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Sexually Transmitted Infections: Update and Multidisciplinary Approach
Sexually Transmitted Infections: Update and Multidisciplinary Approach
Overview
This microcredential qualifies individuals for the clinical management of sexually transmitted infections, integrating up-to-date knowledge on their epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment. The program covers the interpretation of clinical and microbiological data, as well as the implementation of evidence-based prevention, control, and comprehensive care strategies.
- To train healthcare professionals in the diagnosis and clinical management of the most prevalent sexually transmitted infections, including their clinical presentation, syndromic approach and updated treatment.
- Develop skills for the prevention, screening and control of STIs in clinical practice, incorporating strategies such as contact tracing, health education and the use of prophylaxis (PrEP and PEP) against HIV.
- Improve the capacity for comprehensive management of patients with STIs, including specific populations (adolescents), mucocutaneous manifestations, associated complications, and complex clinical contexts such as chemsex.
Students must be between 25 and 64 years old on the date the training begins.
Furthermore, to obtain the micro-credential, applicants must be healthcare professionals, especially doctors and nurses, interested in updating their knowledge and clinical skills in the management of sexually transmitted infections.
Academic program
- General concepts of STIs: current situation: prevention and control measures for STIs (risk factors, screening in at-risk populations, health education, contact tracing, vaccination, epidemiological surveillance); sexually transmitted infections in adolescents (comprehensive approach to adolescent health).
- Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection: general information about HIV infection; current epidemiological situation; pre-exposure prophylaxis; post-exposure prophylaxis.
- Ulcerative lesions: herpes simplex virus (HSV); haemophilus ducreyi; syphilis.
- Exudative lesions: neisseria gonorrhoeae; mycoplasma genitalium; chlamydia trachomatis (lymphogranuloma venereum l1–l3); trichomonas vaginalis.
- viral hepatitis: hepatitis B virus (hbv); hepatitis C virus (HCV); hepatitis A virus (hav).
- Other sexually transmitted infections: human papillomavirus (HPV);
Monkeypox. - Usefulness of ultrasound in STIs: ultrasound as a tool in the clinical evaluation of STIs.
- Cutaneous-mucosal manifestations of STIs: cutaneous manifestations and diagnostic keys.
- Chemsex: concept and characteristics; multidisciplinary approach.
The training activities to be carried out during the delivery of the micro-credential will be:
- Theoretical classes: expository, explanatory or demonstration sessions of the contents and knowledge.
- Independent work: independent and self-regulated activity of the student based on the documentation and guidelines proposed in the subject, preparation of classes and exams, preparation of final reports, internship reports…
- Tutoring (individual, group…): activity in which the teaching staff attends to, facilitates and guides one or more students in the training process.
- Assessment: continuous assessment tests and final exams. Tests may be in person or online, and may be written, oral, or consist of practical exercises.
Regarding the way to organize the teaching to achieve the objectives set out in the micro-credential, the organizational modality summarized below will be followed:
- Lectures/expository method: presentation or explanation by the teaching staff.
- Personal study: preparation for tests, exams, etc.
- Assessment: written tests, oral tests, practical tests…
- Tutoring: instruction period in which teachers and students interact with the aim of reviewing and discussing materials and topics presented in class.
- Active methodologies: cooperative learning, project-based learning, flipped classroom, service learning, game-based learning, case studies, problem-solving…
They are aimed at making learning a participatory process and are based on the leading role of the students.
The microcredential will have an evaluation system (ES) based on the following assessment tests:
- Objective tests (true/false, multiple choice, test-type, fill-in-the-blank, ordering, etc.): These are measurement instruments that allow for the evaluation of knowledge, skills, performance, aptitudes, etc. The answers are closed-ended, thus promoting objectivity during the scoring process.
General information
Credits: 3 ECTS
Duration: 04/05/2026 – 24/05/2026
Teaching modality: Virtual
Location: Virtual Campus of the University of La Laguna
Valued at: €217.50
The cost of tuition for this Microcredential will be subsidized by the 'Plan for the development of university microcredentials', investment 6 of component 21 of the Addendum to the 'Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan', financed by the European Union – Next Generation EU, year 2025.
Short courses available in various formats (in-person, online, or hybrid). Ideal for learning without interrupting your professional life.
Content created and delivered by professionals and experts in the field, designed for immediate application.
Endorsed by the University of La Laguna. You will receive an official ECTS certificate, valid in the European Higher Education Area.
Teaching staff
Contracted PhD Professor at the ULL-Complex
University Hospital of the Canary Islands. Professor of Internal Medicine with extensive experience.
experience in practical courses for professionals.
Contracted Professor with a PhD at the University of La Laguna (ULL). Head of the Infections Section at the University Hospital of the Canary Islands.
Attending Physician in the Infectious Diseases Department of the University Hospital Complex of the Canary Islands. Venia Docendi ULL.
Attending Physician in the Infectious Diseases Department of the University Hospital Complex of the Canary Islands. Venia Docendi ULL.
Associate Professor at the University of La Laguna (ULL). Attending Physician in the Infections Department of the University Hospital Complex of the Canary Islands.
Dermatologist at the University Hospital Complex of the Canary Islands. Member of: Autoimmune and Systemic Diseases Group, Spanish Group of Pediatric Dermatology and Spanish Research Group on STDs and AIDS of the Spanish Academy of Dermatology (AEDV).
Attending Physician of the Infections Department of the University Hospital Complex of the Canary Islands.
Attending Physician in the Infectious Diseases Department of the University Hospital Complex of the Canary Islands. Venia Docendi ULL.
Attending Physician in the Internal Medicine Department of the University Hospital Complex of the Canary Islands. Venia Docendi ULL.
