SCIENTIFIC
EDITORS EDITORIAL
DIRECTOR
Lucy
Bradley-Springer, PhD, RN, ACRN, FAAN
Associate
Professor
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Denver, CO
Principal
Investigator and Director
Mountain Plains AIDS Education and Training Center
Aurora,
CO
CONTRIBUTING
EDITORS
Cade
Fields-Gardner, MS, RD, LD, CD
Director
of Services
TCE Consulting Group, Inc
Cary, IL
Brian
Goodroad, MS, RN, ANP
Assistant Professor
Metropolitan State
University School of Nursing
St Paul, MN
Carol Anne Harrell, PA-C
Clinical
Instructor
Department of Medicine
University of North Carolina
Chapel
Hill, NC
North Carolina Department of Correction
Raleigh, NC
Ann
Bartley Williams, RN, EdD
Acting Executive Director
Yale-China
Association
Professor of Nursing and Medicine
Yale University
New Haven,
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Activity
Overview The
ART of Adherence HIV Counseling Toolkit is a multi-component, CME/CE-certified
activity comprised of educational materials to support counseling efforts with
your HIV patients. The kit includes counseling guides for the health care provider
and informational booklets for your patients on issues that impact their understanding
of antiretroviral therapy (ART), the importance of adherence and issues that may
directly affect one’s ability to adhere to therapy. An informative video
is also included providing guidance on how to enhance your patients’ adherence
through the various stages of therapy: preparing your patient for ART, as well
as initiating, monitoring and maintaining ART. Finally, a resource guide provides
additional educational resources for health care providers and their patients.
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Program Components | •
| The
ART of Adherence Counseling Guides for the health care provider to educate patients
on ART and adherence, with coordinated Patient Booklets on the following topics:—
ART Basics
— Adhering to ART
— ART and Side Effects
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ART, Nutrition, and Diet
— ART and Healthy Living |
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| The
ART of Adherence Video – A DVD reinforcing the need to maintain adherence
to ART at various stages of therapy and demonstrating practical approaches to
enhance your patients’ adherence. | | •
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ART of Adherence Resource Guide provides additional educational resources for
health care providers and their patients. |
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Educational Objectives | After
completing this activity, participants should be better able to: | | •
| Explain
how to educate HIV patients about the critical importance of treatment adherence | | •
| Select
appropriate education materials to assist HIV patients in staying healthy | | •
| Explain
how to effectively utilize resources available to HIV health care providers, including
Web resources, to further their knowledge of long-term care and adherence and
incorporate these learnings into their clinical practice |
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Target
Audience This
activity has been designed to meet the educational needs of physicians, physician
assistants, nurse practitioners and nurses involved in the care of patients with
HIV.
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Accreditation Statement This
activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas
and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME)
through the joint sponsorship of Postgraduate Institute for Medicine (PIM), and
HealthmattersCME. PIM is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical
education for physicians.
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Credit
Designation Postgraduate
Institute for Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.0
AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians and physician assistants should
only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
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Disclosure of Conflicts
of Interest Postgraduate
Institute for Medicine (PIM) requires instructors, planners, managers, and other
individuals who are in a position to control the content of this activity to disclose
any real or apparent conflict of interest they may have as related to the content
of this activity. All identified conflicts of interest are thoroughly vetted by
PIM for fair balance, scientific objectivity of studies mentioned in the materials
or used as the basis for content, and appropriateness of patient care recommendations.
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ANAC
Accreditation and Designation Statement This
program is approved for 1.0 contact hours by the Association of Nurses in AIDS
Care (ANAC). The Association of Nurses in AIDS Care (ANAC) is an approved provider
of continuing education by the Virginia Nurses Association Continuing Education
Approval Committee, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing
Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
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