Patients with HIV have an increased risk of cardiovascular disease and major cardiac events. This course will cover educational needs for
providers/prescribers, adherence nurses, case mangers, and pharmacists on HIV and cardiovascular disease. 
This activity was designed to help bridge the knowledge gap for the healthcare team. Covering the updated guidelines
and how to discuss information to patients. This aims to help the team employ strategies that would help prevent
disease among their clients with HIV who would benefit from further cardiovascular disease prevention methods 

1. Describe the increased cardiovascular risk in people with HIV
2. Summarize the evidence supporting statin use in people with HIV (REPRIEVE trial)
3. Identify current guidelines for statin use in people with HIV
4. Discuss ways to talk about the new statin guidelines with patients
5. Review data on statin prescribing in a clinic setting

Speaker:

Yussef Bennani, MD

Accreditation: 

IMPORTANT: Please note that CEUs are currently pending approval.  Upon approval, the following CEUs will be offered.  If, for any reason, CEUs are not approved, registrants will be notified prior to the webinar. 

Accreditation: 
In support of improving patient care, VCU Health Continuing Education 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.

Medicine: VCU Health Continuing Education designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nursing: VCU Health Continuing Education designates this activity for a maximum of 1 ANCC contact hours. Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Pharmacy: This activity provides 1 ACPE contact hours (1 CEUs) of continuing education credit.

NOTE FOR PHARMACISTS: Upon closing of the online evaluation, VCU Health CE will upload the pharmacy-related continuing education information to CPE Monitor within 60 days. Per ACPE rules, VCU Health CE does not have access nor  the ability to upload credits requested after the evaluation closes. It is the responsibility of the pharmacist or pharmacy technician to provide the correct information [NABP ePID and DOB (in MMDD format)] in order to receive credit for participating in a CE activity.
 
Social Work: As a Jointly Accredited Organization, VCU Health Continuing Education is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this course receive 1 continuing education credits.
 

Intended Audience

Prescribers, nurses, social workers, pharmacists, case managers, HIV/STI testers, DIS, EIS

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