Resource Type: Webinar
April 2023 Injectable PrEP Retention and Equity
April 20, 2023
Reproductive and Sexual Health Considerations for Transgender and Nonbinary People
December 16, 2022
Description
This webinar is presented by Gayge Maggio, FNP-BC, AAHIVS and will focus on the reproductive and sexual health needs/considerations of transgender and gender non-conforming people. There will be a focus on learning to approach sexual health in a culturally sensitive, non-judgmental manner and how to deliver family planning needs and contraceptive options for patients who identified as transgender and/or non-binary.
Objectives
- Discuss and perform a culturally sensitive sexual health inventory with transgender patients
- Describe how to provide culturally sensitive, trauma-informed cervical cancer screening and the impact of testosterone on testing
- Discuss options for contraception in assigned female at birth transgender and gender non-conforming patients
Speaker:
Gayge Maggio (She/They) FNP-BC, AAHIVS
Nurse practitioner working at Callen-Lorde Community Health Center in New York City, an LGBTQ+ focused federally qualified health center FQHC
She works as a primary care provider, providing primary care including sexual and reproductive health services, gender-affirming hormone therapy (GAHT), treatment of HIV, and substance use disorder (SUD) treatment
She also works in the FlexCare program, providing walk-in primary care to patients
Resources:
January 2023 Seminar on Injectable PrEP Financing and Logistics
Syndromic Management of STIs-Part 1
October 18, 2022
Presented by Drs. Rosalyn Plotzker, Akanksha Vaidya, and Eric Tang
The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) continues to see statewide increases in all reportable sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including syphilis, gonorrhea and chlamydia.
For many patients, these STIs manifest as a complex syndrome that involves local and systemic symptoms. This webinar is the first of a two-part series, featuring Drs. Rosalyn Plotzker,
Akanksha Vaidya, and Eric Tang of the CDPH Sexually Transmitted Diseases Control Branch who will lead a case-based discussion on the presentation, diagnosis and syndromic management of STIs.
Learning Objectives
- Describe the differential diagnosis and management of patients with vaginal discharge and pelvic pain
- Discuss the exam findings and treatment of patients with penile discharge and testicular pain
- Explain the management of patients with anorectal pain in the setting of a known STI exposure
October 19, 2022
Description
Quality contraceptive care is more than just knowing the facts about all available birth control methods. In order for clients to select methods and get what they want from their birth control, it is crucial to provide contraceptive counseling that helps people identify their preferences in the context of their lives, values, and beliefs. This webinar will review best practices in person-centered contraceptive counseling and offer practical tools for providers to employ in their clinical encounters.
Objectives
- Demonstrate skillful, efficient, person-centered questioning for contraceptive care visits
- Discuss reproductive desires with clients of any gender and sexual orientation
- Identify 3 examples of plain language to explain characteristics of contraceptive methods
- Demonstrate Affirm-Share-Ask cycles for person-centered communication
Speakers:
Nurse Practitioner at Vista Community Clinic
National Trainer for Envision SRH & the PATH Framework Sexual and Reproductive Health Trainer and Consultant
Contributing author for the upcoming 22nd Edition of Contraceptive Technology
Assistant Clinical Professor
UCLA School of Nursing
President, Envision SRH
Resources:
- Webinar Slides- Person-Centered Contraception Counseling for Family PACT Client
- Webinar Transcript- Person-Centered Contraception Counseling for Family PACT Clients
- Webinar Q&A- Person-Centered Contraception Counseling for Family PACT Clients
- Handout- Client Centered Counseling Flowchart
- Handout- Client Centered Counseling Flowchart Spanish
- Handout- Efficient Questions Card
- Handout- Efficient Questions Card Spanish
- Handout- What is Path Framework
October 2022 Injectable PrEP Update
October 13, 2022
August 17, 2022
Description:
Since the first HPV vaccines were introduced in 2006, rates of cervical cancer and other HPV-related cancers have decreased in immunized populations. Family PACT will add HPV immunization as a benefit in July 2022 and will utilize guidelines developed by the CDC Advisory Committee of Immunization Practices (ACIP). This webinar will provide information about the effectiveness and safety of the HPV vaccine, review the current CDC recommendations for the use of the 9-valent HPV vaccine, and provide advice on how to have effective shared decision-making conversations with clients about being immunized. In addition, new Family PACT policies about coding and billing for HPV immunization services will be discussed. There will be ample time for your questions at the end of the presentation.
Learning Objectives:
• List 2 effective strategies for engaging with patients who have vaccine hesitancy
• Demonstrate a person-centered technique for providing a strong recommendation without coercion
• Describe the impact of HPV vaccination on the natural history of HPV
• Discuss the safety profile of HPV vaccines
Speakers:
Assistant Clinical Professor
UCLA School of Nursing
President, Envision SRH
Professor Emeritus, UCSF
Senior Medical Advisor, CAPTC and California OFP
Clinical Fellow, NFPRHA
Resources:
Transcript: Talking with Family PACT Clients About HPV Immunization
Slide deck: Talking with Family PACT Clients About HPV Immunization
Q and A: Talking with Family PACT Clients About HPV Immunization
July 2022 Seminar on Injectable PrEP Financing and Logistics
STI Clinical Update Webinar – Neurosyphilis
Thursday, July 21, 2022, 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM (PDT)
The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) continues to see dramatic statewide increases in syphilis. Neurosyphilis, a syphilitic infection of the nervous system, poses a complex diagnostic and management challenge for providers caring for patients with syphilis. This webinar features Drs. Kathleen Jacobson, Chief of the CDPH Sexually Transmitted Diseases Control Branch and Sue Tuddenham, Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, who will discuss the epidemiology, diagnosis and management of neurosyphilis.
Learning Objectives:
- Review California and national epidemiology of neurosyphilis
- Describe the pathophysiology of neurosyphilis
- Delineate clinical diagnosis and management of patients with neurosyphilis