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ForwardHIV/AIDS for Healthcare Professionals (Florida Relicensure)
Since the first patients with AIDS were reported in 1981, HIV infection has developed into one of the greatest pandemics in modern times, with devastating socioeconomic and demographic consequences. Since then, some 75 million people have become infected with HIV worldwide and 32 million have died of AIDS. In 2019, 1.7 million individuals became newly infected and some 38 million live with HIV, not all of whom have access to antiretroviral therapy (ART). In this online course, William Short, M.D., will discuss how to appropriately screen and diagnose patients with HIV as well as identify the unique primary care needs of people with HIV.
This course meets Florida relicensure requirements for the Boards of Medicine, Podiatry, Dentists, Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRN), Autonomous APRN, Physician Assistants, and Anesthesia Assistants.
A score of 80% or higher is required for course completion.
Target Audience
Allopathic and Osteopathic Physicians, Hospitalists, Podiatrists, Dentists, Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRN), Autonomous APRN, Physician Assistants, Anesthesia Assistants.
Learning Objectives
- Apply appropriate screening procedures in order to diagnose patients with HIV.
- Identify candidates who would be appropriate for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP).
- Identify a regimen for a patient newly diagnosed with HIV.
- Determine the unique primary care needs of people with HIV.
William Short, M.D., MPH, FIDSA
Pennsylvania Mid-Atlantic AIDs Education and Training Center
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine in Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (Secondary)
Clinical Associate, School of Nursing
Attending Physician, Partnership Comprehensive Care Practice, Helen O. Dickens Center for Women, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Co-Chair, Infectious Diseases CME Conference, Perelman School of Medicine
Associate Director & Co-Investigator, AIDS Clinical Trial Unit research site, University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Regina Russell, MBA, MSN, R.N., NPD-BC
Clinical Learning Educator 2
Baptist Health South Florida
Miami, Florida
William Short, M.D., MPH, FIDSA, faculty for this educational activity, is a researcher for Gilead Sciences and an advisor for ViiV and Gilead Sciences. Dr. Short has indicated that the presentation or discussion will not include off-label or unapproved product usage. All the relevant financial relationships listed for this individual have been mitigated.
Regina Russell, MBA, MSN, R.N., NPD-BC, faculty for this educational activity, has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies* to disclose, and has indicated that the presentation or discussion will not include off-label or unapproved product usage.
John Rubin, M.D., conference director for this educational activity, has indicated that he is a shareholder in AstraZeneca, Merck, and Bristol Myers Squibb.
Kenneth Rosenthal, M.D., co-conference director of this educational activity has indicated that he is on the speakers’ bureau for AbbVie.
All the relevant financial relationships listed for these individuals have been mitigated.
Non-faculty contributors and others involved in the planning, development and editing/review of the content have no relevant financial relationships to disclose with ineligible companies.*
*Ineligible companies - Companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
Baptist Health South Florida is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Baptist Health has been re-surveyed by the ACCME and awarded Commendation for 6 years as a provider of CME for physicians.
Baptist Health South Florida designates this enduring material for a maximum of 2.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Available Credit
- 2.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 2.00 General certificate of attendance
- 2.00 Florida Board of Dentistry
- 2.00 Nurse Practitioners
- 2.00 Florida Board of Nursing
- 2.00 Florida Board of Podiatric Medicine
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