Case 7: WB1431 - New-Onset Rash in an HIV-Positive Man.
The National Network of STD/HIV Prevention Training Centers
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CE Origination Date: 03/20/2009
CE Expiration Date: 03/20/2012
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 core components one should include in the medical history of the patient with a new rash.
- State the differential of a new-onset rash in a sexually active adult.
- Choose the appropriate diagnostic work-up to evaluate for the possibility of syphilis.
- Discuss appropriate treatment.
- Discuss management of sex partners of people with STD.
- Discuss appropriate STD/HIV prevention counseling for people 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.
Jeanne Marrazzo, MD, MPH
Medical Director, Seattle STD/HIV Prevention Training Center
Associate Professor, University of Washington School of Medicine, Division of Allergy & Infectious Disease
Sharon Adler, MD, MPH,
MD, MPH, Clinical Instructor, CA STD/HIV PTC, CA DOH STD Control Branch
Linda Creegan, FNP, MS,
Clinical Instructor, CA STD/HIV PTC, CA DOH STD Control Branch
Christopher Hall, MD, MS, California STD/HIV Prevention Training Center
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
1.00 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.
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Presentations will not include any discussion of the unlabeled use of a product or a product under investigational use.
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