Target Audience

This activity has been designed to meet the educational needs of physicians involved in the care of patients with chronic HCV infection.

Learning Objectives

Course Director and Moderator

Mark Sulkowski, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine and Medical Director,
Viral Hepatitis Center
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland

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 ViralEd, LLC. PIM is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.   

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Credit Designation

PIM designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

The 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.

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:

Dr. Mark Sulkowski:

• Contracted Research: Merck; Genentech/Roche; Vertex; Gilead; Boehringer Ingelheim; Tibotec

• Consulting Fees: Merck; Genentech/Roche; Vertex; Gilead; Boehringer Ingelheim; Anadys; Tibotec; Human Genome Sciences

• Advisory Board: Pfizer; Pharmasett

Dr. Paul Kwo:

• Contracted Research: Merck; Vertex; BMS; Abbott; Gilead; Idenix

• Consulting Fees: Merck; Vertex; BMS; Abbott; Gilead; Anadys

• Speakers' Bureau: Human Genome Sciences; Merck; Roche; BMS; Gilead; GlaxoSmithKline

Dr. K. Rajender Reddy:

• Contracted Research: Roche; Gilead; Vertex

• Advisory Boards: Salix; Roche

• Board Membership: American Board of Internal Medicine

Dr. Douglas Dieterich:

• Consulting Fees: BMS; Gilead; Genentech; Boehringer Ingelheim; Merck

Dr. Paul Pockros:

• Contracted Research: Abbott; Tibotec; Pfizer; Contus; Novartis; 3RT; Gilead; Vertex; BMS
• Consulting Fees: Gilead; Abbott; Tibotec; Pfizer; Contus; Novartis; 3RT
• Advisory Boards: Vertex; Merck; BMS; Tibotec; Contus; Novartis; 3RT 
• Spakers' Bureau: Veretex; Gilead; BMS

Dr. Jurgen Rockstroh:

• Contracted Research: Abbott; Merck; Roche
• Conulting Fees: Abbott; BMS; Boehringer Ingelheim; Gilead; GSK; Merck; Pfizer; Roche; Tibotec; ViiV

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:

The following 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.

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Disclosure of Unlabeled Use

Instructions for Participation and Credit   

There are no fees for participating and receiving credit for this activity. During the period, November 22, 2010 through November 22, 2011 participants must 1) read the learning objectives and faculty disclosures; 2) study the educational activity; and 3) complete the post-test and evaluation form.

To answer the questions, click on your selected choice for each answer then proceed to the next question. We recommend that you print a copy of your answers before you submit them to us. Once completed, click on the Submit Post-test at the bottom of the page. Your post-test will automatically be graded.

If you successfully complete the post-test (score of 70% or higher). your certificate will be made available immediately.  Click on View Certificate and print the certificate for your records.  If you received a score of 69% or less, you will receive a message notifying you that you did not pass the post-test.  You may retake the post-test until successful. 

You may complete the post-test onlin at: www.cmeuniversity.com

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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. 

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