Q1 What percentage of the population
that you treat is aged 14–18 years?
❍ <25%
❍ 25–50%
❍ >50%
❍ Do not know/unsure
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Q2 If appropriate in the context of
the patient visit, do you test/screen for gonorrhea/chlamydia?
❍ Yes
❍ No, do not have the equipment to
perform those tests
❍ No, performing those tests is not
within the scope of my practice
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Q3 During the average month, how often
do you test/screen for gonorrhea or chlamydia in adolescent
female patients, less than 18 years old?
❍ Monthly (1–2 times per
month)
❍ Weekly (>5 times per month)
❍ Daily (>25 times per month)
❍ Multiple times a day (>40 times
per month)
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Q4 A 14 year old female presents
requesting testing for gonorrhea and chlamydia. She is sexually
active with a male partner. Sometimes they use condoms. Neither
she nor her partner has had any symptoms. How would you collect
a sample for gonorrhea/chlamydia testing for this asymptomatic
14 year old patient?
❍ Speculum exam with cervical swab
for culture
❍ Speculum exam with cervical swab
for NAAT*
❍ Provider vaginal swab for
culture
❍ Provider vaginal swab for
NAAT*
❍ Patient self vaginal swab for
culture
❍ Patient self vaginal swab
for NAAT*
❍ Urine sample for
NAAT*
❍ Observe, no testing at this
time
❍ Do not know/unsure
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Q5 If treatment is indicated for this
asymptomatic 14 year old female, with regards to her partner, do
you:
❍ Give her a prescription for her
partner (expedited partner therapy)
❍ Recommend that her partner be seen
by a healthcare provider
❍ Not discuss her partner’s
therapy
❍ Treatment is not indicated
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Q6 A female patient presents with the
same complaints as the previous scenario. Please note the
patient is now an 18 years old female. How would you collect a
sample for gonorrhea/chlamydia testing for this asymptomatic 18
year old female?
❍ Speculum exam with cervical swab
for culture
❍ Speculum exam with cervical swab
for NAAT*
❍ Provider vaginal swab for
culture
❍ Provider vaginal swab for
NAAT*
❍ Patient self vaginal swab for
culture
❍ Patient self vaginal swab
for NAAT*
❍ Urine sample for
NAAT*
❍ Observe, no testing at this
time
❍ Do not know/unsure
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Q7 If treatment is indicated for this
asymptomatic 18 year old female with regards to her partner, do
you:
❍ Give her a prescription for her
partner (expedited partner therapy)
❍ Recommend that her partner be seen
by a healthcare provider
❍ Not discuss her partner’s
treatment
❍ Treatment is not indicated
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Q8 The same 18 year old female from
the previous scenario presents requesting testing for gonorrhea
and chlamydia. She remains asymptomatic, but now her male
partner has penile discharge. How would you collect a sample for
gonorrhea/chlamydia testing for this asymptomatic 18 year old
female, with a symptomatic partner?
❍ Speculum exam with cervical swab
for culture
❍ Speculum exam with cervical swab
for NAAT*
❍ Provider vaginal swab for
culture
❍ Provider vaginal swab for
NAAT*
❍ Patient self vaginal swab for
culture
❍ Patient self vaginal swab
for NAAT*
❍ Urine sample for
NAAT*
❍ Observe, no testing at this
time
❍ Do not know/unsure
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Q9 If treatment is indicated for this
18 year old female with regards to her symptomatic partner, do
you:
❍ Give her a prescription for her
partner (expedited partner therapy)
❍ Recommend that her partner be seen
by a healthcare provider
❍ Not discuss her partner’s
treatment
❍ Treatment is not indicated
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Q10 The same 18 year old female from
the previous scenario presents requesting testing for gonorrhea
and chlamydia. She was asymptomatic, but now is complaining of
vaginal discharge. How would you collect a sample for
gonorrhea/chlamydia testing for this symptomatic 18 year old
female?
❍ Speculum exam with cervical swab
for culture
❍ Speculum exam with cervical swab
for NAAT*
❍ Provider vaginal swab for
culture
❍ Provider vaginal swab for
NAAT*
❍ Patient self vaginal swab for
culture
❍ Patient self vaginal swab
for NAAT*
❍ Urine sample for
NAAT*
❍ Observe, no testing at this
time
❍ Do not know/unsure
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Q11 If treatment is indicated for this
symptomatic 18 year old female, with regards to her partner, do
you:
❍ Give her a prescription for her
partner (expedited partner therapy)
❍ Recommend that her partner be seen
by a healthcare provider
❍ Not discuss her partner’s
treatment
❍ Treatment is not indicated
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Q12 If offered a choice, which method
of collection do you think your female adolescent patients would
prefer?
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Q13 What do you think is the biggest
barrier to using the method of collection that your patients
would choose in the previous question? None, I use that
method of collection
❍ I do not have access to the
equipment to perform those tests
❍ I do not think that method is the
recommended collection method
❍ I do not know if my patients will
correctly collect the specimen
❍ Do not know/unsure (5)
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Q14 In which state does the majority
of your clinical practice occur? |
Q15 With regards to treating partners
of patients, the laws of my state in which the majority of my
practice is located:
❍ Allow a provider to treat sexual
partners for gonorrhea/chlamydia without having an
established provider-patient relationship
❍ Do not allow a provider to treat
sexual partners for gonorrhea/chlamydia without
having an established provider-patient
relationship
❍ I do not know the laws of my state
for treating partners for STI
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Q16 If your patient does not know or
is unwilling to disclosure her partners’ names, my state
law:
❍ Allows me to write
“expedited partner therapy” or
“EPT” instead of a name on the
prescription
❍ Does not allow me to write a
prescription
❍ I do not know my state law
regarding this topic
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Q17 How familiar are you with the most
recent CDC guidelines for gonorrhea/chlamydia?
❍ Not familiar at all
❍ Somewhat familiar
❍ Very familiar
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Q18 As diagnostic and treatment
recommendations change for adolescents, what method do you think
best supports implementing evidence based practices?
❍ Computerized/summarized clinical
guidelines
❍ Brief, paper/pocket card
guidelines
❍ Electronic medical record
clinical prompts
❍ Practice based monitoring and
feedback (institutionalized QI initiatives)
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Q19 What is your gender?
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Q20 What is the setting of your
clinical practice?
❍ Outpatient Clinic (Primary
Care)
❍ Children’s Emergency
Department/Urgent Care
❍ General Emergency
Department/Urgent Care
❍ Reproductive Clinic
❍ STI Clinic (Health
Department)
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Q21 How would you describe the
majority of your clinical practice?
❍ Private practice
❍ Academic practice
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Q22 What type of residency program did
you complete?
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Q23 Did you complete fellowship
training?
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Q24 How many years since you completed
your entire medical training?
❍ Currently in training
❍ ≤7 years
❍ 8–15 years
❍ >15 years
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