Despite PrEP being available for almost 10 years as a safe and effective way to reduce risk of HIV transmission, many primary care providers do not prescribe it. Providers cite concerns about efficacy, toxicity, side effects, and risk compensation as some of the reasons they do not provide PrEP. In addition, provider stigma and bias about sexual health and drug use create additional barriers for people to access PrEP. Join us for a practical session to increase your confidence in prescribing PrEP!

This event is the seventh in a webinar series focusing on primary care providers in Montgomery County Maryland. Primary care providers play a critical role in Montgomery County’s Plan to End HIV by 2030. The Pride in Sexual Health Mini-Symposium is a web-based, CME/CEU-backed educational series designed to build primary care clinicians’ knowledge, skills and practice to support early HIV diagnosis, effective treatment and prevention. The series will conclude with a full-day, in-person, facilitated practicum at the Silver Spring Civic Center, where participants will have opportunities to practice their new skills with role play, small group discussion, standardized patients, and case study.

Audience

Primary Care and other clinicians practicing in Montgomery County, MD

Contact person

Emily Halden Brown, Ending the HIV Epidemic Program Manager, Montgomery County HHS, emily.brown@montgomerycountymd.gov