Objectives
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.
Objectives
Upon successful completion of the program, participants will be able to:
- Describe the elements one should include in taking the history of the patient with genital ulcer disease.
- Describe the appropriate physical examination for the patient with the STD.
- Discuss the differential diagnosis of the STD whose appearance is consistent with any of the major STDs.
- Discuss the diagnostic work-up of the STD.
- Discuss selected aspects of diagnosis and treatment of the STD.
- Discuss management of sex partners of people with the STD.
- Discuss appropriate STD/HIV prevention counseling for people with the STD.
Objectives
Upon successful completion of the program, participants will be able to:
- Describe the initial clinical approach to a female patient with a complaint of vaginal discharge including history and physical examination.
- Identify the typical signs and symptoms of the common types of the STD.
- Select the appropriate laboratory tests for the STD.
- Identify which additional STD/HIV screening tests are indicated.
- Describe the diagnostic criteria for the STD.
- Describe the appropriate treatment for the STD.
- Explain the inter-relationships between the STD and infection with Human Immunodeficiency Virus.
- Explain how Stage-based Behavioral Counseling can be used for STD/HIV prevention.
- Explain the recommendations for management of sexual partners of women withthe STD.
Objectives
Upon successful completion of the program, participants will be able to:
- Identify risk factors for the STD.
- Describe the clinical manifestations of the STD.
- List the current diagnostic methods for the STD.
- List the potential implications for testing for the STD.
- Explain the treatment options for the STD.
- Create appropriate counseling messages for women with the STD.
- Explain options for partner management for women with the STD.
- Explain how Stage-based Behavioral Counseling can be used for STD/HIV risk reduction.
Objectives
Upon successful completion of the program, participants will be able to:
- Identify potential infectious etiologies of the STD in men.
- Differentiate the clinical presentation of the STD and other STDs.
- Choose appropriate diagnostic testing for the STD.
- Choose the appropriate treatment regimen for the STD.
- Describe the optimal partner management activities for a person diagnosed with the STD.
- Outline an approach to risk reduction counseling for a person diagnosed with the STD.
Objectives
Upon successful completion of the program, participants will be able to:
- Identify the common presenting symptoms of persons with the first clinical episode of the STD.
- Describe the epidemiology of the STD in the United States.
- Describe differences between the STD and other causes of similar STDs.
- Explain the natural history of the first clinical episode of the STD.
- Explain the relationship between HIV and the STD.
- List diagnostic testing strategies for the STD.
- Explain treatment options for persons with the STD.
- Explain how Motivational Interviewing can be used for STD/HIV prevention.
Objectives
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 the STD.
- Discuss the appropriate treatment for the STD.
- Discuss management of sex partners of people with the STD.
- Discuss appropriate STD/HIV prevention counseling for people with the STD.
Objectives
Upon successful completion of the program, participants will be able to:
- Describe the signs and complications of the STD.
- Explain the prevalence and risk factors of the STD.
- Screen patients for the STD according to current guidelines.
- Take a complete sexual history.
- Differentiate diagnostic tests in terms of sensitivity and usefulness in different clinical situations.
- Use the treatment regimens currently recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
- Counsel patients about sexual risk reduction, infection and treatment issues.
- Discuss the options for partner management.
- List strategies to prevent recurrent infection.