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Academy for Healthcare Education
Last visited....3/2006.
Credit hours..2 courses offering 4 hours of credit.
Awarded by.....Academy for Healthcare Education.
Cost...........Free.
Instruction Type....Slide-Audio lectures or Text-Only monographs.
Target Audience....ID, ONCO.
Educational material last updated...2004.
Financial Support...Various supporters.

Evolving Strategies for the Management of Invasive Fungal Infections; and An Overview of Invasive Fungal Infections in the Oncology Patient: Clinical Manifestations and Treatment.

California STD/HIV Prevention Training Center
Last visited...7/2007.
Credit hours...One course offering 2.0 hours.
Awarded by....California Department of Health Services.
Cost...........Free.
Instruction Type....Case-Based-Interactive.
Target Audience....FP, IM, PED, GYN, ID.
Educational material last updated....2006
Financial support...Centers for Disease Control.

The Chlamydia Course for California Providers is for clinicians who care for women of reproductive age.
You will also find links to other STD/ID/HIV sites described elsewhere at this site: 
NNPTC Online Case Series (National Network of STD/HIV Prevention Training Centers);
Seattle STD/HIV PTC Hepatitis Web Study; 
HIV Web Study; 
CDC Self-Study STD Modules for Clinicians;
Exploring the Link Between HPV & Cervical Cancer; and 
Family PACT STD UPDATE Webcast. 

CDC Self-Study STD Modules for Clinicians
Last visited...7/2007.
Credit hours...7 modules each offering 1.25 hours for total of 8.75 hours.
Awarded by...CDC.
Cost..........Free.
Instruction Type.....Disease Based Interactive.
Target Audience....FP, IM, GYN, ID.
Educational material last updated...2006.
Financial support...CDC.

Seven disease-based interactive modules: Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV), Human Papilloma Virus (HPV), Pelvic inflammatory Disease (PID), Syphilis and Vaginitis.

Clinical Care Options Hepatitis  
Last visited...5/2006.
Credit hours...0.25 to 1.0 per activity (about 27 activities offering about 15 hours).
Awarded by....Various Sponsors.
Cost..........Free.
Instruction Type...Text-with-Slides or Case-Based-Interactive).
Target Audience....GI.
Educ. material last updated...2005-06.
Financial support...Various pharmaceutical companies.
Credit Expires...One year after posting.

About 27 text-based or case-based-interactive activities concerned with aspects of Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C infection.

Clinical Care Options HIV
Last visited...5/2006.
Credit hours...0.25 to 1.0 per activity (about 19 activities offering about 10 hours).
Awarded by....Various Sponsors.
Cost..........Free.
Instruction Type...Text-with-Slides or Case-Based-Interactive).
Target Audience....ID, HIV
Educ. material last updated...2005-06.
Financial support...Various pharmaceutical companies.
Credit Expires...One year after posting.

About 19 text-based or case-based-interactive activities concerned with aspects of HIV infection and AIDS.

FreeHepatitisInfo
Last visited...5/2006.
Credit hours...0.5 unit per month (11 issues presently available)
Awarded by...Visionary Health Concepts.
Cost.........Free.
Instruction Type....Text-Only.
Target Audience....FP, IM, ID.
Educational material last updated.....Monthly.
Financial Support...Abbott and Bristol Meyers Squibb.

HepatitisWATCH News is a monthly newsletter that brings you incremental updates on new information on the topics of hepatitis and hepatitis/HIV co-infection.

Giving Patients Options: HIV Risk Reduction Training for Clinicians
Last visited...6/2006.
Credit hours...8.5
Awarded by....University of Connecticut.
Instruction Type...Case-Based-Interactive.
Cost for Credit.....Free.
Target Audience....HIV/ID, IM.
Educational material last updated...2006
Financial Support...Center for Health/HIV Intervention and Prevention.

