About Our STD Case Series
This web-based case series is designed for practicing clinicians who diagnose, treat and manage patients with, or at risk for, sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). The series includes case presentations of common STD-related syndromes with a guided, interactive process to evaluate each case, arrive at a diagnosis and provide recommended treatment. In addition, each case is designed to improve skills in assessing patient risk, communicating risk reduction techniques and managing partners. Each case should take about one hour to complete.
Continuing education credit is available free of charge.
The Online STD Case Series is being brought to you by the National Network of STD/HIV Prevention Training Centers (NNPTC) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The NNPTC is a CDC-funded group of regional centers created in partnership with health departments and universities. The Prevention Training Centers (PTCs) are dedicated to increasing the knowledge and skills of health professionals in the areas of sexual and reproductive health. The NNPTC provides health professionals with a spectrum of state-of-the-art educational opportunities, including experiential learning with an emphasis on prevention. For more information on the NNPTC or to locate the STD/HIV Prevention Training Center in your region, please visit
www.stdhivpreventiontraining.org.
After you complete registration, select a case to begin. As you advance through the case, you will be given information about the patient and asked questions relating to the patient's care. After submitting your response, you will be able to review the answer as well as additional information relating to the topic.
Once you finish the case, you will have the opportunity to take a final exam. To receive Continuing Education credit, you must take the exam and complete a short evaluation. Please see
Continuing Education Credit for more information.
You may complete each case at your own pace. You can stop working in the middle of a case and log on later to continue where you left off. After completing one case, you can log on at any time to complete additional cases.
Learning Objectives and Development Teams for each case
Case 1: Johanne, a 21-year-old college senior complaining of lower quadrant pain and spotting
Origin Date: May 2003
Expiration Date: June 2009
Case 2: Mark, a 27-year-old man complaining of a genital ulcer
Origin Date: May 2003
Expiration Date: June 2009
Case 3: Lydia, a 15-year-old recently incarcerated young woman complaining of vaginal discharge.
Origin Date: June 2008
Expiration Date: June 2011
Case 4: Melissa, a 20-year-old college student presenting for evaluation of some painless "growths" on her genitals.
Origin Date: April 2008
Expiration Date: April 2011
Case 5: Brian, a 30-year-old man presenting with a 2-3 day history of urethral discharge and moderate-severe dysuria.
Origin Date: May 2008
Expiration Date: May 2011
Case 6: Sam, a 31-year-old man complaining of a painful blister on his penis.
Origin Date: October 2005
Expiration Date: September 2008
