Release date: April 30, 2010
Expiration date: April 30, 2011
Estimated time to complete activity: 1.5 hours

This activity will provide participants with knowledge about proven interventions and how to apply them to improve and expand HIV testing, treatment, and linkage to care in any health care environment, especially those serving minority populations.
 

After participating in this activity, participants will be better able to:
* Describe the disproportionate impact that HIV has had in communities of color (African American and Hispanic communities)
* Evaluate successful approaches in screening and linkage to care in communities of color
* Describe how to implement screening and linkage strategies in your own clinical practice
* 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, to facilitate patient education
 

This program is designed for health care practitioners (physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and registered nurses) involved in the management of patients with HIV.
 

Chairman
M. Keith Rawlings, MD, AAHIVS
Medical Director, AIDS Arms/Peabody Health Center
Dallas, TX
Chair, Internal Medicine Section
of the National Medical Association (NMA)
Washington, DC

Claudia Martorell, MD, MPH, AAHIVS, FACP
Director and Principal Investigator
The Research Institute
Springfield, MA
Assistant Professor
Tufts University School of Medicine
Boston, MA

David Barker, MD, MPH, FACP
Chief Medical Officer
The Ruth M. Rothstein CORE Center
Cook County Health & Hospitals System
Chicago, IL

John G. Bartlett, MD
Professor of Medicine
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD

Edwin DeJesus, MD, FACP
Medical Director
Orlando Immunology Center
Orlando, FL

Wilbert C. Jordan, MD, MPH
Medical Director
OASIS Clinic of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Multi-Service Ambulatory Center
Associate Professor
Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science
Los Angeles, CA
 

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 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.

Nursing Continuing Education
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 CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION COMPANYhealthmatterscme
 

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 faculty 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.

M. Keith Rawlings, MD, AAHIVS
Consulting Fees: Abbott Laboratories, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Gilead Sciences, GlaxoSmithKline, Tibotec
Fees for Non-CME Services: Abbott Laboratories, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Gilead Sciences, GlaxoSmithKline, Tibotec

Claudia Martorell, MD, MPH, AAHIVS, FACP
Contracted Research: Bristol-Myers Squibb, Gilead Sciences, GlaxoSmithKline, Merck, Tibotec
Fees for Non-CME Services: Bristol-Myers Squibb, Gilead Sciences, GlaxoSmithKline, Tibotec

David Barker, MD, MPH, FACP
Consulting Fees: Virco
Contracted Research: Gilead Sciences, Merck, Pfizer, Virco
John G. Bartlett, MD
Consulting Fees: Data Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB), Tibotec

Edwin DeJesus, MD, FACP
Consulting Fees: Bristol-Myers Squibb, Gilead Sciences, GlaxoSmithKline, Merck, Tibotec, Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Contracted Research: Abbott Laboratories, Achillion, Avexa, Boehringer Ingelheim, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Gilead Sciences, GlaxoSmithKline, Hoffman LaRoche Laboratories, Merck, Pfizer, Schering Plough, Taimed, Tobira, Tibotec, Vertex
Fees for Non-CME Services: Gilead Sciences, Merck, Tibotec, Virco

Wilbert C. Jordan, MD, MPH
Contracted Research: Gilead Sciences, Roche
Fees for Non-CME Services: Bristol-Myers Squibb, Gilead Sciences

The following PIM planners and managers, Jan Hixon, RN, BSN, MA, Trace Hutchison, PharmD, Patricia Staples, MSN, NP-C, CCRN, Julia Kimball, RN, BSN, Samantha Mattiucci, PharmD, and Jan Schultz, RN, MSN, CCMEP 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
Carol A. Gabor, RN, 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 April 30, 2010 through April 30, 2011, participants must 1) read the learning objectives and
faculty disclosures; 2) study the educational activity; 3) complete the posttest by recording the best answer to each question in the answer key on the evaluation form; 4) complete the evaluation form; and 5) mail or fax the evaluation form with answer key to Postgraduate Institute for Medicine.

A statement of credit will be issued only upon receipt of a completed activity evaluation form and a completed posttest with a score of 70% or better. Your statement of credit will be mailed to you within 3 weeks.
 

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 Bristol-Myers Squibb 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 Bristol-Myers Squibb. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings.
 

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.
 

This activity is jointly sponsored by Postgraduate Institute for Medicine and HealthmattersCME.
 



This program is supported by an independent educational grant from Bristol-Myers Squibb.

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