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American Academy of CME

HIV the Basics: Recognition and Diagnosis of Opportunistic Infections

Overview / Abstract:	EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES At the conclusion of the activity, learners should be better able to: • Match risk of opportunistic infections (OI’s) with immune status of HIV+ clients in their practice. • Recognize symptoms of the most common and important OI’s in their HIV+ clients. • Select which diagnostic tests to order for HIV+ clients presenting with symptoms of a common OI. TARGET AUDIENCE Physicians (both specialists and primary care/family medicine) and nurses who are frontline providers of care to persons at risk of or with HIV infection. Other healthcare professionals, including nurse practitioners and physician assistants, involved in caring for these individuals may also participate. For complete activity information, go to http://acthiv.trainingcampus.net, click on the activity, and register.
Expiration	Oct 24, 2012
Discipline(s)	Nurse Practitioner , Nursing CNE, Pharmacy CPE, Physician CME, Physician Assistant CME, Social Work CE
Format	Online
Credits / Hours	Time to complete this CME/CNE-certified activity: 0.5 hours
Accreditation	American Academy of CME, Inc.
Presenters / Authors / Faculty	C. Lynn Besch McTernan, MD Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
Activity Specialities / Related Topics	STD's / Sexually Transmitted Disease, Primary Care, Internal Medicine, Infectious Disease, HIV / AIDS, Family Medicine
Sponsors / Supporters / Grant Providers	The educational activity is jointly sponsored by American Academy of CME, Inc. and the Foundation for the American Conference for the Treatment of HIV. This activity was originally presented as part of the American Conference for the Treatment of HIV (ACTHIV) 2011 Annual Conference, which was held April 7-9, 2011 in Denver, CO. The Conference was supported by funding from the Office of AIDS Research of the National Institutes of Health. In addition, the educational portion of the conference was supported by educational grants from Bristol-Myers Squibb and Gilead Sciences.
Keywords / Search Terms	American Academy of CME & ACTHIV American Academy of CME & ACTHIV American Academy of CME & ACTHIV American Academy of CME & ACTHIV American Academy of CME & ACTHIV HIV, AIDS, basic, primary care, opportunistic infection, infectious disease

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