September 2023 Focus on youth: Improving HIV Prevention and Sexual Health Services for Adolescents and Youth Adults
September 28, 2023
Topic: Clinical Tools and Guidelines
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
September 2024 Injectable PrEP Update
Special guest: Juan Carlos Loubriel, Senior Director of Community Health and Wellness at Whitman-Walker Health (Washington, DC). Juan Carlos will talk about Whitman-Walker’s innovative program for injectable PrEP initiation and administration by community health workers.
Thursday, September 19, 12-1pm PT
September Injectable PrEP Update
Special guest: Juan Carlos Loubriel, Senior Director of Community Health and Wellness at Whitman-Walker Health (Washington, DC). Juan Carlos will talk about Whitman-Walker’s innovative program for injectable PrEP initiation and administration by community health workers.
Thursday, September 19, 12-1pm PT
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
STI Clinical Update Webinar– Summer 2024 Update and Review: Syphilis, Chlamydia, and Gonorrhea, County of Lake
Presented by Drs. Kelly Johnson and Kurtis Mohr
Wednesday, July 24, 2024
11:00AM – 1:00PM (PDT)
CME not available for viewing the webinar recording.
Learning Objectives
- Describe the varied clinical manifestations of primary and secondary syphilis in adults and adolescents
- Appropriately stage and treat syphilis in both pregnant and non-pregnant people
- Recognize the different sequelae of sexually transmitted C. trachomatis and N. Gonorrhoeae infections & their recommended treatments
Mpox Disease Intervention Series
The goal of this training is to prepare staff of local health departments to perform effective disease intervention (DI) interviews for mpox. This training aims to build on disease intervention skills by applying knowledge of the complexities and nuances specifically related to mpox DI interviews.
Learning Objectives
By the end of these trainings, you should be able to:
- Communicate accurate information about mpox symptoms, transmission, prevention, treatment, and services.
- Gain awareness of the lived experiences of gay, bi, other men who have sex with men (MSM), including transgender men, and other trans people as it relates to mpox.
- Understand a sex-positive, person-centered approach to taking a sexual history for mpox.
- Use motivational interviewing and health coaching tools to support clients in seeking vaccination, screening, or treatment for mpox.
- Examine personal and structural biases to reduce stigma during mpox interviews.