Obstetrics and Gynecology · Advanced

Sexually transmitted infections: evidence-based practice in obstetrics and gynecology

Evidence-based approach to STIs in obstetrics and gynecology: accurate diagnosis, rational treatment regimens and partner management according to current standards.

24academic hours

Advancedlevel

Distance learningmode of study

Course curriculum

General principles and relevance of the problem of sexually transmitted infections ▾
- — Sexually transmitted infections as a factor of reproductive losses and oncological risks
- — Statistics on the main infections
- — Classification
- — What we do not classify as STIs but very much like to treat in both partners
- — The concept of "opportunistic" microorganisms in the genital tract
- — Medical and social consequences
Sexually transmitted bacterial infections ▾
- — Chlamydia
- — Gonorrhea
- — Mycoplasmosis / ureaplasmosis. Opportunistic pathogens — when to treat?
- — Trichomoniasis
- — Syphilis
- — Bacterial vaginosis. To include in STIs you cannot treat only the woman: where is the comma?
Sexually transmitted viral infections (a joint block by an obstetrician-gynecologist and an infectious disease specialist) ▾
- — Human papillomavirus (HPV) and associated conditions. "False treatment"
- — Herpesvirus infection
- — HIV infection
- — Viral hepatitis B and C
Algorithms, errors and legal aspects ▾
- — When to examine?
- — Basic set of diagnostic studies
- — Which investigations are pointless to order
- — Retesting and Cure Control: When and Why
- — When and how to examine the partner
- — What to do when a coinfection is detected
- — Diagnostic tests for home self-testing: can they replace laboratory testing?
- — Common mistakes in obstetrician-gynecologist practice
- — Legal aspects of practice
- — Prevention, patient education, and a team approach. The physician's educational role: how to talk to patients about risks without judgment or fear

Sexually transmitted infections are often treated empirically and incompletely, which leads to relapses, complications, and reproductive losses. The course is built on an evidence base and current recommendations, so you will master correct diagnosis and rational therapy regimens instead of outdated approaches.

You will manage patients and their partners more confidently, competently preventing complications and protecting reproductive health based on modern clinical reasoning.

Aganin Mark Anatolyevich

Instructor at the MEDTRAIN Training Center, ultrasound diagnostics physician, infectious disease physician of the highest category.

Ultrasound diagnostics physician, infectious disease specialist of the highest category. Aganin Mark Anatolievich is a practicing specialist with many years of clinical experience in the field of infectious diseases and modern ultrasound diagnostics. He graduated from the Ural State Medical Academy with a degree in «General Medicine» (2000) and completed an internship in «Infectious Diseases» (2001). In 2020, he completed professional retraining in «Ultrasound Diagnostics», expanding his expertise by integrating clinical and ultrasound approaches. Since 2017, he has actively participated in international educational programs: he completed an internship in the USA (Chicago, New Orleans, Reno) on public health, infectious diseases, and HIV infection, studied echocardiography and ultrasound angiology according to international standards (2021), as well as elastography in the practice of an ultrasound diagnostics physician (2023). At the «Medtrain» training center, Mark Anatolievich conducts practical classes in professional retraining programs, paying special attention to clinical reasoning, correct interpretation of ultrasound data, and the safe application of modern technologies in a physician's daily practice.

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