New medical knowledge and technology are advancing more quickly than most physicians can keep up with and utilize wisely.  This series of lectures to allow physicians to improve techniques involved in the diagnosis and management of disease often seen by Internal Medicine physicians.

OBJECTIVES: Upon completion of this activity, the participant should be able to:

1.   Describe 3 different opportunistic infections that might cause a person with HIV-1 to be admitted to the hospital.  

2.   List 3 medications that can act as victim, perpetrator or facilitator of adverse or beneficial drug interactions.

3.   Explain to a patient the meaning of CD4+ T-lymphocyte count and HIV-1 quantitative RNA PCR. 

FACULTY DISCLOSURE: Gary Sinclair, MD is a researcher for Gilead Sciences, Abbvie, and Roche as well as a researcher, consultant, advisor and speaker for Viiv Healthcare, Merck and Co, Inc, and Theratechnologies. 

PLANNER DISCLOSURE: The planners have no relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated.

ACCREDITATION: The A. Webb Roberts Center for Continuing Medical Education of Baylor Scott & White Health is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

DESIGNATION:  The A. Webb Roberts Center for Continuing Medical Education of Baylor Scott & White Health designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

ABIM MOC:  Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 1.0 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

For information, please contact Angie Snorgrass@[email protected]