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First Choice Training Series: HIV Basics for Primary Care

Details

Starts at: September 6, 2023 8:00am ET
Ends at: September 6, 2023 9:00am ET
Free Admission

Invite Only: Password Protected

Description

Presenter: Dr. Marwan Haddad

Learning Objectives:

At the end of this activity, participants will be able to:

  1. Recognize clinical criteria for medical interventions related to HIV
  2. Define guidelines for testing and counseling patients related to HIV and HIV prevention
  3. Demonstrate skill in shared decision-making with patients related to HIV testing, treatment and prevention

 

Intended Audience

This learning session is for First Choice providers only, it is not open to the general public.

Contact

Person: neaetc@umassmed.edu

Topics

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

  • Behavioral Prevention
  • HIV Transmission Risk Assessment
  • Treatment as Prevention (e.g., U=U)
  • Acute HIV
  • Adult and adolescent antiretroviral treatment
  • Antiretroviral treatment adherence, including viral load suppression
  • Basic science
  • 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