This three-part Point of Care program provides clinicians with the opportunity to learn effective methods of HIV risk reduction counseling from leading infectious disease experts, practice those methods online, and then apply them in clinical practice. The program is designed for internal medicine physicians, infectious disease specialists, and other health care professionals who manage patients living with HIV/AIDS.

HCV Advocate's Online Education Center
Last visited...5/2006.
Credit hours...2.0.
Awarded by....University of New Mexico School of Medicine.
Cost for Credit......Free. 
Instruction Type...Disease-Based Interactive.
Target Audiences...IM, GI, ID.
Educational material last updated...2005.
Financial Support...Roche.

This site offers the first of a promised 11 courses in the management of Hepatitis C infection. The current activity is "Diagnosing HCV." Some of the topics covered are: 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; and the four histological stages of liver damage.

Hepatitis Web Study
Last visited...7/2007.
Credit hours...0.5 per module (total of 7.5 hours)
Awarded by....University of Alabama Continuing Medical Education.
Cost for Credit......Free. 
Instruction Type...Case-Based Interactive.
Target Audiences...FP, IM, ID, GI.
Educational material last updated...2005.
Financial Support...CDC.

A set of brief (30 minutes) case simulations about Hepatitis A (2), Hepatitis B (8) and Hepatitis C (5).

HIV Web Study
Last visited...1/2008.
Credit hours...0.5 per module (total of 6.5 hours)
Awarded by....University of Alabama Continuing Medical Education.
Cost for Credit......Free. 
Instruction Type...Case-Based Interactive.
Target Audiences...FP, IM, ID.
Educational material last updated...10/07.
Financial Support...Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), US Department of Health and Human Services.

Thirteen 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
Last visited...1/2008.
Credit hours...1.0 per course (total of 9 hours available).
Awarded by....International AIDS Society-USA.
Cost for Credit......Free.
Instruction Type...Case-Based-Interactive, Slide-Audio Lecture.
Target Audiences...ID.
Educational material last updated...12/07.
Financial Support...Multiple Pharmaceutical Companies. 

Nine courses for AIDS specialists. After a brief text-based introduction, you are presented with cases and must make decisions as you move through each case. The courses are: Selected Endocrine Problems in HIV-infected Patients; Severe Mycobacterial Infection in a Patient with Advanced AIDS; HIV-related Renal Disease; HIV-associated Metabolic Complications; HIV Correctional Health Care and Discharge Planning: Issues for the Community Provider;
Practical Management Issues in HIV and Hepatitis B Virus Coinfection; Preconception Health Care for HIV-Infected Women; and Current Issues in HIV Disease and Substance Abuse.

iPrevent.org
Last visited...4/2007.
Credit hours...10 courses, each offering 1.25 hours of credit (total of 12.5 hours).
Awarded by......SciMed.
Cost............Free.
Instruction Type....Slide-Video Lecture (some courses also have a podcast and / or a printable monograph).
Target Audience...General Interest (ID).
Educational material last updated....2006.
Financial Support...Merck.

Ten lectures on various aspects of prevention and treatment of herpes zoster and other vaccine-preventable diseases.

NNPTC Online Case Series (National Network of STD/HIV Prevention Training Centers)
Last visited...7/2007.
Credit hours...1.0. 1.25 or 1.5 each (total of 7.5 hours).
Awarded by....CDC and NNPTC.
Cost for Credit....Free.
Instruction Type....Case-Based-Interactive.
Target Audiences....FP, IM, PED, GYN, UROL, ID.
Educational material last updated....2006.
Financial Support...CDC.

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. There are six cases: Johanne, a 21-year-old college senior complaining of lower quadrant pain and spotting; Mark, a 27-year-old man complaining of a genital ulcer; Lydia, a 15-year-old recently incarcerated young woman complaining of vaginal discharge; Melissa, a 20-year-old college student presenting for evaluation of some painless "growths" on her genitals; Brian, a 30-year-old man presenting with a 2-3 day history of urethral discharge and moderate-severe dysuria; and Sam, a 31-year-old man complaining of a painful blister on his penis.