California STD/HIV Prevention Training Center
The
California
STD/HIV Prevention Training Center (CA PTC) is funded by the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and is a joint project of the
California Department of Health Services, Sexually Transmitted Disease
Control Branch, the University of California, Berkeley, School of Public
Health, and the University of California, San Francisco, School of
Medicine.
The CA PTC is part of the National Network of STD/HIV
Prevention Training Centers (NNPTC). Clinical courses are provided
primarily for health professionals in federal Health and Human Services
Region IX, which includes California, Arizona, Nevada, Hawaii, and the
following Pacific Islands: American Samoa, the Federated States of
Micronesia, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of the
Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. Behavioral and Partner
Services and Program Support training courses are open to audiences
within HHS Region IX and also to those in Region X, including Oregon,
Alaska, Idaho, and Washington. Courses can be delivered outside of these
regions.
The CA PTC provides training courses that are designed
to meet the needs of a wide array of medical, health promotion, and
community professionals serving persons and communities impacted by STD
and HIV. Clinical care providers, prevention experts, program planners,
counselors, educators and administrators are examples of appropriate
participants. Small group discussions, interactive exercises, case
studies, hands-on clinic practice, and a variety of visual media are
used to enrich the applied learning experiences.
Online
Resources
In 2010, the CA PTC announced a new, free online
course:
STD Overview for Non-Clinicians
For more
information, see the
course flyer, and to register, go to the
CA
PTC online course webpage.
To obtain free STD/HIV educational materials or promotional products, please visit the
SWAP Materials webpage.