San Francisco, California

Improving the Management of HIV Disease®: An Advanced CME Live Course in HIV Pathogenesis, Antiretrovirals, and Other Selected Issues in HIV Disease Management

Registration Details

  • Early Registration: $85.00 (USD)
  • Early Registration ends: Thursday, April 2, 2020
  • Preregistration: $105.00 (USD)
  • Preregistration ends: Saturday, May 23, 2020
  • Fellow/Student Registration: $40.00 (USD)
  • Fellow/Student Registration ends: Thursday, April 2, 2020
  • On-site Registration: $115.00 (USD)
  • On-site Registration ends: Thursday, April 2, 2020
  • On-site Fellow/Student Registration: $40.00 (USD)
  • On-site Fellow/Student Registration ends: Thursday, April 2, 2020

Course Chairs

Monica Gandhi, MD, MPH
University of California San Francisco
Robert T. Schooley, MD
University of California San Diego

Start

May 29, 2020 - 8:30 AM

End

May 29, 2020 - 2:30 PM

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Address

The Commonwealth Club
110 The Embarcadero
San Francisco
California
94105
United States

April 14, 2020: San Francisco Course Postponed

As you know, we are contending with an unprecedented pandemic and many infectious disease clinicians are urgently needed to care for patients with COVID-19. With continuing restrictions on travel and meetings, and extended shelter in place ordinances, we have decided that the best course of action is to postpone the May 29, 2020, course in San Francisco, CA.

 

We are considering different options such as holding the course virtually over 1 or 2 days, or rescheduling for the fall. However, we would like your input before we make our decision. Please take a moment to complete the survey we emailed you with regard to your best understanding of your schedule. Please check your email and the IAS–USA website regularly for updates.

 

We thank you for your patience, understanding, and support during this uncertain time. And above all, we hope you, your patients, your colleagues, and your community stay safe.

Agenda

Assessment of Needs

Rapid advances in HIV disease management require the ongoing attention of practitioners involved in HIV medicine. This course will address the implications of new information on strategies for clinical management. Information will be presented through a mix of didactic lectures and clinically relevant cases developed by an expert faculty of HIV/AIDS clinicians and researchers.

Learning Objectives

After participating in the activity, learners will be better able to:

  • Describe the most current data on currently available and investigational new drugs, formulations, and strategies
  • Identify situations in which the choice of antiretroviral regimen should consider particular clinical circumstances, such as comorbid conditions, coinfections, pregnancy, and issues in older patients
  • List the risk factors for and develop strategies for preventing and managing cardiovascular disease in adults with HIV infection
  • Initiate and monitor HIV prevention intervention strategies, including the use of preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP), in individuals at risk for HIV infection
  • Describe current diagnostic and treatment strategies for syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia
  • Describe the role of HPV vaccination in the prevention of anal cancer

Conflicts of Interest

In the interest of maintaining the independence of its CME activities, and in accordance with the policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the IAS–USA requires all persons with control of content (eg, faculty, IAS–USA Board members, and program staff) to disclose any financial relationships that they or their spouses or partners have had with commercial companies within the past 12 months. Any real or apparent conflicts of interest of those parties are resolved prior to the CME activity being delivered. Individuals who refuse to disclose financial interests may not participate in an IAS–USA CME activity.

The ACCME defines a commercial interest as “any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients. The ACCME does not consider providers of clinical service directly to patients to be commercial interests – unless the provider of clinical service is owned, or controlled by, an ACCME-defined commercial interest.”

Registration

Who Should Attend

This course is designed for physicians who are actively involved in the medical care of people with HIV infection and:

  • Have a solid, working knowledge of HIV disease management
  • Provide comprehensive or specialty care for patients with HIV infection
  • Are currently active in HIV research

This activity is also relevant to nurse practitioners, registered nurses, physician assistants, registered pharmacists, and other health professionals.

Representatives and employees of commercial companies (eg, pharmaceutical, diagnostic, medical products, advertising, insurance, investment, and communications firms) must contact the IAS–USA regarding registration procedures.

Cancellation Policy

Cancellation requests must be made 8 or more days before the date of an activity. All refunds will be processed minus a $15.00 processing charge. Regrettably, any cancellation requests received within a week before the course will not be eligible for the partial refund.

Continuing Education Credits

CME Credits

The International Antiviral Society–USA (IAS–USA) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

This activity has been approved AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™; see the final activity announcement for details.

ABIM MOC Points

ABIM MOCThis activity is eligible for ABIM MOC Points; see the final activity announcement for details.

Nursing Credits

This activity is eligible for ANCC credit; see the final CNE activity announcement for specific details.

Pharmacy Credits

Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education logoThis activity is eligible for ACPE credit; see the final CPE activity announcement for specific details.

Grant Support

This activity is part of the IAS–USA national educational effort that is funded, in part, by charitable contributions from commercial companies. Per IAS–USA policy, any effort that uses commercial grants must receive grants from several companies with competing products. Funds are pooled and distributed to activities at the sole discretion of the IAS–USA. Grantors have no input into any activity, including its content, development, or selection of topics or speakers. Food and beverages at IAS–USA events are purchased with registration fees, not with grant support money. Generous support for this activity has been received from the following contributors.

PLATINUM SUPPORTERS

Gilead Sciences, Inc
Merck & Co, Inc
ViiV Healthcare

SILVER SUPPORTER

Janssen Therapeutics

Physician Payment Sunshine Act (“Sunshine Act” or “Open Payment”)

In 2014, the Physician Payment Sunshine Act (“Sunshine Act” or “Open Payments”), a provision of the Affordable Care Act, was developed. According to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS): “Open Payments is a national disclosure program that promotes transparency by publishing the financial relationships between the medical industry and healthcare providers (physicians and hospitals) on a publicly accessible website developed by CMS.” Until recently, CME activities that receive commercial support have been exempt from reporting payments for goods such as hosted meals. Attendee registration fees are used for all food and beverage expenses provided by IAS–USA at the activity.