CME Programs

Continuing medical education (CME) courses are the core activities of the International AIDS Society-USA. Courses include annual one-day CME programs in HIV epicenter cities and online, distance-learning cases. The goal of the CME programs is to provide advanced-level courses that present balanced, timely, scientifically rigorous, and clinically relevant information about HIV disease management. The activities are designed for physicians who are actively involved in HIV disease management. In these programs, didactic lectures provide state-of-the-art reviews of a particular topic. Case or "caselette" (case vignette) presentations use clinical models to explore selected topics and controversial or confusing issues in HIV medicine.

Overview

The International AIDS Society–USA sponsors advanced CME programs designed to provide cutting edge information for HIV specialists.

One-day advanced CME courses provide participants with the latest insights and data on the full spectrum of HIV/AIDS related treatment issues. Core course components include:

• New and investigational drugs in HIV/AIDS therapy
• New data presented at research conferences
• Strategies for initiating antiretroviral therapy
• Managing metabolic complications of HIV disease and its therapies
• Managing antiretroviral failure
• Interpretation of antiretroviral drug resistance testing
• Management of HIV/hepatitis C virus coinfection
• HIV pathogenesis, as it relates to treatment strategies

Activity Faculty

The IAS–USA core faculty includes recognized leaders in the field of HIV/AIDS research and treatment. For each CME course national leaders team with local experts to tailor courses to the clinicians' needs in the region. Information is presented through didactic lectures and case-study panel discussions. Participants are encouraged to ask questions, and an Audience Response System is utilized to facilitate discussion and the sharing of experiences.

Presentation Locations

Courses are held in select regions where physicians and other practitioners are likely to have a high proportion of HIV seropositive patients in their care.

Cases on the Web is an ongoing series of case-based, online CME activities produced and sponsored by the International AIDS Society-USA. Each activity focuses on a complex issue in HIV disease management and includes a didactic introduction to the issue, along with several case studies and interactive sets of clinical decision points. The distance learning course enables physicians around the world to access cutting edge information and gives them the opportunity to hone their treatment decision-making skills.

In 2007, the International AIDS Society–USA collaborations include:

• International AIDS Society (IAS)
  4th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment, and Prevention
  June 22-25, 2007, Sydney, Australia
  
  
• American Society of Microbiology (ASM)
  ICAAC Annual Conference

ACCME Accreditation
The International AIDS Society-USA is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians.

The International AIDS Society-USA recently received Accreditation with Commendation, joining an elite group of organizations in the United States that have been awarded this prestigious status "reserved for programs which are truly exceptional," according to the ACCME.

It is the policy of the International AIDS Society-USA that its activities be organized and conducted in such a manner as to create an appropriate, educational environment that is designed to maximize the educational value of the conferences and thereby further the overall mission of the International AIDS Society-USA. The Executive Director (and the Executive Director's designees) may, from time to time, establish rules or take such further actions as may be necessary or appropriate to further this policy, including policies or actions relating to conduct by attendees, attendance of registrants, and use of materials presented at the conferences.