November 2024 Oral PrEP Financing Update
November 15, 2024
Special guests: Ryan Wilder Blue, CAPTC and Brian Abascal, Pacific AIDS Education & Training Center.
Service: Clinical
STI Clinical Update Webinar – Syphilis in Pregnancy
November 20, 2024
12:00PM-1:15PM (PST)
1.25 CME units at no cost
Presenters
Kathleen Jacobson, MD
Chief, STD Control Branch, California Department of Public Health
Wyatt Hanft, MD, MPH
STI Fellow, STD Control Branch, California Department of Public Health & California Prevention Training Center at UCSF
Course Description
Drs. Kathleen Jacobson and Wyatt Hanft will provide a 1-hour virtual training focused on syphilis clinical presentation, screening/testing, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up for pregnant patients. The presenters will use a case-based format to help attendees apply the learned material to a real-life scenario.
Learning Objectives
- Review the epidemiology of syphilis and congenital syphilis (CS) in California
- Apply the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ACOG) screening recommendations during pregnancy
- Compare traditional and reverse screening algorithms for syphilis
- Describe syphilis diagnosis, treatment and follow up during pregnancy
October Injectable PrEP Update
Special guests: Nick Sanders, Senior Prevention Program Manager, and Angela Mattingly, Clinical Pharmacist, at Damien Center (Indianapolis, IN).
Nick and Angela will talk about their injectable PrEP program (both in-person and telePrEP), including implementation, successes and challenges, and Indiana’s PrEP Assistance Program.
Thursday, October 17, 12-1pm PT
October 2024 Injectable PrEP Update: Damien Center (Indianapolis, IN) Injectable PrEP Program
October 17, 2024
Special Guests: Angela Mattingly (She/Her), PharmD, AAHIVP, Clinical Pharmacist & Nick Sanders (He/Him), BA, Senior Program Manager of Prevention Services
STI Expert Hour Webinar – DoxyPEP 2.0: People Assigned Female Sex at Birth
November 12, 2024
12:30PM-2:00PM (PST)
Presenter:
Jenell Stewart, DO, MPH
CME not available for viewing the webinar recording.
Learning Objectives
- Guide evidence-based shared decision-making conversations with individual patients who were assigned female sex at birth.
- Assess potential benefits and risks at a population and individual level of DoxyPEP use among people who were assigned female sex at birth.
STI Clinical Update-Sacramento and Yolo Counties: Congenital Symposium
In-person only event
Monday, October 28, 2024
9:00AM-3:30PM (PDT)
Sacramento, CA
5.00 CME units at no cost
Please note: This is an in-person only event onsite in Sacramento, CA. Registration is limited to local DIS and clinicians in the Sacramento and Yolo counties region. Registration closes on October 25th at 3:00PM (PDT).
Questions: Please email Clinical Program Manager, Elizabeth Olson, elizabeth.olson@ucsf.edu.
Learning Objectives:
Participants will be able to:
- Recognize common manifestations of primary and secondary syphilis, compare traditional and reverse screening algorithms, and determine appropriate syphilis staging, treatment, and follow-up.
- Implement CDC recommendations for CS testing and treatment based on infant and birthing parent labs and exam at the time of delivery, and apply current CDPH syphilis screening guidelines to pregnant people in California.
- Cite evidence supporting doxy-PEP use, understand CDPH recommendations for doxy-PEP prescribing, and counsel patients on potential risks/benefits and follow-up for this biomedical prevention method.
- Cite local trend data illustrating increased rates of Congenital Syphilis and syphilis among women, as a rationale for enhanced clinical screening for STIs for people who may become pregnant and during pregnancy.
- Identify at least two local approaches to congenital syphilis prevention, including how to obtain wrap-around services for pregnant people with syphilis, and resources provided via partnerships with local surveillance programs.
Presenters
Dr. Wyatt Hanft
STI Fellow, California Prevention Training Center & California Department of Public Health, STD Control Branch
Dr. Kurtis Mohr
Public Health Medical Officer, California Department of Public Health, STD Control Branch
September 2024Injectable PrEP Update: Whitman-Walker Community Health Worker PrEP Program
September 19, 2024
Prenatal Syphilis Screening, Staging, and Management for Congenital Syphilis Prevention
This pocket guide summarizes all the essentials of prenatal syphilis screening, staging, and management with the goal of preventing congenital syphilis.
July 2024 PrEP Learning Collaborative Injectable PrEP Update
Thursday, July 18, 12-1pm PDT
Special Guest: Stefan Madzar, PrEP & HIV Benefits Coordinator & Linkage Navigator at Magnet (San Francisco AIDS Foundation).
Stefan will present an update on Magnet’s injectable PrEP program, including challenges, successes, and lessons learned, and featuring clients who will discuss their experiences taking injectable PrEP.
PrEP Learning Collaborative Injectable PrEP Update 7/18/24
Special Guest: Stefan Madzar, PrEP & HIV Benefits Coordinator & Linkage Navigator at Magnet (San Francisco AIDS Foundation).
Stefan will present an update on Magnet’s injectable PrEP program, including challenges, successes, and lessons learned, and featuring clients who will discuss their experiences taking injectable PrEP.
Thursday, July 18, 12-1pm PDT