Infectious Disease

In this CME Outfitters Snack, part of a series on health equity, expert faculty will address these gaps by identifying the principles of culturally respectful child and adolescent care while modeling care plans that reflect and respect individual family priorities and preferred communication strategies. Faculty will demonstrate the use of comprehensive SDoH screening and management approaches and describe the benefits of closed-loop referrals for addressing identified family needs. Learners will be shown how to integrate system-level, compliant, coordinated workflows with schools and community resources to address the unique health needs of children and adolescents in diverse populations including rural and Indigenous settings.

In this CME Outfitters chapter series, expert faculty will discuss strategies for identifying disparities when caring for persons of color living with HIV, communicating about HIV risk with patients from diverse backgrounds, and develop long-term, personalized care plans that include rapid initiation of antiretroviral therapies (ARTs) and support for treatment adherence for PLWH.

In this first installment of a CME Outfitters Snack series, expert faculty will guide learners to better incorporate guideline-recommended SARS-CoV-2 therapies into the treatment of hospitalized patients to improve clinical outcomes and reduce mortality.

In this second installment of a CME Outfitters Snack series, expert faculty will discuss evidence-based strategies for early diagnosis and timely initiation of appropriate SARS-CoV-2 therapies to optimize patient outcomes.

In this CME Outfitters recorded symposium, expert faculty will guide learners on the implementation of routine HIV testing and on adopting a status-neutral approach to effectively promote prevention strategies and PrEP initiation. Faculty will evaluate current and emerging PrEP options, introduce emerging LAI PrEP options, and discuss optimal patient selection criteria, transitioning strategies, and monitoring considerations. Faculty will model integration of effective patient engagement strategies to collaboratively initiate PrEP treatment and support adherence.

In this final installment of a CME Outfitters Snack series, expert faculty will guide learners through analysis of regional differences in SARS-CoV-2 variants and their influence on the effectiveness of inpatient COVID-19 treatment strategies.

In this third installment of a CME Outfitters Snack Series, expert faculty will evaluate clinically supported risk stratification tools and clinical indicators to identify hospitalized patients more accurately with SARS-CoV-2 infection who are at increased risk for progression to severe disease.