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Yale Primary Care - Internal Residents Training

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Waterbury Hospital
64 Robbins Street Waterbury CT 06708
Starts at: August 9, 2019 8:30am ET
Ends at: August 9, 2019 12:30pm ET
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Description

Learning Objective:

  • Provide an overview of HIV Testing, Treatment, PrEP, and Treatment as Prevention to Internal Medicine Residents at Waterbury Hospital
  • Provide a PLWH Case Study to provide context and experiential knowledge

 

This event is open to the Waterbury Hospital Primary Care Internal Resident Program only - it is not open to general audiences

Targeted Populations

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

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

Materials

Topics

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

  • HIV Transmission Risk Assessment
  • Post-exposure Prophylaxis (PEP, occupational and non-occupational)
  • Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP)
  • Acute HIV
  • Adult and adolescent antiretroviral treatment
  • Antiretroviral treatment adherence, including viral load suppression
  • HIV diagnosis (i.e. HIV testing)
  • HIV Epidemiology
  • HIV monitoring and lab tests (i.e. CD4 ad viral load)
  • HIV resistance testing and interpretation
  • Hepatitis B
  • Hepatitis C
  • Immunization
  • Opportunistic Infections
  • Stigma or discrimination