LiveMed Journal HIV/AIDS offers CME credits for web-based enduring material of each session. Please participate in the learning activities, take the test, and submit for CME credit according to the stated guidelines. If you follow the instructions, your information will be sent to the Division of CME at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, where it will be entered into the CME database. A certificate will be issued in 4-6 weeks.  

Sponsored by Department of Global Health, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.

Target audience:  Residents, fellows, researchers, academics, healthcare providers in the area of HIV/AIDS.

Statement of purpose:  Over 40 million persons are infected with HIV worldwide, with 4-5 million new HIV infections occurring each year.  Some countries in sub-Saharan Africa have 50% prevalence rates in highly impacted communities and up to 33% prevalence in the general population of young adults.  Thus, prevention is critical even as care and treatment issues represent life-saving emergency interventions.  Even in the US , the number of incident HIV infections is quite stable, an indictment of prevention efforts to date, and too many persons come late in disease. Every physician dealing with HIV needs to be updated as to the current advances in therapy and prevention.

Learning Activities:

Acknowledgment of commercial support:This educational session received no commercial support.

Faculty disclosure:  It is the policy of Vanderbilt School of Medicine that participants in CME activities be made aware of any affiliation or financial interest that may affect the speaker’s presentation(s).   Each speaker has completed and signed a conflict of interest statement. The faculty members’ relationships will be disclosed to the audience.

Americans with Disabilities Act:  It is the policy of Vanderbilt School of Medicine not to discriminate against any person on the basis of disabilities.  If you feel you need services or auxiliary aids mentioned in this act in order to fully participate in this continuing education activity, please call Pramod Jain at 904-636-6374 or attach a note to your registration form.

Accreditation and credit:  Vanderbilt University School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for CME (ACCME) to sponsor continuing medical education activities for physicians. Vanderbilt School of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.