Stay ahead in sexual health: Navigating mpox and Doxy-PEP in your practice
On-demand recorded 30 Sep 2024
You’ve probably heard about mpox in the news lately and may find patients in your practice are starting to ask questions about it. This webinar focuses on the current epidemiology of mpox and its transmission risks in NSW. You’ll gain insights into managing clinical presentations, differential diagnoses, and testing, along with the latest vaccination recommendations, post-exposure preventive measures and contact tracing.
Stay informed on sexual health issues and discover resources to manage STIs effectively in your practice.
In addition, you'll delve into the role of Doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis (Doxy-PEP) in reducing bacterial STIs, including how to prescribe it and its implications for antimicrobial resistance.
By the end of this webinar, you'll have the knowledge and tools to enhance patient care, stay informed on key public health issues, and effectively manage sexual health cases in your practice. Don't miss this opportunity to update your expertise and improve outcomes for your patients.
Learning outcomes
- List new resources and guidelines that support the effective management of STIs in NSW.
- Outline the current epidemiology of mpox and risk factors for transmission in NSW, manage clinical presentations, differential diagnosis, vaccination and testing for mpox.
- Describe how and when to utilise Doxy-PEP to reduce the incidence of certain bacterial sexually transmitted infections and implement a practical approach to Doxy-PEP prescribing in appropriate patients
Facilitator
Dr Vani Arjunamani
General Practitioner
Dr Vani Arjunamani, MBBS, FRACGP, is a full-time clinician for over a decade. She enjoys evidence-based chronic disease management and preventative health care in high risk populations. As a RACGP Supervisor she imparts a systematic approach to multimorbidity to her registrars. She champions general practice to medical students from the University of Sydney. Her passion is to encourage chronic disease management as central to Women’s Health.
Speakers
Dr Vincent Cornelisse
BSc(Hons), MBBS, FRACGP, FAChSHM, PhD Staff specialist in sexual health medicine,
Vincent is a specialist in sexual health medicine. His research focuses on sexual health epidemiology and public health interventions to reduce transmission of HIV and other sexually transmissible infections. Vincent is a member of the Australian mpox taskforce and published a paper on ‘how Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand avoided large-scale (formerly monkeypox) outbreaks in 2022-2023’in October 2023. Vincent also convened the Doxy-PEP consensus process and published ‘Australian consensus statement on doxycycline post‐exposure prophylaxis (doxy‐PEP) for the prevention of syphilis, chlamydia and gonorrhoea among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men’ in April 2024.
Dr Tobias Vickers
FRACGP, MD, BMedSci
Dr. Tobias Vickers is a dedicated medical practitioner with a focus on sexual health and public health. He is currently an Advanced Trainee at Sydney Sexual Health Centre, working toward completing his specialisation in Sexual Health Medicine. He has been fortunate to receive the 2024 RACP AChSHM Study Grant, which supports his ongoing training. Alongside this, he is studying for a Master of Public Health (Epidemiology) at Harvard University, where he is focusing on HIV diagnosis and public health data.
Dr. Vickers has gained valuable experience through his work in various settings, including Sydney, rural Queensland, and Cairns, allowing him to care for diverse patient populations. His background in general practice and additional training in sexual and reproductive health has helped shape his approach to patient care. He is committed to using these experiences to contribute to public health and the improvement of healthcare delivery in the communities he serves.
Matthew Vaughan
Director, HIV & Sexual Health, ACON
Matthew is the Director for HIV Sexual Health at ACON , where he leads the strategy and development of the multi award-winning campaign Ending HIV, which seeks to end HIV transmissions in NSW. Matthew has been working within the community services sector for the past 15 years working in a variety of roles within government, non-government and community-based organisations at state, national and international levels. Matthew has a love of technology and digital media, and specialises in how that passion can be used to build effective behaviour change interventions.