Bacterial Special Interest Group Outputs: Provision of digital educational resources for Microscopy of STIs and Position Statement on inappropriate testing and treatment

The Bacterial Special Interest Group (BSIG) was founded to promote communication between all healthcare professionals with an interest in bacterial STIs working in sexual health. A range of activities undertaken by the BSIG includes production1 2 and reviewing guidelines and presentations at educational events. Here we showcase two recent projects. Provision of educational resources for microscopy of STIs has been a focus of the BSIG, with the 1-day course, which has been running for over 25 years and the publication of a laboratory manual in 2001 and subsequently a DVD in 2009. Conversion of the content of the manual and DVD into a more accessible format is now complete and a responsive website (bsigmicro.org, accessible through a browser) and app (BSIG Micro on Apple App Store/Play Store), available on a tablet or phone, were launched in March 2022. The primary audience for the website/app is...
Source: Sexually Transmitted Infections - Category: Sexual Medicine Authors: Tags: BASHH column Source Type: research