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HIV Medical Management: Clinical and Didactic Experience for Providers

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Drexel College of Medicine
1427 Vine St., 4th Floor Conf. Room, Philadelphia PA 19102
Starts at: October 15, 2018 8:00am ET
Ends at: October 18, 2018 5:30pm ET
Free Admission
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Description

This extensive three day HIV clinical training program consists of two didactic days on Monday and Tuesday and one clinical training day on Wednesday or Thursday. On the first two days, expert faculty discuss cutting-edge HIV topics such as outpatient management, antiretroviral use, clinical use of resistance assays, co-morbidities including hepatitis C and STIs, management of women, perinatal transmission, psychosocial, substance use and legal issues.

The third day, either Wednesday, October 17 or Thursday, October 18 is spent in Drexel's HIV clinic. The clinical date is arranged by Susan Thompson, 215.246.5324, sthompson@healthfederation.org

 

The target audience is physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, pharmacists, nurses and dentists. This course is designed for clinicians who are providing or plan to provide HIV care.

 

Continuing medical education and nursing credits will be offered. This course is limited to 6-8 participants.  For further information see attached brochure

Targeted Populations

A variety of the listed populations will be discussed at this event.

  • Adolescents (ages 13 to 17)
  • Young Adults (ages 18 to 24)
  • Older Adults (ages 50 and over)
  • Black or African American
  • Hispanic or LatinX
  • Women
  • Gay, lesbian, bisexual

Topics

A variety of the listed topics will be discussed at this event.

  • Post-exposure Prophylaxis (PEP, occupational and non-occupational)
  • Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP)
  • Prevention of perinatal or mother-to-child transmission
  • Adult and adolescent antiretroviral treatment
  • Aging and HIV
  • Antiretroviral treatment adherence, including viral load suppression
  • Clinical manifestations of HIV disease
  • HIV diagnosis (i.e. HIV testing)
  • HIV Epidemiology
  • HIV monitoring and lab tests (i.e. CD4 ad viral load)
  • HIV resistance testing and interpretation
  • Linkage to Care
  • Retention and/or re-engagement in care
  • Cervical cancer screening, including HPV
  • Hepatitis B
  • Hepatitis C
  • Immunization
  • Mental health disorders
  • Non-infection comorbidities of HIV and viral hepatitis
  • Nutrition
  • Opportunistic Infections
  • Reproductive health, including preconception planning
  • Sexually transmitted infections
  • Substance use disorders
  • Confidentiality/HIPAA
  • Care coordination
  • Legal issues
  • Relationship Building