Nurses
eNewsletter: This 1 contact hour educational activity is provided by the Institute for Johns Hopkins Nursing. Each newsletter carries a maximum of 1 contact hour or a total of 6 contact hours for the six newsletters in this program.

Podcast: This 0.5 contact hour educational activity is provided by the Institute for Johns Hopkins Nursing. Each podcast carries a maximum of 0.5 contact hours or a total of 3 contact hours for the six podcasts in this program.

There are no fees or prerequisites for this activity.

Successful Completion
To successfully complete this activity, participants must read the content, and then link to the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine's website or the Institute for Johns Hopkins Nursing's website to complete the post-test and evaluation. A passing grade of 70% or higher on the post-test/evaluation is required to receive CE credit.

Launch Date
July 31, 2014; activities expire 2 years from the date of publication.

Length of Activity: 30 minutes

Intended Audience
The target audience (clinicians) for this initiative includes infectious disease (ID) specialists, primary care physicians (PCPs), nurse practitioners (NPs), physician assistants (Pas), and other health care practitioners whose work/practice includes treating patients with HIV.

Internet CME Policy
The Office of Continuing Medical Education (CME) at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine is committed to protecting the privacy of its members and customers. The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine maintains its Internet site as an information resource and service for physicians, other health professionals, and the public.

Continuing Medical Education at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine will keep your personal and credit information confidential when you participate in an Internet-based CME program. Your information will never be given to anyone outside of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine program. CME collects only the information necessary to provide you with the services that you request.

Disclaimer Statement
The opinions and recommendations expressed by faculty and other experts whose input is included in this program are their own. This enduring material is produced for educational purposes only. Use of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine name implies review of educational format design and approach. Please review the complete prescribing information for specific drugs or combinations of drugs, including indications, contraindications, warnings, and adverse effects before administering pharmacologic therapy to patients.

Statement of Responsibility
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine takes responsibility for the content, quality, and scientific integrity of this CME activity.

PLANNER DISCLOSURE
As a provider approved by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), it is the policy of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Office of Continuing Medical Education (OCME) to require signed disclosure of the existence of financial relationships with industry from any individual in a position to control the content of a CME activity sponsored by OCME. Members of the Planning Committee are required to disclose all relationships regardless of their relevance to the content of the activity. Faculty are required to disclose only those relationships that are relevant to their specific presentation. The following relationship has been reported for this activity:
Richard Moore, MD, MHS discloses that he has served as a consultant for Merck.
Michael Melia, MD discloses that he has received grants from Merck, Gilead, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Janssen and AbbVie. No other planners have indicated that they have any financial interest or relationships with a commercial entity whose products or services are relevant to the content of their presentation.

POLICY ON FACULTY AND PROVIDER DISCLOSURE
It is the policy of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine that the faculty and provider disclose real or apparent conflicts of interest relating to the topics of this educational activity, and also disclose discussions of unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs or devices during their presentation(s). Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine OCME has established policies in place that will identify and resolve all conflicts of interest prior to this educational activity. Detailed disclosure will be made in the newsletters/podcasts.
Guest Author Disclosures

STATEMENT OF NEED:
	As the demographics of HIV have shifted to include many older adults, clinicians require education regarding the treatment of common comorbidities.
	Clinicians may be unclear about issues specific to the diagnosis and treatment of women with HIV.
	Many clinicians require education regarding current treatment and new emerging hepatitis C medications in patients coinfected with HIV/HCV who require antiretroviral therapy.
	Clinicians may need an update on current recommendations for the treatment of HIV with HAART.

Confidentiality Disclaimer for Conference Attendees
I certify that I am attending a Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine CME activity for accredited training and/or educational purposes.

I understand that while I am attending in this capacity, I may be exposed to "protected health information," as that term is defined and used in Hopkins policies and in the federal HIPAA privacy regulations (the Privacy Regulations). Protected health information is information about a person's health or treatment that identifies the person.

I pledge and agree to use and disclose any of this protected health information only for the training and/or educational purposes of my visit and to keep the information confidential.

I understand that I may direct to the Johns Hopkins Privacy Officer any questions I have about my obligations under this Confidentiality Pledge or under any of the Hopkins policies and procedures and applicable laws and regulations related to confidentiality. The contact information is Johns Hopkins Privacy Officer, telephone: 410-735-6509, e-mail:HIPAA@jhmi.edu.

"The Office of Continuing Medical Education at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, as provider of this activity, has relayed information with the CME attendees/participants and certifies that the visitor is attending for training, education and/or observation purposes only."

For CME Questions, please contact the CME Office at (410) 955-2959 or e-mail cmenet@jhmi.edu.

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Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Office of Continuing Medical Education
Turner 20/720 Rutland Avenue
Baltimore, Maryland 21205-2195

Reviewed and Approved by
General Counsel, Johns Hopkins Medicine (4/1/03)
Updated 4/09

Hardware & Software Requirements
Pentium 800 processor or greater, Windows 98/NT/2000/XP/7 or Mac OS 9/X, Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 or later, 56K or better modem, Windows Media Player 9.0 or later, 128 MB of RAM, sound card and speakers, Adobe Acrobat Reader, storage, Internet connectivity, and minimum connection speed. Monitor settings: High color at 800 x 600 pixels.