 
About the Program
Program Overview
Antiretroviral therapy (ART) has evolved considerably over the past three decades. With many antiretroviral (ARV) drugs, combinations and classes available, health care providers have multiple choices regarding ARV therapy. In recent years, significant progress has been made in the treatment of HIV, but many clinicians who manage patients infected with HIV are not aware of the full range of complex and emerging treatment options available or how to apply them to various patient scenarios. Due to the rapidly changing landscape in HIV management, this situation can significantly affect the treatment of patients with HIV infection and the quality of the care they receive, potentially affecting patient outcomes, increasing morbidity, mortality, and treatment costs.
The HIV Virtual Patient program is an interactive, case-based program featuring real-world case scenarios discussed by HIV thought leaders. Participants will be asked to assess and treat a variety of HIV-positive and HIV-negative patient types with the direction and consultation of HIV thought leaders. This program provides important information that can be directly applied to clinical practice, thereby increasing the delivery of optimal care to patients with HIV infection in the United States.
Target Audience
This activity has been designed to meet the educational needs of physicians, physician assistants, advanced practice nurses and other health care professionals involved in the care of patients with HIV infection.
Learning Objectives
After completing this activity, participants should be better able to:
- Apply in clinical practice approaches for preventing HIV infection and getting newly diagnosed patients linked to care
- Individualize ARV therapy for the treatment-naïve and treatment-experienced patients to provide optimal ARV therapy
- Manage HIV patients with HIV/HCV co-infection
- Manage aging patients with HIV infection to maintain viral suppression while addressing issues associated with cardiovascular, renal, and bone disease
Release Date: May 9, 2017
Expiration Date: May 9, 2018
Estimated time to complete each Virtual Patient Case: 30-60 minutes
Media: Internet
Faculty
Richard A. Elion, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
George Washington University Medical Center
Washington, DC
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Ian Frank, MD
Professor of Medicine
Director, Clinical Therapeutics Program
Penn Center for AIDS Research
Perelman School of Medicine
at the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Wilbert Jordan, MD
Medical Director
Charles Drew Medical Center
Los Angeles, California
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Paul Sax, MD, MD
Clinical Director
Division of Infectious Diseases
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts
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Renslow Sherer, MD
Professor of Medicine,
Section of Infectious Diseases and Global Health
University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
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Kathleen E. Squires, MD
W Paul and Ida H Havens Professor of Infectious Diseases
Director, Division of Infectious Diseases
Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University
Medical Director, Infectious Diseases and Population Management
Jefferson Health System
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Pablo Tebas, MD
Professor of Medicine
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Director, Adult AIDS Clinical Trials Unit (ACTU)
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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Physician Continuing Medical Education
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of Postgraduate Institute for Medicine and ViralEd, Inc. The Postgraduate Institute for Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
For Cases 1,2,3,4,5,6
The Postgraduate Institute for Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
For Cases 7,8,9,10
The Postgraduate Institute for Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest
Postgraduate Institute for Medicine (PIM) requires instructors,
planners, managers and other individuals who are in a position to
control the content of this activity to disclose any real or apparent
conflict of interest (COI) they may have as related to the content of
this activity. All identified COI are thoroughly vetted and resolved
according to PIM policy. PIM is committed to providing its learners
with high quality CME activities and related materials that promote
improvements or quality in healthcare 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 these CME activities:
Richard Elion, MD
- Consulting Fees: Gilead, ViiV
- Fees for Non-CME/CE Services Received Directly from a Commercial Interest: Gilead, Merck, Janssen
Ian Frank, MD
- Consulting Fees: Gilead
- Contracted Research: ViiV/GSK
Wilbert Jordan, MD
Paul Sax, MD
- Consulting Fees: AbbVie, BMS, GSK/ViiV, Gilead, Janssen, Merck
- Contracted Research: Gilead, BMS, GSK/ViiV
Renslow Sherer, MD
Kathleen Squires, MD
- Consulting Fees: BMS, Gilead, Janssen, Merck, ViiV
- Contracted Research: Gilead
Pablo Tebas, MD
- Consulting Fees: Merck
- Other - Adjudication committee: GSK
David Wohl, MD
- Consulting Fees: Gilead, ViiV, BMS
- Contracted Research: Gilead, ViiV
The PIM planners and managers, Trace Hutchison, PharmD; Samantha Mattiucci, PharmD, CHCP; Judi Smelker-Mitchek, RN, BSN and Jan Shultz, RN, MSN, CHCP have nothing to disclose.
Instructions for Participation and Credit
There are no fees for participating and receiving CME credit for this activity. During the period, May 9, 2017 through May 9, 2018, 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 received acknowledgment of 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 12282. 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. The planners of this activity 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 the planners. 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.
This activity is supported by an independent educational grant from Gilead Sciences Medical Affairs
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