Stories of Success in HIV is a unique CME/CE-certified audio/slide presentation that will address topics such as providing culturally-competent care and implementing innovations to optimize HIV screening, treatment, and adherence as demonstrated by successful programs from across the country.

This activity is designed to meet the educational needs of health care providers who care for patients with HIV, including physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and registered nurses.

After completing this activity, participants will be better able to:

• Describe the disproportionate impact that HIV has had in communities of color
  
• Evaluate successful approaches in screening and linkage to care in communities of color
  
• Outline how to implement strategies for screening and linkage to care in their own clinical practices
  
• Discuss how the cultural and socioeconomic status of minority patients impacts their access to HIV testing and access to care
  
• Develop trusting and productive patient-provider relationships in order to expand HIV testing and access to care

Charles B. Hicks, MD
Professor of Medicine
Associate Director, Duke AIDS Research and Treatment Center
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC

Accreditation Statement

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint sponsorship of Postgraduate Institute for Medicine (PIM) and HealthmattersCME. PIM is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation

Postgraduate Institute for Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Credit Designation

This educational activity for 1.5 contact hours is provided by Postgraduate Institute for Medicine.

Accreditation Statements

Postgraduate Institute for Medicine is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

California Board of Registered Nursing

Postgraduate Institute for Medicine is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 13485 for 1.8 contact hours.

A statement of credit will be issued only upon receipt of a completed activity evaluation form and will be mailed to you within 3 weeks.

Postgraduate Institute for Medicine (PIM) assesses conflict of interest with its instructors, planners, managers, and other individuals who are in a position to control the content of CME activities. All relevant conflicts of interest that are identified are thoroughly vetted by PIM for fair balance, scientific objectivity of studies mentioned in this activity, and patient care recommendations. PIM Is committed to providing its learners with high-quality CME activities and related materials that promote improvements or quality in health care and not a specific proprietary business interest of a commercial interest.

The planners and managers reported the following financial relationships or relationships to products or devices they or their spouse/life partner have with commercial interests related to the content of this CME activity:

Charles B. Hicks, MD
Consulting Fees: Bristol-Myers Squibb, Gilead Sciences, Inc, GlaxoSmithKline, Merck & Co, Myriad Genetics, Inc, Tibotec Therapeutics
Contracted Research: Bristol-Myers Squibb, Gilead Sciences, Inc, GlaxoSmithKline, Merck & Co, Pfizer Inc, Schering-Plough, Tibotec Therapeutics

The following PIM planners and managers, Jan Hixon, RN, BSN, MA, Trace Hutchison, PharmD, Julia Kimball, RN, BSN, Samantha Mattiucci, PharmD, Jan Schultz, RN, MSN, CCMEP and Patricia Staples, MSN, NP-C, CCRN hereby state that they or their spouse/life partner do not have any financial relationships or relationships to products or devices with any commercial interest related to the content of this activity of any amount during the past 12 months.

The following HealthmattersCME managers, James Murphy and Erin J. Fitzgerald, RN, MBA, reported they do not have any financial relationships or relationships to products or devices with any commercial interests related to the content of this CME activity.

There are no fees for participating and receiving CME credit for this activity. During the period June 4, 2010 through June 4, 2011, participants must read the learning objectives and faculty disclosures and study the educational activity.

PIM supports Green CME by offering your Request for Credit online. If you wish to receive acknowledgment for completing this activity, please complete the post-test and evaluation on www.cmeuniversity.com. On the navigation menu, click on “Find Post-test/Evaluation by Course” and search by course ID “7373”. Upon registering and successfully completing the post-test with a score of 70% or better and the activity evaluation, your certificate will be made available immediately. Processing credit requests online will reduce the amount of paper used by nearly 100,000 sheets per year.

Disclosure of Unlabeled Use

This educational activity may contain discussion of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the FDA. Postgraduate Institute for Medicine (PIM), HealthmattersCME, and Gilead Sciences Medical Affairs do not recommend the use of any agent outside of the labeled indications.

The opinions expressed in the educational activity are those of the faculty and do not necessarily represent the views of PIM, HealthmattersCME, and Gilead Sciences Medical Affairs. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings.

Disclaimer

Participants have an implied responsibility to use the newly acquired information to enhance patient outcomes and their own professional development. The information presented in this activity is not meant to serve as a guideline for patient management. Any procedures, medications, or other courses of diagnosis or treatment discussed or suggested in this activity should not be used by clinicians without evaluation of their patient’s conditions and possible contraindications on dangers in use, review of any applicable manufacturer’s product information, and comparison with recommendations of other authorities.

There is no fee for this educational activity.

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