Issued: June 2007
CME Term of Approval: June 2008

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Each topic module includes the article published in Clinical Infectious Diseases; a review of the article by an expert in the field; a case study for participants to apply what they have learned and a post test for participants to request continuing medical education (CME) credit.

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Welcome and About the Course

The online Clinical Issues in HIV Medicine course was developed based on articles published in HIVMA's annual compendium of HIV-related articles published in Clinical Infectious Diseases. This course is designed to increase the knowledge of practicing HIV physicians on issues related to the delivery of quality HIV care and covers the following topics:

• psychotropic medications and HIV disease;
• androgen levels in older men with HIV and at risk for HIV disease;
• the cost effectiveness of resistance testing;
• bone disease and HIV disease; and
• nutrition and HIV disease.

Target Audience

This CME activity is directed at clinicians whose primary focus is treating patients with HIV disease. Participants should have solid knowledge of HIV treatment and experience using antiretroviral therapy.

Credit Designation Statement

IDSA designates this educational activity for a maximum of 5 hrs AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. This is based on the estimated time for completion. Physicians should claim only those hours of credit that they actually spent on the educational activity.

Faculty

John G. Bartlett, MD, Professor, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases. Dr. Bartlett serves on the Advisory Boards of the following companies: Bristol-Myers Squibb, GlaxoSmithKline, Gilead, and Johnson & Johnson.

Samuel A. Bozzette, MD, PhD, Senior Natural Scientist, RAND Corporation, Adjunct Professor of Medicine, University of California San Diego. Dr. Bozzette serves as a consultant to Roche Pharmaceuticals and Bristol-Meyers & Squibb and as a speaker for Abbott Laboratories.

Kristy Marie Hendricks, ScD, Associate Clinical Professor, Tufts Medical School and Tufts University School of Nutrition Science and Policy. Dr. Hendricks reported no financial relationships.

Grace McComsey, MD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine, Chief of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Rheumatology, Case Western Reserve University. Dr. McComsey has served as a speaker and consultant to GlaxoSmithKline and Bristol Myers Squibb and received research support from both companies. She also has served as a speaker and consultant for Abbott Laboratories and Gilead Sciences.

Sanjay Mahesh Sharma, MD, MBA, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine. Dr. Sharma is on the Forest Pharmaceuticals speakers’ bureau.