This section provides guidelines for programs interested in providing training and performance improvement support for staff on issues related to the design and delivery of STD-related infertility prevention programs.

TRAINING 3, DHHS Region III Family Planning
Training Center
http://www.training3info.org
Since 1981, TRAINING 3 has served as the DHHS Region III Family Planning Training Center. Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and one of ten such national training centers, TRAINING 3's primary charge has been to help ensure that family planning staff and programs throughout Region III have the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to deliver effective, quality family planning services. Over the years TRAINING 3 has evolved into a comprehensive performance improvement center, identifying and responding to the job performance-related needs of a variety of family planning, health care, and social service programs. This is achieved nationally and throughout Region III by designing, delivering, and evaluating the most effective training and other performance improvement interventions such as those described throughout this web site.

CDC Public Health Training Network
http://www.phppo.cdc.gov/PHTN/default.asp
The Public Health Training Network (PHTN) is a distance learning system that takes training to the learner. PHTN uses a variety of instructional media ranging from print-based to videotape and multimedia to meet the training needs of the public health workforce nationwide.

The Practioner's Handbook for the Management of Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 3rd Edition
http://www.STDhandbook.org
This web site provides access to The Practitioner's Handbook for the Management of Sexually Transmitted Disease published by the Seattle STD/HIV Prevention Training Center. An excellent resource for public health personnel and practitioners in primary health care, family medicine, emergency medicine, and other specialties in the optimal management of patients with sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and their partners. Individual PDF (portable document format) files can be downloaded from the left menu so that you can create your own copy of The Practitioner's Handbook.

CDC STD Clinical Slides
http://www.cdc.gov/std
The STD Clinical slides depict symptoms for nine sexually transmitted diseases. The slides are available in ready-to-use Microsoft PowerPoint slide shows or as individual graphic files for inclusion in slide shows or documents. The slides are for use by clinical personnel only. To access the STD clinical slides, please request a user id and password. Please indicate how you plan to use the slides. Request Password or email SBroadus@cdc.

PA/Mid-Atlantic AIDS ETC
http://www.pamaaetc.org
The Pennsylvania/Mid-Atlantic AIDS Education and Training Center provides custom-designed training and technical assistance to support, motivate and educate physicians, nurses, physician assistants, dental professionals, pharmacists, advanced practice nurses, and members of the clinical team to provide quality HIV care.Pennsylvania/Mid-Atlantic AETC serves Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia. The headquarters are located at the University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public Health in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with offices throughout the region.

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