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Training Talking with Family Planning Clients About COVID-19 Vaccination
Talking with Family Planning Clients About COVID-19 Vaccination
November 18, 2021
This webinar event is a collaboration between The California Department of Health Care Services Office of Family Planning, the California Prevention Training Center, the California Department of Public Health, and “#ThisIsOurShot” Program.
Please join two OBGYNs, Dr. LaTanya Hines and Dr. Michael Policar, for a webinar training on how to effectively communicate with your clients about COVID-19 vaccination, including overall safety, safety and efficacy during pregnancy and post-partum lactation, and the evidence regarding COVID-19 vaccination and future fertility.
Learning Objectives:
Why it’s important for clinicians and family planning counselors to discuss COVID-19 vaccination with clients who are seen for family planning services
Key messages that address common concerns of reproductive-aged individuals about the COVID-19 vaccine, especially among people who are considering becoming pregnant, are currently pregnant, and those who are lactating
An evidence-based methodology to tackle tough vaccine conversations and get to “yes”
Presenters:
LaTanya R. Hines, MD, FACOG Assistant PIC Baldwin Hills Crenshaw MOB Assistant Clinical Professor Obstetrics and Gynecology Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine
Second plenary of the medical mistrust symposium hosted by the California Prevention Training Center, UCLA HIV Identification, Prevention and Treatment Services, and Pacific AIDS Education and Training Center on March 10 and 11, 2021.
Speaker Raniyah Copeland presents “Medical Mistrust in the COVID Era: Challenges & Opportunities”.
Guidance and procedures from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) about the COVID-19 vaccine for pregnant and lactating individuals.
In September 2020, Disease Intervention Specialists (DIS) across the United States gathered for a virtual summit to address the expanding roles of DIS. Hosted by the CAPTC in collaboration with the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) Office of AIDS (OA) and the Sexually Transmitted Diseases Control Branch (STDCB).
The summit touched upon an expansive range of subjects, including motivational interviewing techniques and medical mistrust in DIS work. View videos and download resources.
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Training Providing Family PACT Services During COVID-19 Part 2: Understanding Benefit Changes
Providing Family PACT Services During COVID-19 Part 2: Understanding Benefit Changes
September 17, 2020
The ongoing COVID-19 public health emergency has caused a shift from providing exclusively in-person services to a combination of remote and in-person visits, referred to as “hybrid visits”. This webinar will provide an update of how Family PACT services (client encounters) have changed since March, 2020.
The following topics are covered in detail:
Medi-Cal/Family PACT policy for telephonic-only remote visits.
A series of case studies including contraceptive visits, evaluation of genital tract infections, well person visits, and a colposcopy visit, with an emphasis on coding and billing Family PACT.
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Training STD Expert Hour Webinar – Delivering Sexual Health Services in the Time of COVID-19
STD Expert Hour Webinar – Delivering Sexual Health Services in the Time of COVID-19
August 13, 2020
The coronavirus (COVID-19) is impacting the delivery of sexual health services in California and throughout the United States. Dr. Ina Park and Dr. Rosalyn Plotzker provide an overview of recent CDC recommendations for STD diagnosis and treatment when in-person exams and visits are limited. They also discuss best practices for the use of telehealth and home-testing for STD care and PrEP management.
Drs. Park and Plotzker cover the following learning objectives for this webinar:
Share implementation strategies for self-collected testing to minimize clinician exposure to COVID-19 when seeing clients for STD-related symptoms
Identify changes to recommended syndromic treatment of urethritis, including treatment for gonorrhea and chlamydia
Describe management recommendations for patients with genital ulcer disease
Discuss HIV PrEP telehealth management approaches to ensure continuation of PrEP use for clients who are unable to get care in a clinic setting during and after the COVID-19 public health emergency
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Training Providing Family PACT Services During COVID-19 Part 1: Clinical Considerations
Providing Family PACT Services During COVID-19 Part 1: Clinical Considerations
May 8, 2020
Since March 2020, most providers of family planning services in California have shifted patient care from in-person visits to remote visits. This webinar will be conducted in a “frequently asked questions” format, focusing on the adaptations that clinicians should make in order to successfully provide family planning care remotely during the public health emergency and afterward.
The following topics are covered in detail:
Subjects will include the role of blood pressure measurement before prescribing combined hormonal contraception
The use of injectable birth control subcutaneous depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA-SQ)
Syndromic treatment of sexually transmitted infections
Pregnancy testing without a clinic visit.
Recently enacted Family PACT and Medi-Cal policies regarding telehealth visits and remote enrollment of clients into the Family PACT program.
S1 Ep7 Speaking Frankly: How effective are the COVID-19 vaccines? w/Dr. Monica Gandhi
S1 Ep7 Speaking Frankly: How effective are the COVID-19 vaccines? w/Dr. Monica Gandhi
Dr. Monica Gandhi is an infectious disease physician and professor of medicine at UCSF, and the Medical Director of the Ward 86 clinic. She talks about the efficacy of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine (that was submitted to the FDA for Emergency Use Authorization on 2/8/2021), and theorizes as to when we may return to some normalcy.
S1 Ep4 Speaking Frankly: COVID-19, HIV & the risk of future pandemics w/Dr. Rutherford
S1 Ep4 Speaking Frankly: COVID-19, HIV & the risk of future pandemics w/Dr. Rutherford
Dr. George Rutherford, Professor of Epidemiology at UC San Francisco, talks with us about COVID-19, the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, and why anti-microbial resistance is the next public health threat.
