Topic: Clinical Tools and Guidelines
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
Expedited Partner Therapy (EPT) for Sexually Transmitted Infections: A Resource for California Health Care Providers
Expedited Partner Therapy (EPT) is the clinical practice of treating sex partners of patients diagnosed with treatable sexually transmitted infections (STIs) – including chlamydia, gonorrhea, and trichomoniasis – without the health care provider first examining the partner(s).
This document explains what EPT is and why clinicians in California should prescribe it. In-depth references are also provided.
July 2022 Seminar on Injectable PrEP Financing and Logistics
This guide was developed by our partners at the National Coalition for Sexual Health.
Sexual Health and Your Patients: A Provider’s Guide can help healthcare providers better integrate sexual health conversations and recommended preventive services into routine visits with adolescents and adults. By using this guide, providers can:
- Become more knowledgeable about sexual health
- Streamline their sexual history taking
- Increase their delivery of recommended preventive sexual health services by using “at a glance” tables
- Improve their care for LGBTQ+ patients
- Be better prepared to discuss sexual health topics and answer patient questions
California STI Treatment Recommendations in Pregnancy
These treatment regimens reflect the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) STI Treatment Guidelines that are specific to pregnant people.
California STI/HIV Screening Recommendations in Pregnancy
Reflecting California HIV/STI screening recommendations for pregnant patients at various pregnancy stages.