 | | | | | | | AETC National Resource Center Biweekly Update: October 14, 2010 | Date: 10/14/2010
New and Updated Resources | HIV and Older Adults
Source: Pennsylvania/MidAtlantic AETC and Johns Hopkins Local Performance Site
Date: 2009
Authors: John G. Bartlett, MD; Patricia Bardtich-Crovo, MD; Kelly A. Gebo, MD, MPH and Dorcas C. Baker, RN, BSN, ACRN, MA
Contributors: Christie A.R. Basseth, MD; James Ball; Jane Fowler; Marilyn Burnett and Antoinette Soares
Note: This 28-minute educational video features lectures from Johns Hopkins faculty, testimonials from patients who contracted HIV as older adults, and clinical demonstrations.
| | | Influenza Management Guide 2010-2011
Source: National HIV/AIDS Clinicians' Consultation Center
Authors: Mina Matin, MD and Ronald H. Goldschmidt, MD
Date: 09/30/2010
Note: This 6 page guide offers information regarding influenza management with special considerations for HIV positive patients. This information will be updated periodically during the flu season.
| | | New mental health AIDS on Complex HIV Prevention Interventions
Fall 2010
Note: This issue of mental health AIDS focuses on the emergence of complex HIV prevention interventions. Since a single intervention that works across all populations has yet to be developed, efforts have focused on combined systems of prevention programs targeting specific populations at risk. This issue discusses recent papers evaluating three different complex HIV prevention interventions. mental health AIDS is sponsored by the Center for Mental Health Services of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
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Conferences/Training | Medical Management of HIV in the Rural Southeast
Date: November 12-13, 2010
Place: Point Clear, Alabama
Who Should Attend? Southeast AIDS Training and Educational Center (SEATEC) invites you to Medical Management of HIV in the Rural Southeast. This program will provide conference participants with new knowledge and skill in treating HIV infection and diagnosing HIV-related infections. Conference participants will have the opportunity to practice newly-acquired skills through interactive case studies. All HIV clinicians and dentists who practice in the Southeast would benefit from this conference.
For more information and registration:
http://www.med.emory.edu/CME/course/10/10-FPM1112.htm
| | | 13th Annual HIV Symposium, "Fine-Tuning A Good Thing"
Date: November 5, 2010
Location: Nashville, TN
Note: The Tennessee AIDS Education and Training Center, Comprehensive Care Center invites you to the 13th Annual HIV Symposium. The Symposium will initiate key discussions on the challenge of providing HIV primary care to an increasingly complex and fragile population. Subspecialists have been invited to speak about the management of liver disease, neurological disorders, diabetes, and renal disease in HIV infected patients. Case presentations will be used to keep the topics focused on real life clinical issues.
For registration and more information: http://www.compclinic.org
| | | ATTC Network's Third Thursday iTrainings
Note: Join us the Third Thursday of each month to learn about various topics affecting the field of addictions treatment and recovery services! Each month, a different Regional Center will present information and resources on topics ranging from healthcare reform to implementing specific evidence-based practices.
For a list of upcoming trainings:
http://www.attcnetwork.org/learn/education/webinarseries.asp
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Other | Information on Implementing HIV Testing in Health Care Settings - PAL 10-13: HIV Testing in Health Care Settings
Note: A Program Assistance Letter (PAL) to HRSA/Bureau of Primary Health Care grantees provides information regarding the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's "Revised Recommendations for HIV Testing of Adults, Adolescents, and Pregnant Women in Health-Care Settings." The PAL provides background information, a summary of the recommendations, and identifies resources for training and technical assistance to help health centers follow the revised recommendations. Information in the PAL may also be useful to HRSA/HAB grantees.
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