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WEBINAR: HIV Primer for the Non-HIV Specialist, Wheeler Clinic

Details

Starts at: November 2, 2022 12:00pm ET
Ends at: November 2, 2022 1:00pm ET
Free Admission

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Description

Presenter: Dr. Marwan Haddad

Learning Objectives:

At the end of this activity, participants will be able to:

  1. Describe HIV epidemiology in the U.S. 
  2. Understand who and how to screen for HIV
  3. Provide preventative care and monitoring for people living with HIV
  4. Understand who needs HIV treatment and become familiar with HIV medication, side effects, and drug interactions

 

This learning session is for Wheeler Clinic providers only, it is not open to the general public.

Targeted Populations

A variety of the listed populations will be discussed at this event.

  • Young Adults (ages 18 to 24)
  • Black or African American
  • Hispanic or LatinX
  • Women

Materials

Topics

A variety of the listed topics will be discussed at this event.

  • Behavioral Prevention
  • HIV Transmission Risk Assessment
  • Treatment as Prevention (e.g., U=U)
  • Acute HIV
  • Adult and adolescent antiretroviral treatment
  • Antiretroviral treatment adherence, including viral load suppression
  • Basic science
  • Clinical manifestations of HIV disease
  • HIV diagnosis (i.e. HIV testing)
  • HIV Epidemiology
  • HIV monitoring and lab tests (i.e. CD4 ad viral load)
  • HIV resistance testing and interpretation