Upcoming Classes

Sexual Health Update
WCSC4339
Start 8/10/2021

 

AGENDA

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.

ORIGINATION DATE:   June 1, 2020
EXPIRATION DATE:     June 1, 2022       

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)

In order to receive continuing education (CE) for WCSC4339 Sexual Health Update  please visit TCEO and follow these 9 Simple Steps before September 10 2021

The course access code is Guidelines2021

Complete the activity.
Complete the Evaluation at  www.cdc.gov/GetCE
FEES: There are no fees for CE.   

 

STD Expert Hour Webinar: 

Transgender Sexual Health: What You Should Know

Presented by: Gayge Maggio,  FNP-BC, AAHIVS

Thursday, August 26, 2021 | 2:00-3:15pm (PDT)

REGISTRATION CLOSES ON 8/25/2021 AT 4:00PM (PDT)

 

Course Description

This webinar will focus on the sexual health needs of transgender and gender non-conforming people. There will be a focus on learning to approach sexual health in a culturally sensitive, non-judgmental manner. Unique PrEP and PEP considerations in TGNC populations will be covered, as will contraceptive options for female assigned at birth TGNC patients.

Learning Objectives

1) Discuss and perform a culturally sensitive sexual health inventory with transgender patients.

2) Discuss considerations with PrEP and PEP in transgender populations and provide appropriate PrEP options.

3) Discuss options for contraception in assigned female at birth transgender and gender non-conforming patients.

ACCME Disclosure

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 University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine and the 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 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 nursing education credit for this educational activity as the ANCC accepts AMA PRA Category Credits™ through its reciprocity agreement. The University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.

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.

Elizabeth Olson 510.625.6016 Elizabeth.Olson@ucsf.edu

Overview: 

This course provides an intensive overview of STIs by facilitating  lecture over two days. Topics include: gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, vaginal infections,  genital herpes, HPV, hepatitis B, mycoplasma genitalium, urethritis/cervicitis syndromes, HIV/AIDS, prevention strategies, PrEP, EPT, and clinical case studies.

Target Audience: Healthcare professionals (physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, certified nurse midwives, nurses) in public or private practice who examine and treat individuals at risk for STDs/HIV. Applicants may include clinicians who work in family planning, adolescent health, women’s health, primary care, urgent care, or community health centers.

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 landscape
• 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 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.

Contact: Aiesha Gentry | E: aieshagentry@uabmc.edu 

               Joy Lewis       | E: jsbrown@uabmc.edu

Registration closes on September 20, 2021 at 12:00 PM CT

Due to COVID-19 response measures, all courses will be facilited viturally. The Southeast PTC is are offering in-person training at this time. 

Aiesha Gentry 205-975-5505 aieshagentry@uabmc.edu

This training is for Fellows in the last year of training and features 16 hours of didactic lectures and case discussions.

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

The Virtual STD Intensive Course  content includes bacterial (gonorrhea, chlamydia, and syphilis) and viral (HPV, HSV) sexually transmitted infections, HIV prevention, vaginitis and PID, and case management discussions, as well as practice in taking a sexual history.

 Each course is limited to 12 - 15 participants, and is delivered via an interactive  online platform over four days (Monday - Thursday), from 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM MT.

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.

Allison Finkenbinder 303-602-3621 allison.finkenbinder@dhha.org