Saturday, 9 October 2021
Meeting category
Date(s)
9 Oct 2021
Program Language
English
Meeting type
Virtual Meeting
CME Credits
3
Organizer
Nurses & Pharmacists HIV Clinical Forum 2021
Related Enduring Materials
Enduring Materials
Program
Opening Lecture -
Care of the HIV Nurse
Session 1 - Reducing & Preventing Co-Morbidities -
Nadia Naous, PGDip, GPP, MRPharmS
Session Chair
The Role of the Nurse in Preventing Comorbidities: Tobacco and Alcohol Consumption: Does 5 Minutes Make a Difference?
The Role of the Pharmacist in Preventing Side-Effects/Toxicities: Proper Medication Assessments (Addressing Polypharmacy)
Panel Discussion: Prevention of Co-Morbidities Needs a Multi-Disciplinary Approach
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom
Session 2 - Hard to Reach Populations or Hard Services to Access -
Linda-Gail Bekker, MBChB, DTMH, DCH, FCP(SA), PhD
Linda-Gail Bekker, MBChB, DTMH, DCH, FCP(SA), PhD
Session Chair
Desmond Tutu Health Foundation / University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa
Reaching Out to People Experiencing Incarceration
How is COVID Pandemic Affecting the Reaching Out to the Hard to Reach Populations
Panel Discussion: Is COVID Changing the Way We Are Going to Deliver Care in the Future?
Desmond Tutu Health Foundation / University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa
Session 3 - Managing Intentional Non-Adherence -
Nadia Naous, PGDip, GPP, MRPharmS
Nadia Naous, PGDip, GPP, MRPharmS
Session Chair
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom
Intentional Non-Adherence
What Interventions Work
Can Long-Acting Drugs Help the Non-Adherent Patient?
Panel Discussion: Retention to Care - We Need Everyone on Board
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom
Special Guest Lecture -
Mark Nelson, MA, MBBS, FRCP
Stigma - The impact of HIV Stigma in Health Care
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital / Imperial College Medical School, United Kingdom
Overview
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The Nurses & Pharmacists HIV Clinical Forum 2021 provided an independent scientific program involving the world’s leading experts and was specifically designed for Nurses, Pharmacists and other HIV healthcare professionals with a focus on optimizing treatment for their patients.
This program featured challenging plenary lectures followed by Q&As and debates, stimulating interaction, and the sharing of knowledge within the HIV-treating community globally. The program included virtual networking opportunities for community building; thus, providing delegates with the unique opportunity to meet their colleagues in a focused and scientific setting.
The HIV Clinical Forum is a series of interactive programs that provide an independent scientific program on emerging topics in HIV, involving experts where HIV clinicians and allied healthcare professionals receive updates on the latest developments related to HIV management, where they can share their clinical experience, and present results from their ongoing and completed cohorts/ research programs.
Furthermore, the HIV Clinical Forum provides an educational setting where healthcare professionals can acquire specific skills that will enhance their capabilities to interpret research results and even develop new research projects.
Program Directors
Program Chair
General Information
COVID-19 Update
Responding to the changing COVID-19 situation, the Nurses & Pharmacists HIV Clinical Forum 2021: Optimizing Treatment will be held as a virtual meeting.
The virtual conference format is an optimal solution in light of the current circumstances.
We are available to answer any questions or concerns that you may have about your participation at the Nurses & Pharmacists HIV Clinical Forum 2021: Optimizing Treatment. For more information, please contact Ms. Dagmar Jónasdóttir at Dagmar@amededu.com.
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The virtual conference format is an optimal solution in light of the current circumstances.
We are available to answer any questions or concerns that you may have about your participation at the Nurses & Pharmacists HIV Clinical Forum 2021: Optimizing Treatment. For more information, please contact Ms. Dagmar Jónasdóttir at Dagmar@amededu.com.
To stay updated on developments about this meeting, make sure that you are signed up for our newsletter.
CME Accreditation
The Nurses & Pharmacists HIV Clinical Forum 2021, Utrecht (Virtual), Netherlands, 09/10/2021-09/10/2021 has been accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME®) with 3 European CME credits (ECMEC®s). Each medical specialist should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.
Through an agreement between the Union Européenne des Médecins Spécialistes and the American Medical Association, physicians may convert EACCME® credits to an equivalent number of AMA PRA
Category 1 CreditsTM. Information on the process to convert EACCME® credit to AMA credit can be found at www.ama-assn.org/education/earn-credit-participation-international-activities.
Live educational activities, occurring outside of Canada, recognised by the UEMS-EACCME® for ECMEC®s are deemed to be Accredited Group Learning Activities (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
EACCME® credits
Each participant can only receive the number of credits he/she is entitled to according to his/her
Through an agreement between the Union Européenne des Médecins Spécialistes and the American Medical Association, physicians may convert EACCME® credits to an equivalent number of AMA PRA
Category 1 CreditsTM. Information on the process to convert EACCME® credit to AMA credit can be found at www.ama-assn.org/education/earn-credit-participation-international-activities.
