Upcoming Classes

Let’s Get PrEP’d Wyoming!

- 90 Minute Session

-Date: August 20, 2024

-Time 2:00PM-3:30PM MT

Learning Outcomes and Objectives:

1.      Learning Outcome:  Participants will indicate an increase in knowledge of PrEP, and the intent to discuss PrEP, identify eligible patients and refer appropriately.

2.      Learning Objectives:

1.      Discuss national and local trends of new HIV diagnosis.

2.      Discuss the efficacy of PrEP and who would most benefit by taking PrEP.

3.      List the different delivery options for PrEP (types).

               4. Describe referral options and financial aspects of providing PrEP in Wyoming

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

Course Description:  This course, an intensive overview of STDs, includes 14 hours of lecture over two days.  Topics presented include gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, trichomoniasis, PID, genital herpes, HPV, hepatitis B, chancroid, urethritis/cervicitis syndromes, pediculosis/ scabies, HIV/AIDS, prevention strategies / PrEP / EPT, and case studies.

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 patterns.
• 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 universal 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.

The Virtual STD Intensive Course  content includes review of epidemiology, clinical presentation, diagnosis, treatment, and management for bacterial (gonorrhea, chlamydia, and syphilis) and viral (HPV, HSV) sexually transmitted infections, HIV prevention, vaginitis and PID, and case management discussions.

 Each course is limited to 25-30 participants, and is delivered via an interactive  online platform over four days.

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.