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Yale Primary Care - Internal Residents Training

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Waterbury Hospital
Waterbury Hospital 64 Robbins Street, Rm # 3308D Waterbury, CT 06708
Starts at: December 15, 2023 9:45am ET
Ends at: December 15, 2023 12:00pm ET
Free Admission
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Description

Presenter: Dr. Lydia Barakat 

Learning Objectives:

  • Provide an overview of HIV testing, treatment, PrEP, and Treatment as Prevention to internal medicine attendings as well as residents at Waterbury Hospital
  • Provide an HIV case study to provide context and experiential knowledge

 

This event is open to the Internal Medicine Attendings as well as Resident Program only - it is not open to general audiences

Intended Audience

Attendings as well as Medical residents in the residency training program at Waterbury hospital.

                                 

Contact

Person: amber.lenihan@yale.edu

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)
  • Treatment as Prevention (e.g., U=U)
  • 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