma genitalium infections
• Review the consequences of lack for treatment for mycroplasma genitalium infections
• Discuss mycroplasma genitalium resistantance

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

Course Description:   This course, an intensive overview of STIs, includes 14 hours of lecture over two days. (Optional clinical training can be scheduled on a case-by -case basis).  Topics will include updated treatment and management information as well as case based discussions. 

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

* Describe clinical features of reportable STIs: syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia

* Recognize clinical presentations of common viral STIs: herpes, HPV, HSV

* Understand current STI epidemiological patterns

* Demonstrate improved skills in completing a trauma informed and gender affirming STI history and physical exam

* Discuss clinical characteristics of common vaginal infections: trichomoniasis, bacterial vaginosis, candidiasis

* Integrate HIV risk assessment into patient care

* Describe current approaches to STI/HIV prevention includingpre-exposure prophylaxis and expedited partner therapy

* Discuss evidence-based patient management strategies following CDC’s STI Treatment Guidelines

After registering online, you will recieve an email with complete course details including instructions for downloading the online platform we'll be using.

Continuing Medical & Nursing Education Credit

CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION: The University of Washington is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of Washington School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 6.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

CONTINUING NURSING EDUCATION: A certificate for 6.0 contact hours (of which 4.0 are in pharmacology at the advanced practice level) will be awarded for completing all course activities and an evaluation.

Continuing Nursing Education at the University of Washington School of Nursing (UWCNE) is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation (ANCC).

Psychologists: UWCNE qualifies as a CE program sponsor under WAC 246-924.240.
Social Workers and Counselors: UWCNE qualifies as a Washington State CE program sponsor under WAC 246-809.610.
Other disciplines: A contact hour certificate will be awarded for use in documenting completion of this continuing education activity.

Cancellation policy: Full refunds for cancellations 14 days or more prior to training. 50% refund for cancellations 8-14 days prior. No refunds for cancellations within 7 days of trainings.

Overview:

The 2021 Update will provide up-to-date information on prevention, management and treatment of sexually transmitted infections (STIs). The program will also include a panel discussion with case studies that will review common disease states that may complicate treatment, explore emerging infections, and discuss the future of testing technique implementation.

Target Audience:

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

Agenda:

7:30 AM              Tech Check-in

8 AM                   Welcome

                          Lindsey MacLean, MPH, CHES® and Candice McNeil, MD, MPH

8:15 AM              Opening Remarks (Pre-recorded)

                           Jacquelyn Clymore, MD

8:30 AM              STI Epidemiology Update NC

                          Victoria Mobley, MD, MPH

9 AM                   The State of STI Testing in the Time of COVID-19  

                          William Glover, PhD

9:30 AM              Break

9:45 AM              Utilizing CMS Family Planning for STI Prevention Services  

                          Shannon Dowler, MD

10:30 AM           Vaccines for STI Prevention  

                         Luis Barroso, MD

11 AM                 Syphilis

                          Arlene Seña, MD, MPH

11:45 AM           Lunch

12:45 PM          Gonorrhea

                       Candice McNeil, MD, MPH

1:15 PM           Skills Building and Clinical Pearls: Incorporating the CDC 2021

                       STI Guidelines into Your Practice

                      Luis Barroso, MD; Victoria Mobley, MD, MPH;  Arlene Seña, MD, MPH

                      Facilitator: Candice McNeil, MD, MPH

3:15  PM         Wrap-up / Q&A    

3:30 PM         Adjourn

IMPORTANT! Two-Step Registration Requirements: 

There is no registration fee, but registration is required for ALL participants. Attendance will be verified through sign-in rosters or by log in to the live stream session. 

Step 1: Register though this NNPTC site (current site)

In order for us to offer this event at no charge to participants, our funder, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, requires participants to complete a Health Professional Application for Training at this site. 

Step 2: Registration through Northwest AHEC-- www.nwahec.org/64368. 

We recognize that much of this information is redundant, but registration is required in BOTH systems to complete registration for this event and to receive continuing education credits. 

Overview:

The 2021 Update will provide up-to-date information on prevention, management and treatment of sexually transmitted infections (STIs). The program will also include a panel discussion with case studies that will review common disease states that may complicate treatment, explore emerging infections, and discuss the future of testing technique implementation.

This meeting requires two registrations. Zoom access will be provided upon the completion of your NNPTC Registration.

Target Audience:

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

Accreditation Statment:

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 ___ AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity UAB is an equal opportunity /affirmative action institution.

 Credits to be determined at agenda completion. 

Agenda:

COMING SOON!

Topics will include:

Considerations for Special Populations: STIs Pregnant Women, STIs and Opioid Epidemic; MSM: Syphilis and HIV Co-infections, Updates in Gonorrhea and Chlamydia, Update in Diagnostics and Cultural Awareness: Addressing Implicit Bias in Healthcare

The Virtual STD Intensive Course is an interactive, online course. Content covered in the course includes: bacterial and viral sexually transmitted infections, HIV prevention, vaginitis and PID,  case management discussions, and taking a sexual history.

Each course is limited to 12 participants, and is delivered via an interactive online platform over four days (Monday - Thursday).

Time: 8:00 AM - 11:30 AM MT/ 9:00 AM - 12:30 PM CT

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.

The GA-DPH Infectious Diseases ECHO seeks to build capacity across the State, particularly in rural and underserved areas, to best serve patients diagnosed and living with infectious diseases

The GA-DPH provides a community learning platform for the public health workforce with limited access to specialist(s) to discuss challenging cases or barriers and garner the group’s feedback on solutions.

This training is for fellows and features 16 hours of didactic lectures and case discussions

Barbara Gray 617-983-6861 barbara.gray@state.ma.us