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South Carolina Hepatitis C and HIV Symposium: Best Practices and Emerging Trends in 2020


South Carolina Hepatitis C and HIV Symposium
Best Practices and Emerging Trends in 2020
 
Saturday, April 25, 2020
 
Hilton Columbia Center
924 Senate Street
Columbia, SC
 
Target Audience:  This educational event is for primary care physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, pharmacists, nurses and other health care professionals that treat HCV and HIV.
Overall Goal:  To enhance the capacity of participants to deliver high-quality care to individuals living with Hepatitis C and HIV.
Educational Methods:  Lecture presentations with time for questions and answers will be used along with case-base discussions to facilitate the exchange of information and audience participation.
 
Agenda:
Time
Session
7:45-8:15 am
Registration and Breakfast
8:15-8:30 am
Welcome and Introduction of Speakers
8:30-9:15 am
Ending the Epidemics:  Sharon Weissman, MD
9:15-10:00 am    
HIV Treatment Update:  Divya Ahuja, MD, MRCP (London)
10:00-10:15 am
Break
10:15-10:45 am
 PrEP in Gender-affirming Care Settings: Kamla Sanasi-Bhola, MD
10:45-11:15 am
HIV and Primary Care:  Jason Dahlberg, MD
11:15-11:45 pm
 HIV speaker panel Interactive session: Case Studies: Moderator: Divya Ahuja, MD
11:45-12:30 pm
Lunch
12:30-1:15 pm
Diagnosing and Staging HCV:  Eric Meissner, MD, PhD
1:15-2:00 pm HCV Treatment Update: Divya Ahuja, MD
2:00-2:15 pm
Break
2:15-3:00 pm
HCV and Substance Abuse Disorder:  Alain Litwin, MD, MPH, MS
3:00-3:30 pm Drug-Drug Interactions: Caroline Derrick, PharmD, BCPS
3:30-4:00 pm
Interactive Session:  HCV Case Studies:  HCV Speaker Panel; Moderator 
4:00 pm
Evaluation, Adjourn
 
Breakfast and lunch will be provided.
Suggested hotels:  Hampton Inn on the Lake at Harbison 803-749-6999 and Residence Inn Marriott 803-749-7575.

Date: Apr 25, 2020 07:45 AM - 03:55 PM

Fee

$0.00

CE Hours

6.25

CE Units

0.625

Activity Type

Knowledge

Target Audience(s)

Pharmacists

Accreditation(s)

Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education
The University of South Carolina College of Pharmacy is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.

Requirements for CE Credit

Participants must sign in at the beginning of the program, attend the entire program and complete the online evaluation (with correct NABP ID and day/month of birth) within 30 days of event to ensure credit is transmitted to the CPE monitor. No partial credit will be awarded. Any credit claimed greater than 60 days will be rejected by the NABP CPE Monitor.

South Carolina Hepatitis C and HIV Symposium: Best Practices and Emerging Trends in 2020
 

Sat, Apr 25, 2020
 

Ending the Epidemics
 

At the completion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
  1. Describe current HIV epidemiology and trends
  2. Describe high impact prevention strategies

Speaker(s)/Author(s)

Sharon Weissman, MD
Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of South Carolina School of Medicine

Activity Number

0062-9999-20-050-L01-P
Date: 04/25/20
Time: 08:30 AM - 09:15 AM

CE Hours

0.75
 

HIV Treatment Update
 

At the completion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
  1. Review updated treatment guidelines in HIV
  2. Discuss new and emerging antiretroviral regimens for HIV

Speaker(s)/Author(s)

Divya Ahuja, MD, MRCP (London)
Associate Professor of Clinical Internal Medicine, Prisma Health -University of South Carolina, School of Medicine (USC SOM); Principal Investigator, South Carolina HIV/AIDS Training Center, USC SOM; Medical Director, Immunology Center, Prisma Health

Activity Number

0062-9999-20-051-L01-P
Date: 04/25/20
Time: 09:15 AM - 10:00 AM

CE Hours

0.75
 

PrEP in a Gender Affirming Care Setting
 

At the completion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
  1. Discuss modifying clinic practice to provide culturally competent care
  2. Describe updated PrEP guidelines and integration of PrEP into clinical practice

