Upcoming Classes

The STI Clinical Update Series is a two, 1/2-day didactic course which provides registered participants with training in the most recent advancements in epidemiology, diagnosis, and management of viral and bacterial STIs. Clinicians from any states are welcome to attend. CME/CNE is offered for this class.  

Continuing Medical & Nursing Education Credit 

FACULTY & PLANNING COMMITTEE DISCLOSURES: 

It is the policy of the University of Washington and the UW Prevention Training Center, that the faculty, and planning committee, disclose real and apparent conflicts of interest relating to the topics in this educational activity. The UW Prevention Training Center has established policies that identify and resolve all conflicts of interest prior to the live presentation of this activity. For faculty and team information please visit: https://www.uwptc.org/ptcteam

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 6.75 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: 

****PLEASE NOTE: CDC CNE may not be available for this course due to the current government shutdown. We will notify registrants 1 week before the course regarding continuing nursing education (CNE) availability. University of Washington's continuing medical education (CME) is available to nurses licensed in Washington state. *******

ACCREDITATION STATEMENT 

 CNE: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention designates this activity for 7 nursing contact hours.

DISCLOSURE: In compliance with continuing education requirements, all planners and presenters/moderators must disclose all financial relationships, in any amount, with ineligible companies over the previous 24 months as well as any use of unlabeled product(s) or products under investigational use.   

CDC, our planners, and presenters/moderators wish to disclose they have no financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies with the exception of Dr. Christine Johnston and she wishes to disclose,

GSK- consultant and contracted research    
Moderna- contracted researcher
Pfizer- consultant
Assembly Biosciences-consultant 
AiCuris- consultant
Oxymo- consultant 

All of the relevant financial relationships listed for these individuals have been mitigated.

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

CDC did not accept financial or in-kind support from ineligible companies for this continuing education activity. 

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) complies with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate based on race, color, national origin, age, disability, religion, or sex. To learn more visit: https://www.hhs.gov/civil-rights/for-individuals/nondiscrimination/index.html.

Please Note, The University of Washington's Prevention Training Center no longer receives CNE coverage through The University of Washington's CNE office. This office is no longer active. **

Please Note, if you claimed continuing nursing education (CNE) for the May 2025 STI Clinical Update, you cannot claim continuing nursing education (CNE) for this session.

Doxycycline Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (DoxyPEP) has been recognized as a key strategy in preventing bacterial STIs, such as chlamydia and syphilis, for certain populations. The data to support this intervention has been published and available for nearly 3 years now. However, translating this recommendation into clinical practice can involve many questions, considerations, and nuances. Join Blaine Wajdowicz, NP-C of the Denver Prevention Training Center (PTC) to review updated research on DoxyPEP, work through nuances and fine points of implementing DoxyPEP prescribing in the clinical setting and review challenging cases. By the end of the session, learners will be able to describe key components of prescribing and managing DoxyPEP and identify one key consideration for future use of DoxyPEP. 

Date:  Thursday November 20th , 2025

Time:  7:00AM – 8:00 AM MT/ 8:00AM – 9:00AM  CT
Location: Zoom link will be sent via email after registration . 

The STI Clinical Single Subject Course provides participants with training in the most recent advancements in epidemiology, diagnosis, and management of viral and bacterial STIs. 

Date: November 24, 2025
Time: 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM Pacific
Location: Live Zoom Webinar

Description

This 4 hour presentation will address recent developments in the prevention, diagnosis and management of prevalent STDs and will concentrate on one of the following topics: Syphilis Epidemiology, Treatment, Congenital Syphilis & Syphilis in pregnancy.

Course Objectives

• Discuss the clinical management of syphilis to include treatment, follow-up and partner management
• Discuss the management of congenital syphilis
• Discuss screening recommendations
  
  

Faculty & Planning Committee Disclosures

Christine Johnston, MD, MPH (Planning Committee Chair)-
GSK- consultant and contracted research    
Moderna- contracted researcher
Pfizer- consultant
Assembly Biosciences-consultant 
AiCuris- consultant
Oxymo- consultant     
Mitigation was completed and no conflicts were found. 

Tim Menza, MD, PhD (Faculty Presenter)- no disclosures

Case Study Panel (portion not covered for CE)-

Tara Reid, MD, PhD (Case Study Panelist)-no disclosures

Lyall Glait, MD (Case Study Panelist)- no disclosures

Faculty Bios

Audrey Li, MD, is a board-certified internist and infectious diseases physician who specializes in care for people living with HIV, in addition to providing general infectious diseases care.

After graduating from the Princeton University, Dr. Li pursued her MD at the State University of New York (SUNY) Downstate Health Sciences University, followed by residency and Infectious Diseases fellowship training at Harvard Medical School/Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Her clinical expertise includes care for people living with HIV, and she also has a special interest in people experiencing infections in the setting of substance use. Dr. Li is also an Assistant Professor of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the University of Washington.

Raaka Kumbhakar, MD, MPH, is an infectious diseases doctor interested in HIV and STI care. She aims to provide informed, collaborative patient care with a harm-reduction approach. Her clinical expertise includes HIV care, HIV primary care, STI care, and general infectious diseases. Dr. Kumbhakar is also a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases.