Live educational activities, occurring outside of Canada, recognised by the UEMS-EACCME® for ECMEC®s are deemed to be Accredited Group Learning Activities (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
EACCME® credits
Each participant can only receive the number of credits he/she is entitled to according to his/her
Who Should Attend?
Primary: Nurses and Pharmacists in the management and treatment of people living with HIV
Secondary: Medical doctors and researchers
Tertiary: Healthcare workers, clinical virologists, microbiologists, scientists, pharmacologists, nurses, post-doctoral researchers, students, and other healthcare professionals involved in treating people living with HIV.
Secondary: Medical doctors and researchers
Tertiary: Healthcare workers, clinical virologists, microbiologists, scientists, pharmacologists, nurses, post-doctoral researchers, students, and other healthcare professionals involved in treating people living with HIV.
Meeting Objectives
With the HIV Clinical Forum program we aim to:
- Build a community of healthcare professionals devoted to providing optimal clinical care for their patients;
- Create a platform for interactive information exchange on novel treatment options; and
- Translate the latest research achievements into clinical guidance for the optimal management of individuals living with HIV.
- Build a community of healthcare professionals devoted to providing optimal clinical care for their patients;
- Create a platform for interactive information exchange on novel treatment options; and
- Translate the latest research achievements into clinical guidance for the optimal management of individuals living with HIV.
Learning Objectives
After participating in the HIV Clinical Forum, participants will be able to:
- Understand the clinical data supporting novel treatment strategies;
- Describe the pros and cons of novel treatment strategies;
- Understand how to integrate novel treatment strategies into routine patient care;
- Be knowledgeable of the clinical data supporting long-acting injectable regimens;
- Identify patients who might best benefit from long acting injectable regimens;
- Know how best to integrate injectable drugs in to routine clinical care;
- Improve their skills in defining and identifying HIV patients with limited treatment options;
- Stay informed on new drug options for 'patients with limited treatment options; and
- Understand how best to use new treatment options in HIV patients with limited treatment options.
- Understand the clinical data supporting novel treatment strategies;
- Describe the pros and cons of novel treatment strategies;
- Understand how to integrate novel treatment strategies into routine patient care;
- Be knowledgeable of the clinical data supporting long-acting injectable regimens;
- Identify patients who might best benefit from long acting injectable regimens;
- Know how best to integrate injectable drugs in to routine clinical care;
- Improve their skills in defining and identifying HIV patients with limited treatment options;
- Stay informed on new drug options for 'patients with limited treatment options; and
- Understand how best to use new treatment options in HIV patients with limited treatment options.
Practical Information
We trust that the following information (in alphabetical order) will assist you in organizing your participation in the Nurses & Pharmacists HIV Clinical Forum 2021: Optimizing Treatment.
Certificate of Attendance
A certificate of attendance will be sent by e-mail shortly after the forum meeting.
Disclaimer
This forum meeting is intended for educational purposes only and aims to offer participants the opportunity to share information. The Organizing Secretariat of forum, Virology Education, cannot accept any liability for the scientific content of the sessions or for any claims which may result from the use of information or publications from the forum. Virology Education disclaims all liability for injuries or losses of whatever nature incurred by individuals attending this forum.
Language
The official language of this meeting is English.
Liability and Insurance
By registering for this forum, participants agree that the organizers do not accept responsibility for medical-, travel- or personal insurance. Participants are advised to take out their own insurance policies.
Meeting Materials
An official program and speakers' bios will be sent by e-mail to our virtual attendees one day prior to the meeting.
Payment and Procedure of Online Registration
The registration fee is waived for all healthcare professionals. Should you need any assistance with registering, please contact Ms. Dagmar Jónasdóttir at Dagmar@amededu.com.
Photographs, Audio, and Video Recording
Photographs, as well as audio and video recordings, are not permitted at the official forum meeting sessions. Only the official medical writer, appointed by the organizer, may make recordings. All presentations will be posted on the forum website as soon as possible after the meeting is finished, provided that the speaker has given their permission to do so.
Committees
Program Directors
Program Chair
The Program Chairs are a group of carefully selected experts and inspirational leaders in their respective fields. They meet frequently to discuss the scientific program of the forum meeting, identify interesting topics and candidate speakers, and review all submitted abstracts.
Support
Support
The Nurses & Pharmacists HIV Clinical Forum 2021 is supported by an independent educational grant from ViiV Healthcare.
ViiV Healthcare was not involved in the development of content or selection of faculty for this educational activity.
Endorsers
Endorsers
