HIV Curbside Consults: Treatment of Complex Patients with HIV
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Support Statement
This educational activity is supported by an independent educational grant from ViiV Healthcare. ViiV Healthcare was not involved in the development of content or selection of faculty for this educational activity.
Activity Description
In this case-based Curbside Consult activity, Drs. Daar and Badowski discuss complex cases of patients with HIV infection and their subsequent clinical course.
Target Audience
The intended audience for this activity is infectious disease specialists, internists, pharmacists, and other healthcare professionals involved in the management of patients with HIV.
Learning Objectives
Upon successful completion of this activity, participants should be better able to:
- Use the most appropriate antiretroviral therapy (ART) regimen in patients with 1 or more comorbidities.
- Select ART regimens that benefit older patients with HIV.
Activity Chair
Eric S. Daar, MD
Chief, Division of HIV Medicine
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Investigator, Lundquist Institute
Professor of Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Los Angeles, CA
Faculty
Melissa E. Badowski, PharmD, MPH, FCCP, FIDSA, BCIDP, BCPS, AAHIVP
Clinical Professor
Section of Infectious Diseases Pharmacotherapy
Department of Pharmacy Practice
University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Pharmacy
Chicago, IL
Planners/Reviewers
Ronald A. Codario, MD, EMBA, FACP, FNLA, RPVI, CHCP
Jennifer Frederick, PharmD, BCPS
Accreditation
In support of improving patient care, Vindico Medical Education is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Credit Designation
Vindico Medical Education designates this enduring material for a maximum of 0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 0.5 Medical Knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.
Participants who opt-in by providing their ABIM ID and DOB (MM/DD) will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity.
This program is acceptable for 0.5 contact hour of ACPE Continuing Education Credit. The ACPE Universal Program Number is JA0006104-0000-24-067-H02-P, effective 04/30/2024. This is a knowledge-based activity, and there is no fee to attend.
This enduring material is approved for 1 year from the date of original release, April 30, 2024, to April 29, 2025.
How to Participate in This Activity and Obtain CE Credit
To participate in this activity, you must read the objectives, answer the polling and pretest questions, view the content, and complete the posttest and evaluation. Provide only one (1) correct answer for each question. A satisfactory score is defined as answering 2 of the 3 posttest questions correctly. If a satisfactory score on the posttest is achieved, Vindico Medical Education will issue an AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ certificate or CPE Statement of Credit.
Disclosures
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Relationship information is accurate at the time of content development.
Activity Chair and Faculty report the following relevant financial relationship(s)
Eric S. Daar, MD
Consultant: Gilead, Merck, Theratechnologies, ViiV
Independent Research Contractor: Gilead, Merck, ViiV
Melissa E. Badowski, PharmD, MPH, FCCP, FIDSA, BCIDP, BCPS, AAHIVP
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Planners/Reviewers report the following relevant financial relationship(s)
Ronald A. Codario, MD, EMBA, FACP, FNLA, RPVI, CHCP
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Jennifer Frederick, PharmD, BCPS
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Vindico Medical Education staff report the following relevant financial relationship(s)
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
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Unlabeled and Investigational Usage
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