Tim Menza, MD, PhD, is an infectious disease specialist with advanced training and expertise in HIV, STI, and viral hepatitis prevention and care. Tim has extensive experience in creating, implementing, and evaluating public health policy and advocating for communities through public health system-level change. As medical director of Oregon’s HIV/STD/TB program, Tim facilitated the implementation of a free statewide home HIV/STI testing program, public health accountability metrics for the prevention of congenital syphilis, partnerships with correctional facilities to increase HIV/STI/HCV testing, and led Oregon’s response to mpox. Tim is currently an associate professor in the department of medicine at the University of Washington and a medical director of the Sexual Health Clinic with Public Health—Seattle & King County.  

Tara Reid, MD/PhD, is a board-certified infectious diseases specialist who further specializes in HIV care and prevention and STIs. Dr. Reid aims to optimize patient care by partnering with patients to make informed decisions to help them maximize their health. Dr. Reid's clinical expertise includes the prevention and management of STIs, including advanced HIV care and primary care. Her research expertise includes the diagnosis, management and prevention of syphilis, including human immunology and bacterial pathogenesis. 

Lyall Glait, MD is a third year fellow at the University of Washington's Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases. 

Continuing Medical Education Credit 

FACULTY & PLANNING COMMITTEE DISCLOSURES: 

It is the policy of the University of Washington and the UW Prevention Training Center, that the faculty, and planning committee, disclose real and apparent conflicts of interest relating to the topics in this educational activity. The UW Prevention Training Center has established policies that identify and resolve all conflicts of interest prior to the live presentation of this activity. For faculty and team information please visit: https://www.uwptc.org/ptcteam

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 3 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

STI INTENSIVE COURSE (Virtual)

December 2nd, 3rd, and 4th 2025 8:45 AM-12:30 PM EST EACH DAY

The STI Intensive Course is a three 1/2-day didactic virtual course which provides registered participants with training in the most recent advancements in sexual history taking, the diagnosis and management of viral and bacterial STIs, and STI & HIV prevention.

Target Audience: Physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurses, and other clinical healthcare professionals who see patients with or who may acquire sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Free CME/CNE is offered for this course. 

Registration required. You must register for all three days; CME/CNE is offered for attendance at all three days only. 

Agenda

December 2nd

December 3rd

December 4th

Thank you for your interest in the Wet Mount course. Please note: Your registration is Pending until reviewed by Program Staff.

Wet Mount: Examination and Interpretation of Wet Preparations of Vaginal Specimens (in-person only training)

December 5, 2025

2:00PM-5:00PM (PST)

UC San Francisco, Parnassus Heights

San Francisco, CA

PLEASE NOTE: The Wet Mount course is offered in-person only and not offered virtually.

Laboratory course offered in-person only and intended for practicing clinicians with prior wet mount experience and microscopy skills.

The course begins with a fifteen minute didactic presentation on applicable issues of CLIA regulation, quality control, and interpretation vaginal wet mount (VWM) for common causes of vaginitis. This will be followed by a fifteen minute video that details through the microscope footage of findings on VWM including trichomads, yeast and clue cells associated with BV. The remaining two and one-half hours consists of experiential training, including laboratory practicum on examination of saline and KOH vaginal wet mounts (VWM). During this portion of the training, participants will have an opportunity for group discussion, explanation, and demonstration, as well as practice and return demonstration.

Learning Objectives

• Practice proper preparation of saline and KOH specimens of vaginal fluid to increase viability of specimens for microscopic evaluation.
• Perform proper use of the light microscope to improve examination of saline and KOH wet mount specimens.
• Assess wet mount microscopy specimens to appropriately interpret findings that support diagnosis of vulvovaginal candidiasis, bacterial vaginosis or trichomoniasis

Registration Information

• Capacity limited to 8 persons.
• Approved registration requires that you are a practicing clinician with prior wet mount experience and microscopy skills.

Within 24 hours of registering

• You will receive an email confirmation from training@nnptc.org sent to the email address you used to register with on NNPTC. This email serves as a confirmation of your registration only.
• Your registration remains Pending until reviewed by Program Staff.
• NOTE: If you do not have prior wet mount experience and microscopy skills and/or unable to attend this in-person only course onsite at UCSF in San Francisco, CA will result in the cancellation of your registration.

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 3.00 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.

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.

STI Overview

OBJECTIVES 

1.  Describe most recent epidemiology for reportable STIs in the United States and locally

2.  Identify the common bacterial or antibiotic treated STIs

3.  Identify the common viral STIs

4.  Describe at least 2 population factors increasing one's risk for acquisition of an STI

5.  Discuss provider skills in sexual health services3.  Identify the common viral STIs

6.  Describe the importance of interprofessional collaboration in health department and

private practice regarding STIs

CME

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint providership of the University of Alabama Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine and the STD/HIV Prevention Training Center at Johns Hopkins. The University of Alabama Heersink School of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of Alabama Heersink School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 16.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Shanna Dell would like to disclose that her agency gets money from Gilead Pharmaceuticals. Dr. Khalil Ghanem would like to disclose that he gets royalties from UpToDate.  Lee Gilman would like to disclose that he receives an honorarium from CME Outfitters.  All other speakers do not have anything to disclose

There is no commercial support for this activity. 

CNE

This nursing continuing Professional Development activity was approved by the Oregon Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

There are 16.5 nursing contact hours awarded for those who attend the entire program as well as complete the evaluation for this program.

Lee Gilman would like to disclose that he receives an honorarium from CME Outfitters.

None of the planners for this activity have relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.