Important note: Registration on this page is only for participants planning to attend in person. If you are planning to attend virtually, please visit: https://www.maaetc.org/events/view/26518 

Please ensure you are registering for only one option of attendance. 

Important note: This is a hybrid training. Participants are encouraged to attend in person at the Ambassador Banquet & Conference Center, but the training will also have an interactive virtual component for those who cannot attend in person.

About:

The MidAtlantic AIDS Education and Training Center, University of Pittsburgh Regional Partner, is hosting a half-day, hybrid training that will provide foundational education on HIV and sexual health history taking for clinicians at Erie Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Health Clinics.

At a Glance:

• Free Continuing Nursing and Medical Education (CNE & CME) Credits Available*
• Informative, Evidence-Based Learning from Clinical HIV Experts
• Interactive HIV Sexual Health History Taking Role-Playing and Skill Building
• Free Parking and Continental Breakfast

Accreditation

*In order to receive a certificate of attendance or continuing education, all required evaluations must be completed in a timely manner. Please check in closer to the date of the event in regard to CEUs being offered for this program.

Continuing Nursing Education (CNE):

The MidAtlantic AIDS Education and Training Center is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the Pennsylvania State Nurses Association Approver Unit an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. This event is eligible for 4.0 credit hours.

Continuing Medical Education (CME):

Pending application.  Please check back in a few weeks for updates.

Certificate of Attendance (CoA):

Continuing Education credits issued for participation in CE activity may not apply toward license renewal in all states.  It is the responsibility of each participant to verify the requirements of their state licensing board(s).

Location:

The in-person component of this training will take place in the Ambassador Banquet & Conference Center.

The Ambassador Center is located at 7794 Peach Street in Erie, PA 16509. 

Free parking is available onsite.

Agenda:

7:30 AM – 8:00 AM

Registration & Continental Breakfast

8:00 AM – 8:15 AM

Welcome & Introduction

Kimberly Sabolcik, MSW
Regional Coordinator, MidAtlantic AETC
University of Pittsburgh, School of Public Health

8:15 AM – 9:00 AM

Syndemics and HIV

Linda R. Frank, PhD, MSN, ACRN, FAAN
Professor, Public Health, Medicine, & Nursing
University of Pittsburgh, School of Public Health
Principal Investigator, MidAtlantic AETC

Objectives:

1. Briefly review approaches to patient assessment and engagement.
2. Discuss options for preventing HIV, including pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP), and treatment as prevention (TasP).
3. Define HIV syndemics and describe the role of mental health disorders, substance use, and STIs in disease transmission and health outcomes.

9:00 AM – 9:10 AM

Break

9:10 AM – 11:45 AM

Sexual Health History Taking and HIV: Words Matter

Barbara Wilgus, MSN, CRNP (she/her/hers)
Program Administrator, STD/HIV Prevention Training Center at Johns Hopkins
Senior Staff, Division of Infectious Disease
Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine

Bambi Galore, BA (they/them/theirs)
Assistant Training Coordinator
STD/HIV Prevention Training Center at Johns Hopkins

Objectives:

1. Review the importance of taking a sexual history and its role in HIV and STI prevention.
2. Utilize the CDC's "5 Ps" approach for taking a sexual history to identify opportunities to promote HIV prevention, testing, and treatment.
3. Demonstrate increased skills in taking a sexual history and addressing patients' sexual orientation and gender identity using case studies and role-playing.
4. Identify how to document a sexual health encounter and prevention recommendations or next steps.
5. Discuss diagnosis and CPT codes for billing a sexual health encounter.  

11:45 AM – 12:00 AM

Evaluation and Concluding Remarks

12:00 PM

Adjournment