An Evaluation of Routine HIV Testing and Its Impact on HAART Initiation

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This continuing-education activity consists of one 52-minute podcast (or the written summary; see Required Materials section below), an accompanying slide set and a post-test consisting of 4 questions. The full activity should take approximately 60 minutes to complete. Once you have listened to the podcast or read the written summary, scored 70% or higher on this activity's post-test and completed the post-test evaluation, you will be eligible to receive:

• Physicians: Up to 1.0 hour of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit^TM.
• Pharmacists: Up to 1.0 hour of pharmacy credit.
• Registered Nurses: Up to 1.0 hour of Nursing Continuing Education contact credit (or 1.2 hours of California Board of Registered Nursing credit).

This activity was released on May 14, 2009. Credit for successfully completing this activity will be available until May 14, 2010.

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Joint-Sponsorship Information

This activity is jointly sponsored by Postgraduate Institute for Medicine and The Body PRO.

For information about the accreditation of this program, please contact PIM at 303.799.1930 or information@pimed.com.

This continuing-education activity is funded by an educational grant from Bristol-Myers Squibb Company.

Physician Continuing Medical Education

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 The Body PRO. PIM is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Postgraduate Institute for Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Pharmacist Continuing Education

Postgraduate Institute for Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.

Postgraduate Institute for Medicine designates this continuing-education activity for 1.0 contact hour(s) (0.1 CEU) of the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education. (Universal Program Number: 809-999-09-041-H02-P)

A statement of credit will be issued only upon receipt of a completed activity evaluation form and will be mailed to you within 8 weeks (if applicable).

Nursing Continuing Education

CNA/ANCC: This educational activity for 1.0 contact hour is provided by Postgraduate Institute for Medicine (PIM).

PIM is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Colorado Nurses Association, an accredited approver 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 1.2 contact hours.

Fee Information

There is no fee for this educational activity.

At the heart of this activity is a research summary available in two different formats: MP3 audio and a written transcript. You can use either of these two formats to complete this activity.

In addition to the audio/written summary, an accompanying slide set is also provided, and is required material for this activity.

Read/Listen to This Activity

• Read Written Summary (includes links to audio and slides)
• Listen to Podcast (52 min.)
• Download PowerPoint Slide Set

Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest

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 utilized 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.

David Wohl, M.D., the faculty member involved in this activity, has been a consultant for Abbott Laboratories, Tibotec Therapeutics and Merck & Co. He has served on speakers bureaus for Abbott, Gilead, Roche Laboratories, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Boehringer Ingelheim, Tibotec Therapeutics and Merck. In addition, he has received research support from Abbott, Roche and Merck.

Click here for a brief biography of Dr. Wohl.

The following PIM planners and managers, Linda Graham, R.N., B.S.N., B.A.; Jan Hixon, R.N., B.S.N., M.A.; Trace Hutchison, Pharm.D.; Julia Kirkwood, R.N., B.S.N.; and Jan Schultz, R.N., M.S.N., C.C.M.E.P., 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 planners and editors of this program, Bonnie Goldman, editorial director of The Body PRO, and Myles Helfand, managing editor of The Body PRO, have no significant financial relationships to disclose.

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), The Body PRO and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company 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, The Body PRO and Bristol-Myers Squibb. 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.

Purpose:

The purpose of this activity is to provide HIV physicians, pharmacists, nurses and other health care professionals with the opportunity to supplement their knowledge on issues related to routine HIV testing in the United States. This will be accomplished via a CME/CE summary of the revised recommendations for HIV testing in the United States, their merits and the obstacles to their implementation.

Target Audience:

This activity has been designed to meet the educational needs of physicians, pharmacists, registered nurses and other health care professionals involved in the care of patients with HIV.

Objectives:

Participants who complete this educational activity should be able to:

1. Review the revised recommendations for HIV testing released by U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in September 2006.
2. Cite the arguments supporting the implementation of the revised HIV testing recommendations.
3. List the obstacles to the implementation of the revised HIV testing recommendations.
4. Identify the correlation between increasing HIV testing rates and improving HIV treatment outcomes in the United States.

This activity is no longer available for CME/CE credit.