Program Description:

Today's event will focus on Strategies of HIV Care and Treatment Provision During an HIV Outbreak, the assessment and control of an outbreak of HIV among people who inject drugs (PWID) aas well as the state of the HIV epidemic in West Virginia in relation to injection drug use. 

Target Audience:  The intended audience for this webinar are physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, advance practice nurses, social work and ancillary team members.

12:00 - 12:10 p.m.     Welcome

12:10 -  1:10 p.m.      Strategies of HIV Care and Treatment Provision During an HIV Outbreak by Kara Willenburg, MD FACP

Learn the need to have strategies in place prior to an HIV outbreak of HIV and describe the assessment and control of an outbreak of HIV among people who inject drugs.

  1:10 -  2:10 p.m.     Not My Holler, Not My Problem:  The State of HIV and PrEP in WV by Sara Vincelli-Dozier, RN BSN

Define current HIV and hepatitis testing guidelines and importance of implementation; describe what PrEP is and identify clients and populations to benefit from it; how to prescribe PreP.

Accreditation:

Continuing Medical Education:

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirementsand policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the WVU School of Medicine and MAAETC. The WVU School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

 The WVU Office of CME designates this live activity for a maximum of 2.1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Disclosure Policy: It is the policy of the WVU School of Medicine Office of Continuing Medical Education to ensure balance,independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all its educational activities. All faculty/authors/planners participating in our programs are expected to disclose any relevant relationships they may have with commercial companies. For this conference, all those in control of content have indicated that they have no relevant interests to disclose.

Nursing:

This continuing education activity has been provided by the WV Regional Partner of the MidAtlantic AIDS Education and Training Center for 2.5 contact hours. The WV Regional Partner is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the State of WV Board of Examiners for Registered Professional Nurses. WVBRN provider number WV2000-0303RN.64

Social Work:

Social Work Hours provided by Concord University Social Work Program for a total of 2.1 credits.

Provider Number 490047 

Contact Information

Carolyn Kidd RN ACRN: ckidd@hsc.wvu.edu