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A Focus on Transgender Individuals and Racial and Ethnic Minority Men Who Have Sex With Men: Paths Forward in PrEP

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In this video roundtable, learn from experts about potential solutions to key barriers to PrEP in transgender individuals and racial and ethnic minority men who have sex with men, including approaches to initiating the conversation on PrEP in a non-stigmatizing way, best practices for taking a sexual history, and considerations for selecting among PrEP options by addressing concerns and misconceptions.

Nurses: 1.00 Nursing contact hour

Physicians: Maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit

Released: July 24, 2023

Expiration: July 23, 2024

No longer available for credit.

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Faculty

Kenyon Farrow

Kenyon Farrow

Vice President of Policy
Point Source Youth
Contributing Editor
TheBody.com
Cleveland, Ohio

Raphael J. Landovitz

Raphael J. Landovitz, MD, MSc

Professor of Medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases
David Geffen School of Medicine/University of California
Director
UCLA Center for Clinical AIDS Research and Education (CARE)
Co-Director
Center for HIV Identification, Prevention, and Treatment Services (CHIPTS)
Los Angeles, California

Hyman Scott

Hyman Scott, MD, MPH

Assistant Clinical Professor
Department of Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, California

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Provided by Clinical Care Options, LLC in partnership with the National Coalition for LGBTQ Health and Advocates for Youth.

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Supporters

Supported by educational grants from Gilead Sciences, Inc. and ViiV Healthcare.

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

ViiV Healthcare

Partners

Advocates for Youth

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National Coalition for LGBTQ Health

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Target Audience

This program is intended for physicians, registered nurses, and other healthcare professionals who care for persons at risk of HIV acquisition.

Program Learning Goal

The goal of this program is to improve healthcare professionals’ competence and effectiveness at overcoming barriers in offering and providing PrEP for all adult and adolescent candidates.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

  • Identify the barriers that are responsible for current suboptimal uptake of PrEP for principal populations including racial and ethnic minority men who have sex with men, and transgender men and women

  • Assess regimen options, user-related factors, and common misconceptions when determining candidacy and optimal regimens for principal populations

  • Implement strategies to improve PrEP uptake in underserved at-risk populations, addressing social and logistical barriers

Disclosure

Clinical Care Options, LLC (CCO) requires instructors, planners, managers, and other individuals who are in a position to control the content of this activity to disclose all financial conflicts of interest (COI) they may have with ineligible companies. All relevant COI are thoroughly vetted and mitigated according to CCO policy. CCO is committed to providing its learners with high-quality CME/CE activities and related materials that promote improvements or quality in healthcare and not a specific proprietary business interest of an ineligible company.

The faculty reported the following relevant financial relationships or relationships to products or devices they have with ineligible companies related to the content of this educational activity:

Primary Author

Kenyon Farrow,

Vice President of Policy
Point Source Youth
Contributing Editor
TheBody.com
Cleveland, Ohio

Kenyon R. Farrow has no relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Raphael J. Landovitz, MD, MSc

Professor of Medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases
David Geffen School of Medicine/University of California
Director
UCLA Center for Clinical AIDS Research and Education (CARE)
Co-Director
Center for HIV Identification, Prevention, and Treatment Services (CHIPTS)
Los Angeles, California

Raphael J. Landovitz, MD, MSC: consultant/advisor: Merck.

Hyman Scott, MD, MPH

Assistant Clinical Professor
Department of Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, California

Hyman Scott, MD, MPH, has no relevant financial relationships to disclose.

The planners and content peer reviewers from Clinical Care Options, LLC do not have any relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Instructions for Credit

Participation in this self-study activity should be completed in approximately 1 hours. To successfully complete this activity and receive credit, learners must follow these steps during the period from July 24, 2023, through July 23, 2024:

  1. Login or Sign Up for an account by clicking at the top of this page.
  2. Read the target audience, learning objectives, and faculty disclosures.
  3. View and study the content in its entirety.
  4. Submit answers to the posttest questions and evaluation questions online.

You must receive a test score of at least 65 and respond to all evaluation questions to receive a certificate. After submitting the evaluation, you may access your online certificate by selecting the certificate link on the confirmation page. Records of all CME/CE activities completed can be found on the "My Certificates" page.

Format

This program has been made available online.

Disclosure of Unlabeled Use

This educational activity may contain discussion of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the FDA. The planners of this activity do not recommend the use of any agent outside of the labeled indications.

The opinions expressed in the educational activity are those of the faculty and do not necessarily represent the views of the planners. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings.

Disclaimer

Participants have an implied responsibility to use the newly acquired information to enhance patient outcomes and their own professional development. The information presented in this activity is not meant to serve as a guideline for patient management. Any procedures, medications, or other courses of diagnosis or treatment discussed or suggested in this activity should not be used by clinicians without evaluation of their patient’s conditions and possible contraindications and/or dangers in use, review of any applicable manufacturer’s product information, and comparison with recommendations of other authorities.

Accreditation

Joint Accreditation Statement

In support of improving patient care, Clinical Care Options, LLC (CCO) is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. 

Physician Continuing Medical Education

CCO designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nursing Continuing Professional Development

The maximum number of hours awarded for this Nursing Continuing Professional Development activity is 1 contact hour.