Medical IT? Or is your company a contractor of some medical company and it’s just boiler plate training for all contractors? Or are you likely to have some kind of contact with these concerns in the course of your duties?
If not then maybe your employer got sued for something and that kind of training is part of the settlement?
Ahh then more than likely they purchased a training program that is overly broad to save some money. Probably figured it won’t hurt to make sure people know what herpes looks like so Quagmire doesn’t end up spreading it around the floor