January 2023 Seminar on Injectable PrEP Financing and Logistics

January 19, 2023

Slides

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

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

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:

Joely Pritzker, MS, FNP-C

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

Patty Cason, RN, MS, FNP-BC

Assistant Clinical Professor

UCLA School of Nursing

President, Envision SRH

Resources:

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:

Patty Cason, RN, MS, FNP-BC

Assistant Clinical Professor

UCLA School of Nursing

President, Envision SRH

Michael Policar, MD, MPH

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

July 7, 2022

Slides

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

May 11, 2022

Over the last year, the Family PACT Program has added several new benefits. These include three new contraceptive methods, a diagnostic test for Mycoplasma genitalium, and modifications in STI treatments based on the 2021 CDC STI Treatment Guidelines. In this webinar, a description of the new benefits will be provided and the Family PACT policies that relate to their utilization will be discussed. There will be ample time to ask questions regarding these and other Family PACT benefits.

Learning Objectives:

  • Describe and explain the three new contraceptive methods and explain how to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of each with Family PACT clients
  • List three circumstances when the use of the diagnostic test for Mycoplasma genitalium is clinically indicated
  • Describe four modifications in STI treatments based on the 2021 CDC STI Treatment Guidelines

Speakers:

  • Michael Policar, MD, MPH
    Professor Emeritus, UCSF
    Senior Medical Advisor, CAPTC and California OFP
    Clinical Fellow, NFPRHA

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