When

Tuesday, November 26, 2019

1:00pm-3:00pm

WheRE

Atlanta, GA

Grady Memorial Hospital
Grady 2b038 (2nd Floor)

80 Jesse Hill Jr Drive SE
Atlanta, GA 30303

faculty

Gregory S. Felzien, MD, AAHIVS
Diplomat: Internal Medicine and Infectious Disease
Medical Advisor
Division of Health Protection/IDI-HIV
Georgia Department of Public Health
Atlanta, Georgia

Damon Johnson, Jr.
Program Manager
Georgia AIDS Education & Training Center
Atlanta, Georgia

Jointly provided by Postgraduate Institute for Medicine and Integritas Communications.

This activity is supported by an independent educational grant from Gilead Sciences, Inc.

Target Audience

This activity is intended for Student healthcare providers (MDs, NPs, PAs, nurses), social workers, counselors, peer educators, and other community stakeholders engaged in the care of patients with or at risk for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in a college or university health center setting.

Educational Objectives

After completing this activity, the participant should be better able to:

  • Demonstrate knowledge of key epidemiologic data on HIV incidence and burden in the Southern United States.
  • Determine patients’ preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) eligibility through HIV testing, sexual history taking, and appropriate laboratory testing.
  • Describe evidence-based HIV PrEP principles and guideline-driven practices with regard to initiating treatment and on-treatment monitoring.
  • Implement strategies to reduce stigma related to PrEP use, sexual health and sexual behaviors
  • Engage health-care providers, administrators, students, and/or other pertinent community or campus stakeholders in the implementation of campus-specific, comprehensive HIV-prevention strategies.

Program Agenda

Refreshments will be served.

  • Introduction: A Review of Key Regional Data on HIV Incidence and Burden
  • Tools for Assessing the Impact of HIV on Your Campus and at the Community Level
  • Overcoming HIV Stigma and Social Barriers
  • Strategies for Implementing Comprehensive HIV Prevention at the Campus/Community Interface
  • Identifying Local Barriers to PrEP Implementation
  • Taking Action: Small-Group Discussions, Role-Playing, or other training activities

Joint Accreditation Statement

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the Postgraduate Institute for Medicine and Integritas Communications.  Postgraduate Institute for Medicine is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Physician Continuing Medical Education

The Postgraduate Institute for Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Continuing Nursing Education

The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 1.5 contact hours. Pharmacotherapy contact hours for Advance Practice Registered Nurses to be determined.

Social Worker Education

As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Postgraduate Institute for Medicine is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program.  Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program.  State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit.  Postgraduate Institute for Medicine maintains responsibility for this course.  Social workers completing this course receive 1.5 clinical continuing education credits.

Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest

Postgraduate Institute for Medicine (PIM) requires instructors, planners, managers, and other individuals who are in a position to control the content of this activity to disclose any real or apparent conflict of interest (COI) they may have as related to the content of this activity. All identified COI are thoroughly vetted and resolved according to PIM policy. PIM is committed to providing its learners with high quality activities and related materials that promote improvements or quality in healthcare and not a specific proprietary business interest of a commercial interest.

Americans with Disabilities Act

Event staff will be glad to assist you with any special needs (i.e., physical, dietary, etc). Please contact Christa Master prior to the live event at 727-637-2945 or cmaster@integritasgrp.com.

Fee Information

There is no fee for this educational activity.

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For more information on the PrEP U initiative, please visit www.HIVPrEPU.com.

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