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As you consider your goals and challenges for the year ahead, we've got your back with: Online trainings Capacity-building assistance Job aids/clinical practice resources Covid contact tracing training and more! We are here to support you and your organization in providing top notch sexual health care, as well as Covid-19, HIV, and STI prevention services. Many of our offerings are free. Read on for upcoming trainings and relevant updates from the field.

STI Clinical Training Program Update

The CAPTC STI Clinical Training program provides training, technical assistance, clinical tools, and STI clinical consultation. CAPTC and the California Department of Public Health are recruiting early-career physicians for a Fellowship in Sexually Transmitted Infections. Applications are due January 31st. Our Clinical Program Medical Director, Ina Park, MD, participated in developing the updated 2021 CDC STI Treatment Guidelines. Check out this recorded webinar on what's new. Dr. Park's book, Strange Bedfellows, is coming out in paperback on February 1st. Hailed by The New York Times as “joyful and funny” Strange Bedfellows has been praised for its use of “compassion, science and a loving playfulness” to diffuse the stigma surrounding these common infections.   An important update is that some syphilis tests are showing a false-positive after Covid-19 vaccination. See the FDA recommendations regarding this issue. An exciting development is the FDA's approval of injectable PrEP, providing an option for those who need or prefer injection rather than a pill to prevent HIV. To learn more about the variety of PrEP regimens available, watch the recent STI Expert Hour Webinar, Why the Dose Matters: PrEP Strategies for HIV, and check out the 2021 PrEP Clinical Practice Guidelines. Finally, CAPTC’s clinical team formed a cross-institutional collaboration with Kaiser Permanente Northern California (KPNC) to share ideas and best practices for delivering sexual health care virtually. Representatives from CAPTC's clinical team held five Virtual Sexual Health Learning Community Sessions with faculty from both KPNC and CAPTC on expedited partner therapy, advanced diagnostics, syphilis management, and sexual history taking.   Learn more about CAPTC’s STI Clinical Training Program.

Upcoming Events

Jan 14, 10 am-12:30 pm PST, Self-Disclosure Skills-Based Live Training. Jan 14, 21, and 28, various times, Covid-19 Case Investigation and Contact Tracing Learning Collaboratives. Topics include collecting demographic information; keeping current with changing information; motivational interviewing, breakthrough infections, trauma-informed approach, and medical mistrust. Jan 20-21, 1 pm-5 pm PST, Covid-19 Outbreak Management training for Local Health Jurisdiction (LHJ) and CA state employees. Deadline to register is Jan 14 EOB . Feb 11, 10 am-12:30 pm PST, Self-Disclosure Skills-Based Live Training Feb 15, 1-2:30 pm, Housing As The Foundation of Public Health: Working with Those Who Are Unstably Housed March 1-2, 10 am-2pm PST, Medical Mistrust Symposium: The Intersections of Medical Mis/Distrust and its Impact on Transgender Health, HIV Care, and Prevention. More information to come. March 3, 1-2:30 pm, Using a Harm Reduction Approach to Working with Clients March 10, 9 am- 1:30 pm PST, Structural interventions Institute highlighting structural interventions for ending the HIV epidemic Ongoing Covid-19 disease intervention virtual training opportunities in: Covid-19 Case Investigation Covid-19 Contact Tracing Covid-19 Leadership: Best Practices for Team Leads

Featured On-Demand Training

Talking with Family Planning Clients About Covid-19 Vaccination Communicating about Covid-19 vaccination and pregnancy, postpartum lactation, and future fertility. Watch now

Webinar Recording of 2021 CDC STI Treatment Guidelines Update: What’s New Covers 2021 changes to CDC’s STI Treatment Guidelines, updated every 4-5 years. Read the new guidelines here. Watch now

Announcing Season 3 of our Podcast, Coming Together for Sexual Health

Watch for the upcoming release of Season 3 of our podcast, now called "Coming Together for Sexual Health" (pun intended!), formerly "Speaking Frankly: The State of Sexual Health." Listen in for helpful and informative conversation among colleagues in the sexual health field. Season 3 will begin in February 2022. In the meantime, catch up on the first two seasons. Listen here

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