STI Testing in Primary Care: Western Australia

Sexually transmissible infections (STIs) are significant public health concerns in Western Australia. Practitioners in general practice and primary care settings have a pivotal role in the diagnosis of STIs, including through increased opportunistic screening, and in providing on-going management and follow up for people and their partners.

These online modules will support Western Australian primary care providers to confidently discuss sexual health with patients and conduct guideline-based STI screening and testing.

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Learning outcomes:

• Identify priority populations for STI screening in Western Australia
• Integrate conversations about sexual health into consultations
• Implement best practice STI screening and testing using the WA Silver Book
• Outline practitioners’ contact tracing responsibilities for patients diagnosed with STIs

Contact: Please email sexualhealth@ashm.org.au if you require assistance or have a clinical question you would like to raise with a medical educator.

Target audience: General Practitioners and other health professionals working in primary care in Western Australia

CPD: These modules are a CPD Activity under the RACGP CPD Program. Allocated 2 CPD points. Activity ID 207925.

Accredited ACRRM PDP activity, ID 20848.

Last updated: September 2020

Funded by the WA Department of Health Sexual Health and Blood-borne Virus Program