This 3-day clinical course provides both didactic and experiential activities. Health care professionals who work with STD patients full- or part-time are encouraged to attend. The course includes information about priority and prevalent STDs and offers clinical and laboratory experience.
FEE: $85.00

• January 20-22, Tampa, FL (Class Full)
• April 7-9, Atlanta, GA (Class Full)
• May 5-7, Miami, FL
  

Health care practitioners (nurses, physicians, physician assistants, or nurse practitioners/midwives) who are new to the area of STD treatment or who want a longer, more in-depth course are encouraged to attend. The 5-day course includes information about a wide range of STDs (including HIV infection) and offers clinical and laboratory experience.
FEE: $85.00

• June 14-18, Tampa, FL

Health care practitioners who primarily manage the social health of women or have new interests in this area are encouraged to attend. The 5-day course includes information about a wide range of STDs (including HIV infection) with special emphasis on their impact on women and offers clinical and laboratory experience.
FEE: $85.00

• March 15-19, Tampa, FL (Class Full)

STD Clinician Update Courses are seminars for practicing clinicians. The seminar may include clinical problem solving, formal lectures and consultation time. These seminars will focus on a narrower range of STDs or specific issues in STD diagnosis and management. Update courses can be 1 or 2 days in length and may be in combination with other courses. Learning and performance objectives are the same as for similar topics presented in the Part-Time Intensive courses.
FEE: 1-Day : $35.00 2-Day: $50.00

• February 18-19, Lubbock, TX (2 Day)
• March 5th, Columbus, GA (1 Day) (Class Full)
• April 29-30, New Mexico (2 Day)
• May 21, Gainesville, FL (1 Day)

The laboratory course provides experience with procedures for performing specimen preparation and stat laboratory tests used to aid in the diagnosis of STDs, including bright and dark field microscopy, specimen preparation for Gram stain, gonorrhea culture, wet mount, KOH prep, rapid plasma reagin (RPR) card test, and DNA probe testing.
FEE: 75.00

No Dates Scheduled.

• Discuss the epidemiology, clinical manifestations and treatment of STDs and HIV
• Discuss the complications and connection between STD and HIV Infections
• Enhance their ability to obtain a good history and physical examination of patients with STDs

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Acceditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the join sponsorship of USF Health and Southeast Region STD/HIV Prevention Training Center. USF Health is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

USF Health designates this educational activity for a maximum of 40 AMA PRA Category 1 credits™. Physicians should claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Calvin Doss, MPA
Coordinator
Southeast Region STD/HIV PTC
www.septc.org
1105 E. Kennedy Blvd.
Tampa FL 33602
Telephone (813) 307-8013
FAX (813) 272-7165
Calvin_Doss@doh.state.fl.us

Please notify the CPD Office, 12901 Bruce B. Downs Blvd., MDC Box 60, Tampa, Florida, 33612 or call (813) 974-4296 a minimum of ten working days in advance of the event if a reasonable accommodation for a disability is needed.

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