Part two in this series from the RACP, Chapter of Sexual Health focusses on sexual history taking and pre and post-test discussion.

Chlamydia is disturbingly common in the Australian population and appropriate sexual history taking and contact tracing are important skills to employ in an attempt to lesson the prevalence and impact of this disease.

If you wish to complete this module as part of an ALM please return to the ThinkGP home page and select the Sexual Heath ALM link. You can also find the link under the Education Category "Active Learning Modules" on the left-hand side of the home page. You can complete this module alone for Category 2 RACGP points or ACRRM points.

At the conclusion of this module you will be able to

• Take a sexual history eliciting the relevant risk factors and behaviours
• Recall the relevant questions required for a full sexual history
• Discuss how to tailor pre and post-test discussion, for STIs, for patients with different levels of clinical risk
• Use a system to take an appropriate and thorough sexual history
• Indicate which tests are most appropriate after full sexual history and examination

You will need the latest version of Flash to view the module - you can download the latest version here: http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash