Case 1: WB1546 - Johanne, a 21-year-old college senior complaining of lower quadrant pain and spotting.
The National Network of STD/HIV Prevention Training Centers
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CE Origination Date: 07/01/2009
CE Expiration Date: 07/01/2011
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. In order to receive credit/contact hours you must complete a posttest and evaluation. Continuing education is available free of charge.
To improve health care providers' ability to recognize, diagnose and treat STD.
Upon successful completion of the program, participants will be able to:
- Describe the minimum criteria for a presumptive diagnosis.
- Choose the appropriate laboratory assessment.
- Describe the appropriate treatment.
- Appraise how stage-based behavioral counseling can be used for STD/HIV prevention.
- Explain the management of sexual partners of women with STD.
This online training module is for licensed, practicing health care providers who see patients with or at risk for STD/HIV, including doctors, physician assistants, nurses, advance practice nurses.
Sylvie Ratelle, MD, MPH
Former Medical Director, Division of STD Prevention, Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Medical Director, STD/HIV Prevention Training Center of New England
Assistant Professor, Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Massachusetts Medical School
Pat Coury-Doniger, FNPC,
New York State STD/HIV Prevention Training Center - Rochester
Denise Tafoya, M.P.A.,
Training Coordinator/Trainer, California STD/HIV Prevention Training Center
Greg Perez,
Training Instructor, California STD/HIV Prevention Training Center
Solwazi Johnson,
Training Coordinator/Instructor, Denver STD/HIV Prevention Training Center
Emily Carson,
Curriculum Developer/Instructor, Denver STD/HIV Prevention Training Center
Jay Todd,
Director, Texas STD/HIV Prevention Training Center
Tammy Foskey, MA,
Assistant Director, Texas STD/HIV Prevention Training Center
LaShonda Kissentaner,
Training Manager, Texas STD/HIV Prevention Training Center
Jayson Trussel,
Training Coordinator, Florida Department of Health
Sue Anne Payette, MS,
Training Director, New York State STD/HIV Prevention Training Center
Paul Reyes,
Training Instructor, New York State STD/HIV Prevention Training Center
Staff from the CDC Division of STD Prevention Training and Health Communications Branch who also contributed to the development of the content on partner management include Frankie Barnes, MPH, Health Education Specialist; Stacy Harper, Public Health Advisor; Bruce Heath, Public Health Advisor; Jerry Shirah, Public Health Advisor; and, Duane Wilmot, Public Health Advisor.
Heidi Bauer, MD, MS, MPH, Chief, Office of Medical and Scientific Affairs, STD Control Branch, California Department of Health Services, California STD/HIV Prevention Training Center
Jeanne Marrazzo, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine and Medical Director, Seattle STD/HIV Prevention Training Center
Peter A. Rice, MD, Chief of Infectious Diseases, Boston University School of Medicine
Marianne Scharbo-DeHaan, PhD, CNM, Section Chief, Medical Education and Evaluation, Division of STD Prevention, National Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention, CDC
Madeline Sutton, MD, MPH, Epidemiologist, Epidemiology and Surveillance Branch, Division of STD Prevention, National Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention, CDC
Richard L. Sweet, MD, Chair, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of Pittsburg, School of Medicine
John Toney, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, University of South Florida College of Medicine and Medical Director, Florida STD/HIV
For CME: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention designates this educational activity for a maximum of
1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
For CNE: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is accredited as a provider of
Continuing Nursing Education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
This activity provides
1.0 contact hours.
For IACET CEU: The CDC has been approved as an Authorized Provider by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET), 1760 Old Meadow Road, Suite 500, McLean, VA 22102. The CDC is authorized by IACET to offer 0.1 IACET CEU's for this program.
CDC, our planners, and our content experts wish to disclose they have no financial interests or other relationships with the manufacturers of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services, or commercial supporters.
Presentations will not include any discussion of the unlabeled use of a product or a product under investigational use.
There was no commercial support provided for this activity.
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