The American Journal of Preventative Medicine reports that only 28% of patients are asked about STDs in routine medical checkups. Furthermore, health care professionals aren’t reinforcing behaviors that prevent the acquisition and transmission of HIV and STDs. That’s why the Center for Disease Control recommends that all health care professionals discuss with their patients topics related to the patient’s sexual activity.  These discussions can be very difficult for many health care professionals. After all, such topics may be embarrassing and not entirely comfortable to discuss. The aim of this course is to present the best practices and methods that will enable health care professionals to confidently interact with patients during the assessment, screening, treatment, and prevention of HIV and STDs.