Walter H. Curioso, M.D.

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 Last updated: April 8, 2007


A Selection of Free HIV/STD Continuing Education Resources

Name Courses, on-line modules

California STD/HIV Prevention Training Center
http://www.stdhivtraining.org/

 

- On-line chlamydia course. The training is designed to increase knowledge of asymptomatic chlamydia infection, the importance of screening young sexually active women and the management of chlamydia infected patients and their partners. During the course, you evaluate and treat two simulated patients.

- On-line STD case series. Presented by the National Network of STD/HIV Prevention Training Centers & Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

CDC Training and Continuing Education OnLine
http://www2a.cdc.gov/phtnonline/

- Incorporating HIV Prevention into the Medical Care of Persons Living with HIV (Web on Demand) 
- Prevention with Positives: HIV Risk Reduction Strategies for Health Care Providers (Web on Demand)
- Rapid Testing: Advances for HIV Prevention (Web on Demand)

Clinical Care Options Hepatitis  http://clinicaloptions.com/Hepatitis.aspx

A series of text-based or case-based-interactive activities concerned with aspects of Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C infection

Clinical Care Options HIV
http://clinicaloptions.com/HIV.aspx

A series of text-based or case-based-interactive activities concerned with aspects of HIV/AIDS
FreeHepatitisInfo
http://www.freehepatitisinfo.com/
HepatitisWATCH News is a monthly CE-accredited newsletter that brings updates on new information on the topics of hepatitis and hepatitis/HIV co-infection
HCV Advocate's Online Education Center
http://www.hepeducate.org/quizical/login.php
(free registration required)
- Diagnosing HCV. Topics covered: the types of tests used to diagnose HCV; antibody tests; HCV viral load tests; the hepatitis C virus and its lifecycle; HCV genotypes and quasispecies; biochemical liver function tests; the significance of ALT levels; liver biopsies; the four histological stages of liver damage 
HIV Web Study
http://depts.washington.edu/hivaids/index.html
Twelve half-hour modules concerning diagnosis and treatment of HIV/AIDS: Initial Evaluation; Dermatologic Manifestations; Oral Manifestations; Opportunistic Infections: Prophylaxis; Opportunistic Infections: Treatment; Antiretroviral Rx; Antiretroviral Rx: Resistance; Antiretroviral Rx: Adverse Effects; Drug-Drug Interactions; Postexposure Prophylaxis; Perinatal Transmission; Special Populations
International AIDS Society - USA: Cases on the Web
http://www.iasusa.org/cow/
A series of online CE activities sponsored by the International AIDS Society–USA, including:
- Clinical Management of Treatment-Experienced Patients Presenting With Virologic Failure
- Diagnosis and Management of Immune Reconstitution Syndrome in HIV-Infected Patients
- The Importance of Viral Fitness and Drug Resistance in Chronic and Recent HIV Infection
- Perinatal HIV: Special Considerations
Medscape HIV/AIDS
http://www.medscape.com/hiv-aidshome

CE activities of special interest to physicians who treat HIV/AIDS. Medscape contains a variety of educational formats:
- Conference coverage: Reports of  advances presented at major medical conferences; typically includes several tracks with news stories, expert interviews, and in-depth topic overviews.
- Clinical update: Comprehensive original review article on scientific advances in a clinical topic.
- Fast track clinical update: Narrowly focused original review article on scientific advances in a clinical topic.
- CE-live: Real-time online events with streaming video, synchronized visuals, and interactive questions and answers; archived for 1 year.
- News-CE: Daily reports of major current medical research articles; 0.25 credits each
- Journal CE: Articles selected from a wide selection of conference reports and peer-reviewed journals.
- Special report CE: Topic-based monthly email newsletter distributed to Medscape’s professional member database by specialty.
- Interactive patient cases: Original CE activity presented to the physician in an interactive, clinical case-based format.
- CE circle: Multimedia content certified by other accredited professional education providers, typically from live symposia or monographs, and then posted on Medscape and archived for one year

Medscape Infectious Disease
http://www.medscape.com/infectiousdiseaseshome
CE activities of special interest to infectious disease specialists. Educational formats are similar as “Medscape HIV/AIDS”
MMWR Continuing Education Programs (Centers for Disease Control)
http://www2.cdc.gov/ce/availableactivities.asp
This site contains the pdf versions of several HIV-related articles published in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports. You download and read the articles, then submit your quiz answers online
NNPTC Online Case Series (National Network of STD/HIV Prevention Training Centers)
http://www.stdhivtraining.org/nnptc/start.cfm  
The series includes case presentations of common STD-related syndromes. The guided interactive process helps you to evaluate each case, arrive at a diagnosis and provide recommended treatment

STD/HIV Case Series (In Spanish). Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia / Universidad de Washington.
http://cursos.redpreven.org/

An interactive course with clinical cases to train health care workers in the management of patients with STDs

 


Last updated: April 08, 2007
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