Credits

Jointly provided by Postgraduate Institute for Medicine and HealthHIV

This activity is supported in part by an independent educational grant from Merck

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Target Audience

This activity is intended for physicians, physician assistants, pharmacists, nurse practitioners, registered nurses, social workers, health education specialists, and other allied healthcare professionals engaged in the care of patients with HIV.

Educational Objectives

After completing this activity, the participant should be better able to:

• Implement strategies related to the national initiatives to end the epidemics.
• Describe the effect of utilization management strategies on access to PrEP treatments, uptake, and utilization.
• Demonstrate ability to create new partnerships and implement a synchronized approach across multiple disciplines when addressing patient/client care.
• Identify current national, state and local efforts to increase patient access to care.
• Apply the integration of HIV, HCV, STI and other communicable diseases’ prevention and care services into primary healthcare.
• Identify information, resources and tools to sustain and evolve in a dynamic environment and adequately address the needs of the providers, patients, and those in need.
• Discuss methods for tracking, monitoring, and spending program income.

Joint Accreditation Statement

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the Postgraduate Institute for Medicine and HealthHIV.  Postgraduate Institute for Medicine is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Physician Continuing Medical Education

The Postgraduate Institute for Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 13.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Continuing Pharmacy Education

Postgraduate Institute for Medicine designates this continuing education activity for 13.5 contact hour(s) (1.35 CEUs) of the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education. 

Type of Activity: Knowledge 

AIDS Therapy Sessions UAN: JA4008162-9999-21-2897-L02-P

General Pharmacy Sessions UAN: JA4008162-9999-21-2994-L04-P

Disease State Management/Drug Therapy Sessions UAN: JA4008162-9999-21-2896-L01-P

Pharmacists have up to 30 days to complete the evaluation and claim credit for participation so that information can be submitted to CPE Monitor as required.  An ACPE credit worksheet will be provided when completing the evaluation to determine credit amounts to claim for each UAN. 

Continuing Physician Assistant Eduction

Postgraduate Institute for Medicine has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 13.5 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.

Continuing Nursing Education

The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 13.5 contact hours. 

An ANCC credit worksheet will be provided when completing the evaluation to determine credit amounts to claim.

Continuing Social Worker Education

As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Postgraduate Institute for Medicine is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit.  Postgraduate Institute for Medicine maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 13.5 clinical competency* continuing education credits.

*A Worksheet will be provided upon completion of the evaluation to document the amount of clinical competency credit issued. 

Continuing Health Education Specialists Education

An application has been submitted to NCHEC for CHES/MCHES credits.

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Faculty

• SYNC 2021 Speakers List

Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest

Postgraduate Institute for Medicine (PIM) requires faculty, planners, and others in control of educational content to disclose all their financial relationships with ineligible companies. All identified conflicts of interest (COI) are thoroughly vetted and mitigated according to PIM policy.  PIM is committed to providing its learners with high quality accredited continuing education activities and related materials that promote improvements or quality in healthcare and not a specific proprietary business interest of an ineligible company.

The following faculty/planning committee members reported the financial relationships or relationships with ineligible entities related to the educational content of this continuing education activity:

Name of Faculty	Conflicts of Interest
Jonathan Applebaum	Consulting Fees: Viiv Healthcare; Merck
Guillermo Chacon	Consulting Fees: Merck HIV Advisory Board
Larry Corey	Consulting Fees: Vir Biotechnology Ownership Interest less than 5%: Vir Biotechnology
Dazon Dixon Diallo	Consulting Fees: Gilead, Merck, ViiV Healthcare, GSK
DeMarc Hickson	Advisory Board: Viiv Healthcare, Merck; Gilead Contracted Research: Gilead
Kathie Hiers	Consulting Fees: Merck
Terry Kemp-Knick	Contracted Research: Gilead Sciences
Jen Laws	Consulting Fees: Community Access National Network, Prevention Access Campaign, Westat (CDC Let’s Stop HIV Together campaign manager)
Cordella Lyon	Consulting Fees: Gilead Sciences Other: Focus Testing Partner – Gilead Sciences
Fernando Mena Carrasco	Advisory Board: Gilead Sciences (single event)
Leandro Mena	Consulting Fees: Gilead Sciences Viiv Healthcare, Roche, Merck Contracted Research: Gilead, GSK, ViiV Healthcare, Merck, Janssen, Binx Health (Atlas Genetics), Becton Dickinson, Rheonix, Click Diagnostics, Roche, Evoem, Westat, Merck, Lupin
Lesley Miller	Consulting Fees: AbbVie Contracted Research: Gilead
Carl Schmid	Consulting Fees: Gilead Sciences
Donna Sweet	Consulting Fees: Merck, Janssen Contracted Research: GlaxoSmithKline; Cytodyn
Dafina Ward	Contracted Research: Gilead, ViiV Healthcare, Janssen

All remaining faculty/planning committee members have nothing to disclose.

Planners and Managers

The PIM planners and managers have nothing to disclose. The HealthHIV planners and managers have nothing to disclose.

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 and/or dangers in use, review of any applicable manufacturer’s product information, and comparison with recommendations of other authorities.

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Request for Credit

Obtaining CME/CE Credits for LIVE Sessions Watched

Please Use the Separate Instructions Below for CHES/MCHES Credits

In order to obtain your CME/CE certificate, please follow the steps below at the conclusion of the virtual conference:

1. Go to www.cmeuniversity.com
2. Login or Create a New Account (will take less than 1 minute)
   1. If you receive a message when creating a new account that “the email you entered is already in use”, please click the Forgot my Username or Password link to have your Username and Password sent to you via email
   1. After logging in, you may be asked to verify/update your information; after doing so, click Save at the bottom of the page
3. Type in 16656 at the top of the page, “Find Post-Test/Evaluation by Course”, and click enter
4. Click on the activity title when it appears
5. Choose the type of credit you desire
6. Complete the online Evaluation
7. Receive an immediate CME/CE Certificate to download and/or print for your files

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Obtaining CHES/MCHES Credits for LIVE Sessions Watched

In order to obtain your CHES/MCHES certificate, please follow the steps below at the conclusion of the activity:

1. Go to www.cmeuniversity.com
2. Login or Create a New Account (will take less than 1 minute)
   1. If you receive a message when creating a new account that “the email you entered is already in use”, please click the Forgot my Username or Password link to have your Username and Password sent to you via email
   2. After logging in, you may be asked to verify/update your information; after doing so, click Save at the bottom of the page
3. Type in 16819 at the top of the page, “Find Post-Test/Evaluation by Course”, and click enter
4. Click on the activity title when it appears
5. Choose the type of credit you desire
6. Complete attestation
7. Use the worksheet link to calculate your actual credit
8. Receive an immediate CME/CE Certificate to download and/or print for your files

For Pharmacists: Upon completion of the online evaluation, your credit will be submitted to CPE Monitor. Pharmacists have up to thirty (30) days to complete the evaluation and claim credit. Please check your NABP account within thirty (30) days to make sure the credit has posted.