Speaker(s)/Author(s)

Kamla Devi Sanasi-Bhola, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, UofSC School of Medicine

Activity Number

0062-9999-20-052-L01-P
Date: 04/25/20
Time: 10:15 AM - 10:45 AM

CE Hours

0.50
 

HIV and Primary Care
 

At the completion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
  1. Evaluate the Role of the Primary Care Provider in HIV management
  2. Describe best practices for reducing co-morbidities in HIV infected individuals

Speaker(s)/Author(s)

Jason Dahlberg, MD
Carolina Health Centers, Greenwood

Activity Number

0062-9999-20-053-L01-P
Date: 04/25/20
Time: 10:45 AM - 11:15 AM

CE Hours

0.50
 

HIV Speaker Panel Interactive Session: Case Studies
 

At the completion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
  1. Recognize clinical manifestations of HIV infection

Activity Number

0062-9999-20-054-L01-P
Date: 04/25/20
Time: 11:15 AM - 11:45 AM

CE Hours

0.50
 

Diagnosing and Staging HCV
 

At the completion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
  1. Discuss current screening recommendations and modalities for diagnosing HCV infection
  2. Distinguish acute HCV infection, chronic HCV infection, and cleared HCV infection
  3. Discuss strengths and limitations of non-invasive modalities to stage liver disease in chronic HCV infection

Speaker(s)/Author(s)

Eric Meissner, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, Medical University of South Carolina

Activity Number

0062-9999-20-055-L01-P
Date: 04/25/20
Time: 12:30 PM - 01:15 PM

CE Hours

0.75
 

HCV Treatment Update
 

At the completion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
  1. Discuss emerging developments in Hepatitis C
  2. Discuss appropriate treatment regimens for Hepatitis C

Speaker(s)/Author(s)

Divya Ahuja, MD, MRCP (London)
Associate Professor of Clinical Internal Medicine, Prisma Health -University of South Carolina, School of Medicine (USC SOM); Principal Investigator, South Carolina HIV/AIDS Training Center, USC SOM; Medical Director, Immunology Center, Prisma Health

Activity Number

0062-9999-20-056-L01-P
Date: 04/25/20
Time: 01:15 PM - 02:00 PM

CE Hours

0.75
 

HCV and Substance Abuse Disorder
 

At the completion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
  1. Discuss evidence-based models of care for improving HCV cascade of care for HCV-infected people who inject drugs
  2. Identify simplified treatment paradigms for treating HCV-infected people who inject drugs
  3. Describe rates of HCV reinfection among HCV-infected people who inject drugs and strategies to reduce these reinfection rates

Speaker(s)/Author(s)

Alain Litwin, MD, MPH, MS
Executive Director, Addiction Research Center; Vice Chair of Academics and Research, Prisma Health; Professor of Medicine, University of South Carolina School of Medicine–Greenville; Professor of Medicine, Clemson University School of Health Research

Activity Number

0062-9999-20-057-L01-P
Date: 04/25/20
Time: 02:15 PM - 03:00 PM

CE Hours

0.75
 

Interdisciplinary Care for the HCV Patient
 

At the completion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
  1. Outline and apply the HCV care continuum utilizing a patient case
  2. Identify unique medication-related issues within the HCV population 

Speaker(s)/Author(s)

Caroline Derrick, PharmD, BCPS, AAHIVP
Infectious Diseases Ambulatory Pharmacy Supervisor, USC School of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Prisma Health-Midlands

Activity Number

0062-9999-20-058-L01-P
Date: 04/25/20
Time: 03:00 PM - 03:30 PM

CE Hours

0.50
 

HCV Speaker Panel Interactive Session: Case Studies
 

At the completion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
  1. Recognize clinical manifestations of HCV infection

Activity Number

0062-9999-20-059-L01-P
Date: 04/25/20
Time: 03:30 PM - 04:00 PM

CE Hours

0.50