MPOX Educational Series

Session 1: Standard Components of Care - Part I

Part I of these educational series is a collaborative project between Delaware's Division of Public Health, Delaware HIV Consortium, and the MidAtlantic AIDS Education and Training Center, to prepare Delaware’s primary care and reproductive health care providers on how to prevent, diagnosis, and treat Mpox. 

Below are the learning objectives for this education: 

1. Review the risk factors for mpox transmission in the United States.
2. Incorporate mpox prevention strategies into routine sexual health care.
3. Determine appropriate patients for mpox vaccination for both pre- and post-exposure prophylaxis.

Speaker:

Marci Drees, MD, MS, DTMH, FACP, FIDSA, FSHEA, Chief Infection Prevention Officer; Hospital Epidemiologist, Christianacare

Session 2: Standard Components of Care - Part II

Part II of this educational series is a collaborative project between Delaware's Division of Public Health, Delaware HIV Consortium, and the MidAtlantic AIDS Education and Training Center, to prepare Delaware’s primary care and reproductive health care providers on how to prevent, diagnosis, and treat mpox. 

Objectives for this session: 

1. Familiarize clinical care providers with differential diagnoses for patients presenting with signs and symptoms concerning for mpox.
2. Review the clinical diagnosis of mpox in normal hosts and people living with HIV.
3. Determine appropriate clinical management of patients with mpox

Speaker:

Deb Kahal, MD, Medical Director AIDS Care Group

Session 3: Standard Components of Care - Part III

Part III of this educational series is a collaborative project between Delaware's Division of Public Health, Delaware HIV Consortium, and the MidAtlantic AIDS Education and Training Center, to prepare Delaware’s primary care and reproductive health care providers on how to prevent, diagnosis, and treat Mpox. 

Below are the learning objectives for this education:

• Improve understanding of the potential impacts of mpox-related stigma.
• Recognize the nature and extent of discrimination toward individuals with and at high risk for contracting mpox.
• Review the origins and perpetuating factors of mpox discrimination, and tips for reducing discriminatory practices in healthcare settings?
• Identify strategies for reducing stigma in mpox communication and community engagement.

Speaker:

Marshala Lee-McCall, MD, MPH - Harrington Trust Medical Director; Institute for Research on Equity and Community Health; Department of Family and Community Medicine; ChristianaCare