Common STIs Resources

eLearning

Below find eLearning resources from the College of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare (CoSRH), in partnership with eLearning for Healthcare (eLfH), the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) and the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) on the topic of common sexually transmitted infections.

Resources marked FREE are free to all NHS clinicians. Some RCGP resources listed below are free to RCGP members only.

CoSRH:

• e-SRH Module 9: Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) (knowledge test)^{FREE to NHS} 

RCGP:

• Hepatitis B & C (self-assessed)^FREE
• Hepatitis C: Enhancing prevention, testing and care (self-assessed)^FREE

RCOG:

• Infectious Diseases (knowledge test)

Guidelines

Below find a collection of guideline resources from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG), the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH), the British HIV Association (BHIVA) and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) on the topic of common sexually transmitted infections.

RCOG/BASHH:

• Herpes in Pregnancy (2024 update)^FREE 

BASHH:

• National Guideline for the Management of Infection with Neisseria gonorrhoeae (2018, updated 2020)^FREE
• Management of Infection with Chlamydia trachomatis (2015; updated 2018)^FREE
• Management of Trichomonas vaginalis (2021)^FREE  
• Management of Syphilis (updated Sep 2024)^FREE
• Management of Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (2019)^FREE
• Management of Genital Molluscum in Adults (2021; updated 2022)^FREE
• Management of Scabies (2025)^FREE
• Management of Pubic Lice (2026)^FREE
• Management of Anogenital Herpes (2024)^FREE
• Management of Anogenital Warts (2024)^FREE
• Management of infection with Mycoplasma genitalium (2025)^FREE

BHIVA:

• Use of Vaccines in HIV-Positive Adults (2015)^FREE

NICE:

• HIV Testing: increasing uptake among people who may have undiagnosed HIV (NG60, 2016)^FREE

Reviews

Below find review articles from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) on the topic of syphilis in pregnancy, and from the Royal College of General Practitioners' (RCGP) InnovAiT journal on herpes simplex in primary care. 

RCOG:

• Syphilis in Pregnancy: Identifying and managing a historic problem on the rise (The Obstetrician and Gynaecologist 2020; 22: 209–216)

InnovAiT Review:

• Herpes Simplex in Primary Care (InnovAiT 2025; 18(9): 477–480)^{FREE to RCGP via MyRCGP login}