Courses

STD Part-Time Intensive 3-day course Course Dates: August 25-27, 2009 January 13-15, 2010 March 29-31, 2010

Tuition: $60.00

This entry level course covers the fundamentals of diagnosing treating and preventing STDs. Participants will improve skills and gain practical experience through hands-on training (approximately 50% of the course) and traditional lecture presentations.

Elgibility. This course is intended for healthcare professionals who have very limited experience working with STD patients, generally less than six months.

Course Objectives: At the end of this course participants should be able to:

Review how to diagnose, treat, follow up, counsel patients and manage sex partners for all priority and prevalent STDs including HIV infection.

Conduct a complete sexual history, develop skills in examining male and female patients and properly collect laboratory specimens.

Describe and interpret the basic stat laboratory tests to aid in STD diagnosis.

Demonstrate the use of universal precatutions during STD examinations.

CREDIT: 20.00 Category 1 CME Registration Form

Wet Prep Laboratory 1 day course Course Date:

Tuition: $20.00

Gain Practical, hands-on experience in this special one-day course designed especially for laboratorians and nurse clinicans who perform "physician performed microscopy

Course Objectives: At the end of this course, participants should be able to:

Demonstrate the acceptable performance of wet prep tests.

Discuss the current interpretation for clue cells.

Utilize the microscopy technique with ease and comfort.

CREDIT: 5.50 Category 1 CME Registration Form

STD Intensive 5-day course Course Dates: October 19-23, 2009

Tuition: $100.00

This introductory clinical course is intended for healthcare professionals whose duties include managing patients with STDs. STD Intensive will provide in-depth information on the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of STDs. Participants will improve skills and gain practical experience through hands on training (approximately 50% of the course) and lecture presentations.

Target Audience: Public health clinicians ( physicians, physician assistants, advanced practice nurses, nurses) who work in STD clinics or spend the majority of their time managing patients with STDs. This course is also appropriate for clinicians who work in family planning, adolescent health and women's health clinics with one year of experience or more.

Course Objectives: At the end of this course participents should be able to:

Review how to diagnose, treat, follow-up, counsel patients and manage sex partners for all prority and prevalent STDs including HIV infection.

Conduct a thorough and accurate sexual history. Perform and analyze a complete and accurate STD examination.

Collect and properly prepare laboratory specimens.

Describe and Interpret the basic stat labratory tests to aid in STD diagnosis.

Describe Client Centered Counseling and how it relates to patient counseling, follow-up, and management of sex partners including HIV.

CREDIT: 34.00 Category 1 CME Registration Form

STD Advanced 5-day course Course dates: September 14-18, 2009 February 22-26, 2010

Tuition: $100.00

STD Advanced is designed for the clinician who has experience in diagnosing, treating, and managing patients with STDs. This comprehensive course includes discussion of the complications and sequelae with special considerations for priority and prevalent STDs. Participants will improve skills and gain practical experience through hands-on training (approximately 50% of the course) and lecture presentations.

Target Audience: Applicants should have a minimum of 12 months of clinical experience managing patients with STDs.

Course Objectives: At the end of this course participants should be able to:

Discuss complications, sequelae and special considerations of priority and prevalent STDs including HIV infections.

Demonstrate improved skills in taking a complete sexual history, perform, male and female STD examinations and properly collect laboratory specimens.

Explain how to refer patients with STD or HIV infection for additional healthcare.

Describe the complexity of working with adolscents.

Describe complications of patients with hepatitis.

CREDIT: 33.00 Category 1 CME Registration Form

Essentials of Examination Skills 2-day course Course Dates:

Tuition: $40.00

The primary purpose of this course is to train participants how to perform an STD examination. This course provides thorough, step-by-step instruction on how to take a sexual history and includes a demonstration of examination techniques and prope specimen collection.

Course Objectives: At the end of this course, participants should be able to:

Demonstrate how to take a sexual history and perform an STD examination.

Discuss proper specimen collection techniques.

CREDIT: 7.50 Category 1 CME Registration Form

Update for Clinicans 2-day course Course Dates: December 7-8, 2009r

Tuition: $40.00

This clinical course is intended to provide experienced clinicans with cutting edge information. Update for clinicians will cover the complex issues related to STDs and HIV. some pearls and pitfalls of managing STD patients will be discussed. Participants will gain hands-on experience in a model STD clinic ans stat laboratory.

Target Audience: Experienced public health and private clinicians and other health professionals whose job duties include managing patients with STDs.

Course Objectives: At the end of the course participants should be able to:

Discuss recent advances in the diagnosis, treatment, follow-up for all prority and prevalent STDs including HIV infection.

Describe the pearls and pitfalls of making an STD diagnosis.

Discuss the CDC Guidelines for STDs and what to do when treatment fails.

Describe the complications of STDs in pregnancy.

CREDIT: 14.00 Category 1 CME Registration Form

Laboratory Methods for Laboratorians 3-day course Course Date: Not Offered Currently

Tuition: $60.00

During this interactive STD microbiology course, all topics are presented in depth and with the most current information available. Ample time is allocated to setting up specimens and working with a microscope.

Target Audience: Laboratorians who perofrm basic lab procedures in support of STD clinical services.

Course Objectives: At the end of this course participants should be able to:

Conduct and interpret specialized laboratory test and results to aid in STD diagnosis.

Perform the STAT lab procedures for chlamydia, gonorrhea, H. decreyyl, herpes and syphillis.

Describe the reference tests available and explain how to submit specimens for testing.

CREDIT: 19.00 Category 1 CME Registration Form