Description
Objectives
At the end of this case based session, participants will be able to:
• Describe the epidemiology of common sexually transmitted infections in Canada
• Provide the optimal approach to testing, treatment and follow up of genital ulcer disease (syphilis and herpes simplex virus)
• Provide the optimal approach to testing, treatment and follow up of urethral and vaginal discharge (gonorrhea and chlamydia)
• Describe the clinical manifestations and approach to management of human papilloma virus (HPV)
• Describe approaches to prevent sexually transmitted infections
Description:
In the last decade, rates of chlamydia, gonorrhea and infectious syphilis have been rising. According to Health Canada, rates have increased by 26% for chlamydia, 171% for gonorrhea, and 389% for infectious syphilis. The rise of infectious syphilis in females have led to miscarriages, stillbirths and increased rates of congenital syphilis. In the face of these increases, antimicrobial resistance is also occurring, This is an urgent public health concern as only one remaining antibiotic is successful in treating gonorrhea and other STIs have shown early signs of antibiotic resistance. In this timely webinar, we’ll discuss Canadian epidemiology of STIs, discuss testing, treatment and follow-up of STIs; and discuss manifestations and and management of HPV. Lastly, we’ll discuss prevention strategies. This workshop is an excellent update or refresher for nurses, physicians and other health care practitioners in: women’s and men’s health care settings, sexual health clinics, public health, perinatal and neonatal settings, street and urban clinics, school and adolescent settings and emergency & urgent care clinics.
Who Should Attend?:
All Nurses and Health Care Practitioners in:
• Women’s and Men’s Health settings, Sexual Health & Clinic Settings
• Public Health, all Perinatal and Neonatal Setting
• Street and Urban Clinic Settings, School Nurses, Those who care for Adolescents
• Emergency Departments and Urgent Care Clinics
Dr. Ameeta Singh, BMBS (UK), MSc, FRCPC
Dr. Ameeta Singh is a Clinical Professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of Alberta (Edmonton). She has worked as an adult infectious diseases physician at the Royal Alexandra Hospital and maintained an HIV/STI outpatient practice at the Edmonton STI Clinic since 1998. She has also served as the Territorial Consultant for STBBI in Nunavut since July 2017. She was the Alberta provincial consultant for STBBI from 1998 to 2008, and the Medical Director of the Edmonton STI Clinic from 1998 to 2014. Dr. Singh’s research areas of interest are bacterial STIs, HIV Biomedical Prevention and rapid tests for syphilis and HIV.
