Please join the MidAtlantic AETC and our collaborative partners for this year's World AIDS Day event. Some of the topics featured will include gender affirming care, sexual health history taking, nurse-led PrEP clinics, caring for the caregiver, HIV Treatment in Primary Care, and HIV Prevention in Women. This event will also feature a panel of long term thrivers with HIV. You must attend the entire event in order to be eligible to receive continuing education credit or a certificate of attendance.

Accreditation

You must attend the entire event in order to be eligible to receive continuing education credit or a certificate of attendance.

CME Accreditation and Credit Designation statement
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the University of Pittsburgh and MidAtlantic AIDS Education and Training Center. The University of Pittsburgh 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 (CME)
The University of Pittsburgh designates this live activity for a maximum of 7.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity. 

Nursing: The MidAtlantic AIDS Education and Training Center is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the Pennsylvania State Nurses Association Approver Unit an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. This event is eligible for 6.5 credit hours.

Social Work: This program is offered for 6.5 CE hours of social work continuing education through cosponsorship of the University of Pittsburgh's School of Social Work, a Council on Social Work Education accredited school and therefore a PA pre-approved provider of social work continuing education. These credit hours satisfy requirements for LSW/LCSW, LMFT, and LPC biennial license renewal. For information on social work continuing education please visit socialwork.pitt.edu/continuing-ed.

When completing the evaluation, if you just need a certificate of attendance, you can select that option as well.

Continuing Education credits issued for participation in CE activity may not apply toward license renewal in all states.  It is the responsibility of each participant to verify the requirements of their state licensing board(s).

Disclosure statements

All individuals in a position to control the content of this education activity have disclosed all financial relationships with any companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. All of the relevant financial relationships for the individuals listed below have been mitigated.

• Chiu-Bin Hsiao, MD, FIDSA, AAHIVS- Grant/Research support from ViiV and Gilead and speakers bureau for ViiV.
• Hazel Jones-Parker, DNP, CRNP, AACRN  - Speakers bureau for Gilead and Janssen.

No other members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships with any companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. 

Funding for this presentation was made possible in part by U1OHA29295 from the Health Resources and Services Administration HIV/AIDS Bureau. The views expressed do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the Department of Health and Human Services nor does mention of trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. Any trade/brand names for products mentioned during this presentation are for training and identification purposes only.

The information presented at this program represents the views and opinions of the individual presenters, and does not constitute the opinion or endorsement of, or promotion by, the UPMC Center for Continuing Education in the Health Sciences, UPMC / University of Pittsburgh Medical Center or Affiliates and University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Reasonable efforts have been taken intending for educational subject matter to be presented in a balanced, unbiased fashion and in compliance with regulatory requirements. However, each program attendee must always use his/her own personal and professional judgment when considering further application of this information, particularly as it may relate to patient diagnostic or treatment decisions including, without limitation, FDA-approved uses and any off-label uses. 

Contact person

Please contact maaetc@pitt.edu with any questions about this event.

Intended Audience

All interested healthcare professionals.

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