Program Description:
While the complexity of therapy for HIV and AIDS often requires consultation with infectious disease specialists, primary care providers remain instrumental in screening/diagnosis, providing ongoing management and care coordination, and preventing transmission. In this educational activity, HIV/AIDS experts will present evidence-based strategies for care, from screening to initial treatment to disease complications. As a result of taking part in the educational activity, NPs and PAs will be better equipped to manage their patients with HIV/AIDS, and to improve the long-term health outlook and quality of life for these individuals.
Activity Objectives:
As a result of taking part in this activity, participants should be better able to:
- List two benefits of routine screening for HIV infection
- Identify two strategies to reduce the risk of HIV transmission
- Explain two critical factors in the selection of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART)
- Describe two key concepts in the management of patients with HIV/AIDS
| Credits |
Type |
Accreditation Statement |
Designation Statement |
| 1.00 |
CE for Nurses
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The Association of Nurses in AIDS Care (ANAC) is an approved provider of continuing education in nursing by the Virginia Nurses Association Continuing Education Approval Committee, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. The estimated time required to complete this activity is 1 hour. |
This program is approved for 1 contact hour by the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care (ANAC). |
| 0.50 |
AAPA Category I CME Credit |
This program was planned in accordance with the AAPA’s CME Standards for Enduring Material Programs and for the Commercial Support of Enduring Material Programs. |
This program has been reviewed and approved for a maximum of .5 hours of AAPA Category 1 CME credit by the Physician Assistant Review Panel. Approval is valid for 1 year from the issue date of October 2009. |
Faculty:
Course Director
Richard A. Elion, MD (Chair)
Director of Clinical Research
The Whitman-Walker Clinic
Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine
The George Washington University School of Medicine
Washington, DC
Faculty
Susan F. LeLacheur, DrPH, PA-C
Assistant Professor of Health Care Sciences
The George Washington University
Physician Assistant Program
The Whitman-Walker Clinic
Washington, DC
Mary Springston, MS Ed, RPA-C
Director and Assistant Clinical Professor
Department of Physician Assistant Studies
Le Moyne College
Syracuse, NY
Debra Trimble, RNC, MS, FNP-C, AACRN
Assistant Professor
UTMB School of Nursing, Graduate Program
Galveston, TX
Primary Care/HIV Nurse Practitioner
Houston Area Community Services (HACS) Joseph-Hines Clinic
Professor of Medicine, Internal Medicine
Houston, TX
Ann B. Williams, EdD, RNC, ANP
Helen Porter Jayne and Martha Prosser Jayne Professor of Nursing
Director
Center for International Nursing Scholarship and Education
Yale School of Nursing
New Haven, CT
Disclosures:
Richard A. Elion, MD, serves as a consultant to Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Gilead Sciences, Inc., GlaxoSmithKline, Panacos Pharmaceuticals, Inc., ThaiMed, and Tibotec Therapeutics; has received grant/research support from Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Gilead Sciences, Inc., and Tibotec Therapeutics; and is on the speakers’ bureaus of Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Gilead Sciences, Inc., and Tibotec Therapeutics.
Susan F. LeLacheur, DrPH, PA-C, has no relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Mary Springston, MS Ed, RPA-C, has no relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Debra Trimble, RNC, MS, FNP-C, AACRN, has no relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Ann B. Williams, EdD, RNC, ANP, has no relevant financial relationships to disclose.
This program is sponsored by the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care (ANAC) and the American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA).
This program is supported by educational grants from Bristol-Myers Squibb, Gilead Sciences, Inc., and Tibotec Therapeutics.
Instructions:
To obtain credit, a score of 70% or better is required. This CME is offered at no cost to participants. Please proceed with the activity until you have successfully completed this program, answered all test questions, completed the posttest survey, and have received your digital copy of your credit certificate. Your online certificate will be saved on myCME.com within your Profile/Exam History, which you can then access at any time.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
WINDOWS PC SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
266-MHz Pentium II; Windows 98 or higher; 64 MB RAM; 800 x 600 screen resolution set for “High Color (16-Bit)”; Macromedia Flash Player 6 or higher.
MACINTOSH® SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
Power Mac g3 at 300 MHz; System 8.5 or higher (excluding Mac OSX); 96 MB RAM; 20 MB minimum hard disk space available; 800 x 600 screen resolution set to “Thousands of Colors”; Macromedia Flash Player 6 or higher.