HealthHIV’s HIV Primary Care Training and Certificate Program™

HealthHIV’s HIV Primary Care Training and Certificate Program™ is organized by HealthHIV.

Expiration Date: 11/30/2021

Accreditation:
A total of 5 free CME credits are available. All participants completing the program receive a certificate of completion, documenting their training in HIV primary care.

Overview:
The HealthHIV HIV Primary Care Training and Certificate Program™ provides medical education and professional development for clinicians to develop new skills and professional competencies to optimize the quality of care to people with HIV. By participating in this web-based certificate program, providers can apply “lessons learned” to their practice. Five eLearning modules, each offering continuing medical education/continuing education credits. 

Activity 1: 
HIV Management in Primary Care - Foundations Course
Credits: 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Learning Objectives:
• Describe HIV surveillance data and the implications for individual and public health
• Discuss the natural history of HIV disease and the implications for individual and public health
• Explain the differences between risk-based and “opt-out” HIV screening and summarize the current recommendations
• Utilize the most appropriate HIV test in different clinical settings
• Summarize methods to reduce HIV transmission

Activity 2: 
Core Skills for HIV Management in the Primary Care Setting
Credits: 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Learning Objectives:
• Identify appropriate patients and methods to screen for HIV
• Describe methods to assess patients’ willingness and readiness to begin antiretroviral therapy
• Review considerations in selecting initial antiretroviral therapy
• Discuss methods to assess and promote adherence to antiretroviral therapy

Activity 3: 
Considerations in the Management of HIV in Older Adults
Credits: 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Learning Objectives:
• Identify common comorbidities in older adults with HIV
• Describe the potential impact of long-term antiretroviral therapy on cardiometabolic risk and other comorbidities
• Design a strategy to manage both antiretroviral therapy and cardiometabolic risk factors in patients with HIV
• Implement evidence-based methods to encourage smoking cessation in patients with HIV

Activity 4: 
Improving Communication in the Clinical Setting
Credits: 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Learning Objectives:
• Assess patients’ health literacy and health beliefs
• Employ evidence-based techniques to foster open patient-provider communication
• Describe methods for coordination of care between primary care and specialist settings
• Identify barriers to patient adherence in HIV-infected individuals and methods to overcome these barriers

Activity 5: 
Assessment and Treatment Decisions in HIV/HCV Coinfection
Credits: 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Learning Objectives:
• Identify indications for the treatment of chronic HCV infection and reasons to consider delaying HCV treatment in patients with HIV/HCV coinfection
• Explain the reported safety and efficacy of currently available treatments for HCV in patients coinfected with HIV
• List HCV/HIV drug combinations to avoid based on potential for drug-drug interactions
• Select guidelines-recommended monitoring for patients being treated for HCV/HIV coinfection