April 2023 Injectable PrEP Retention and Equity
April 20, 2023
Topic: Clinical Tools and Guidelines
Examination and Interpretation of Wet Preparations of Vaginal Specimens
Intended for Practicing Clinicians with Prior Wet Mount Experience
The course begins with a fifteen minute didactic presentation on applicable issues of CLIA regulation, quality control, and interpretation vaginal wet mount (VWM) for common causes of vaginitis. This will be followed by a fifteen minute video that details through the microscope footage of findings on VWM including trichomads, yeast and clue cells associated with BV. The remaining two and one-half hours consists of experiential training, including laboratory practicum on examination of saline and KOH vaginal wet mounts (VWM). During this portion of the training, participants will have an opportunity for group discussion, explanation, and demonstration, as well as practice and return demonstration.
Learning Objectives
- Practice proper preparation of saline and KOH specimens of vaginal fluid to increase viability of specimens for microscopic evaluation.
- Perform proper use of the light microscope to improve examination of saline and KOH wet mount specimens.
- Assess wet mount microscopy specimens to appropriately interpret findings that support diagnosis of vulvovaginal candidiasis, bacterial vaginosis or trichomoniasis
March 30, 2023 from 2:00PM – 5:00PM (PDT)
UCSF Parnassus Heights Campus: San Francisco, CA
Instructors: Sharon Adler, MD, MPH and Lee Fagen, NP
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STI Clinical Update Webinar-Back to Basics: Fundamentals of STI/HIV Prevention
Tuesday, March 28, 2023 from 12:00-1:15PM (PDT)
A review of screening, treatment, and vaccination tools to prevent STIs and HIV.
Presented by Drs. Caterina Liu and Kurtis Mohr
Learning Objectives:
- Review screening and treatment guidance for STIs and HIV.
- Integrate biochemical prevention tools for STIs and HIV into clinical practice.
- Summarize recommendations for Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, HPV, meningitis, and mpox vaccination.
January 2023 Seminar on Injectable PrEP Financing and Logistics
STI Expert Hour Webinar: Mycoplasma Genitalium – What’s New?
January 18, 2023, 11:30 AM-12:45 PM (PST)
Presented by Dr. Lindley Barbee
This webinar will focus on an update of the clinical and epidemiologic aspects of Mycoplasma genitalium.
Learning Objectives:
- Describe clinical syndromes associated with Mycoplasma genitalium
- Recognize trends in M. genitalium antimicrobial resistance
- Manage difficult treatment issues M. genitalium
California Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) Screening Recommendations
This resource from the California Department of Public Health and California Prevention Training Center provides a concise, gender-specific summary of recommended STI screening practices.
Download the California STI Screening Recommendations.
STI Clinical Update Webinar: Syndromic Management of STIs – Part 2
Tuesday, December 6, 2022 from 12:00PM-1:15PM (PST)
Presented by Drs. Kathleen Jacobson and Kelly Johnson
A case-based approach to recognizing sexually transmitted infections, with a focus on those that disseminate outside the genital tract.
Learning Objectives
- Identify various presentations of STI ulcerative disease
- Understand that certain sexually transmitted infections (STIs) can disseminate outside the genital tract, sometimes causing severe disease
- Recognize the varied clinical manifestations of disseminated STIs (including disseminated gonococcal infections, secondary syphilis, and mpox)
- Understand how to diagnose and manage disseminated STIs
October 2022 Injectable PrEP Update
October 13, 2022