Annual CME Full-Day Courses:
Registration is now open!


New York, NY (Fall)
October 3, 2008
New York Marriott Marquis
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An Intensive Workshop on Antiretroviral Strategies: New Drugs, Antiretroviral Failure, and Resistance Testing
Who should attend: Experienced HIV clinical decision makers with working knowledge of HIV disease management
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11th Annual Clinical Update for Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Clinicians
Washington, DC
(Part of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Training and Technical Assistance Grantee Meeting)
August 25-28, 2008
Marriott Wardman Park
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General Educational Objectives for
2008 Courses

Upon completion of an IAS-USA course, participants will be able to:

• Design antiretroviral strategies that consider current data on:
  
  • When to initiate therapy Managing initial treatment failure and complicated failure and the use of newly approved drugs and assays Mechanisms of antiretroviral resistance and nuances in interpreting resistance test results Drug-drug interactions among antiretrovirals and between other medications The status of investigational antiretroviral drugs and classes
  • Difficult metabolic complications and toxicities of HIV and its therapies
    
• Identify and discuss new issues in HIV pathogenesis, as they impact clinical treatment strategies
• Formulate appropriate management strategies for HIV coinfection, such as hepatitis B and C viruses and sexually transmitted infections
• Describe the incidence, diagnosis, and management of common manifestations of HIV disease, such as oral and dermatologic, as well as opportunistic infections and diseases
• Formulate appropriate management strategies for special populations such as substance users
• Discuss topics in HIV clinical treatment specific to the needs of the regional HIV specialists