The goals of this two- to three-day training are to provide participants with a comprehensive understanding of how to utilize social networks as a recruitment strategy for Counseling, Testing and Referral (CTR), and to develop knowledge and skills needed to successfully implement SNS for CTR in HIV/STD prevention agencies. 

SNS allows agencies to reach highest-risk persons, hard-to-reach communities and HIV-infected individuals who are unaware of their status by building on existing relationships of trust, and, in turn, creating positive responses to HIV-testing messages. At the end of the training, participants will be able to:

• differentiate SNS from other activities;
• explain the four phases of the SNS;
• describe the benefits of SNS to reach people at high risk for infection; and
• develop a plan for implementation. 

This two-day course will examine the impact of social determinants of health such as economic status, stigma, homophobia, racism and other social and political issues on HIV risk, prevalence and access to services. A model and continuum of approaches will be introduced to assist prevention and care providers with implementation strategies to address these concerns.  The goal of the training is to support improvements in health equity related to HIV in our communities, so that persons living with HIV or vulnerable to HIV, can make choices to live a long healthy life regardless of their living condition, income, sexual orientation or racial/ethnic background.

During this daylong training, practicing clinicians learn epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment, and management of STDs. This course is presented in an interactive format and incorporates case discussions. Exact locations for all trainings provided following registration, or, prior to registering, you may call the Training Center at (510) 625-6000 and ask for Maxine at extension 1043.

CME fee: $30; free nursing contact hours 

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Institute for Medical Quality and the California Medical Association’s CME Accreditation Standards (IMQ/CMA) through the Joint Sponsorship of Cardea Services, Inc., and the California STD/HIV Prevention Training Center.  

 Cardea Services is accredited by IMQ/CMA for issuing AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ for physicians. Cardea Services designates this live activity  for a maximum of 6.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) ™. Physicians should claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in this activity.

 This credit may also be applied to the CMA Certification in Continuing Medical Education.

 The California STD/HIV Prevention Training Center is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP 14547 for 7.8 contact hours for this activity. If you are requesting nursing contact hours, you must be in attendance for the entire training. No partial credit is allowed.

Learn about STD epidemiological trends, STD effects on reproductive organs, causes of STDs, symptoms, transmission, consequences, and STD risk reduction. Link behavioral and immunological factors of HIV and other STDs. Practice simplifying appropriate messages for STD education and counseling. Designed for people working in STD/HIV prevention and education who are not medical providers. (This training is also available in Spanish as Resumen de Enfermedades Transmitidas Sexualmente for persons who work with bilingual and monolingual Spanish-speaking clients.)

The California STD/HIV Prevention Training Center is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP 14547 for 7.8 contact hours for STD Overview for Non-Clinicians.  

This three-day course is designed for STD/HIV health professionals who plan to provide or are already providing HIV Comprehensive Risk Counseling and Services (CRCS). This skills-based training on the CRCS Process includes an overview of the CRCS model; the role of CRCS counselors; legal and ethical issues; cultural competence; theories that underlie CRCS; program components and standards; and tasks involved in the CRCS core elements of recruitment, engagement, screening, enrollment, assessment, prevention planning, risk-reduction counseling, active coordination of referrals, monitoring and reassessment, and discharge planning. In some cases, this course may be offered as a one-day overview of the CRCS process.

The California STD/HIV Prevention Training Center is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP 14547 for 24 contact hours for Comprehensive Risk Counseling and Services.

This course is designed for clinicians and other health care professionals who test, counsel, and treat clients with STDs and have minimal or no access to DIS services. Participants will be able to:

• conduct an STD Interview/Counseling session;
• use patient motivators to facilitate compliance; and
  
• elicit essential partner locating and identifying information and coach patient self-referrals.

A three-hour course from 2-5 p.m. beginning with a fifteen-minute didactic presentation on applicable issues of CLIA regulation, quality control, and infection control. This will be followed by fifteen minutes on interpretation of VWM and application to diagnosis of vaginitis, utilizing lecture, PowerPoint presentation, and group discussion. The remaining two and one-half hours consists of experiential training, including laboratory practicum on examination of saline and KOH vaginal wet mounts (VWM). During this portion of the training, participants will have an opportunity for group discussion, explanation and demonstration, as well as practice and return demonstration.

3 CME credits: $15; Nursing Contact Hours: Free

Cardea Services designates this live activity for a maximum of 3 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) ™. Physicians should claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in this activity.

This credit may also be applied to the CMA Certification in Continuing Medical Education.

This activity have been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Institute for Medical Quality/California Medical (IMQ/CMA) through the Joint Sponsorship of Cardea Services, Inc., and the California STD/HIV Prevention Training Center.

 The California STD/HIV Prevention Training Center is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP 14547 for 3.6 contact hours for Examination & Interpretation of Wet Preparations of Vaginal Specimens. If you are requesting nursing contact hours, you must be in attendance for the entire training. No partial credit is allowed.