Sexually transmitted infections (including HIV)

When you have completed this course, you will be able to:

• recognise the signs and symptoms associated with sexually and non-sexually transmitted genital tract infections
• investigate and treat genital tract infections
• describe the UK legislation that has been introduced to reduce the incidence of STIs
• adopt a holistic approach to the management of STIs
• describe the nature of HIV infection, the mode of transmission, diagnosis and treatment, as well as the long-term implications of this condition
• diagnose and manage STIs in pregnant women.

Dr Katie Boog MFSRH Dip GU-Med PGA Med Ed (SRH) (2016, 2019, 2023)

Dr Boog is a consultant in Community Sexual and Reproductive Health in NHS Lothian, the Co Director of the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Health Clinical Effectiveness Unit and an Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of St Andrews. She was a Senior Registrar in Sexual Health and HIV in Australia for 3 years before commencing CSRH training in the East Midlands, and holds the Diploma of Genitourinary Medicine and Membership of the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Health.

Dr Boog has specialist interests in medical education, complex contraception and genitourinary medicine. She is a Faculty Registered Trainer, and teaches and assesses candidates working towards the Diploma of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Sexually Transmitted Infections Foundation qualifications, as well as writing and reviewing questions for the DFSRH and its international equivalent. She has developed and delivered Sexual Health and Contraception Masterclasses for Primary Care clinicians across England and Wales, and lectured on sexual and reproductive health topics for MRCOG revision courses, postgraduate education updates and on medical school curriculum.

This course is intended to help clinicians gain core knowledge for O&G training and the MRCOG examinations. It can also be used by O&G consultants to refresh their knowledge of the area or for teaching.

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