The Aging HIV Patient: Sharpening Skills, Grasping Guidelines (Article)

The Aging HIV Patient: Sharpening Skills, Grasping Guidelines (Article) is organized by Power-Pak C.E. - Continuing Education for Pharmacists & Pharmacy Technicians and will be held from Jul 26, 2018 - Jul 31, 2020.

Credits: 2.0 hours (0.20 CEU)

Target Audience:
This accredited activity has been designed for pharmacists.

Goal:
The goal of this activity is to increase pharmacists' awareness of the aging of the population of people living with HIV, management of HIV infection as a chronic disease, and techniques for assessing antiretroviral therapy regimens and treatment plans.

Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this activity, the participant should be able to:\
• Describe the current epidemiology of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the typical patient who is living with HIV, and common comorbidities in those with the virus
• Formulate a pharmacotherapeutic plan for initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in a patient newly diagnosed with HIV infection (including consideration of the ART-start threshold)
• Apply study data to differentiate among antiretroviral agents used to prevent progression of HIV infection to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
• Identify the pharmacist's role on the care team and apply evidence-based management strategies in treatment-naive and treatment-experienced patients
• Apply best practices for managing complications associated with HIV, ART, comorbidities, and opportunistic infections

Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.