Making HIV Testing Routine: Lessons Learned

Two Webinars

March 16, 2010

About This Webinar

This webinar event will provide administrative and clinical staff in a variety of clinical settings an update on opt-out HIV testing. In the first 60-minute session, Ruth Solomon-Buzi, LCSW, PhD and Glenn Raup, PhD, RN, NE-BC will offer their own lessons learned from incorporating opt-out testing in family planning and emergency department settings, respectively. In the second 60-minute session, Ronald Wilcox, MD, FAAP will discuss current CDC screening criteria, tests used, and methods to break down barriers to routine testing.

Purpose

The goal of this FREE 2-part webinar is to share the experiences and insights gained by administrators and clinicians as they implement routine HIV testing in various healthcare settings. Join us for one or both sessions.

Audience

Administrators, nurses, physicians, educators, social workers, counselors

Webinar Time Schedule

Administrators

Time: 9:30 - 10:35 AM (CST)

Speakers: Ruth S. Buzi, LCSW, Ph.D. & Glenn Raup, PhD, RN, NE-BC

Clinicians

Time: 10:45 - 11:50 AM (CST)

Speakers: Ron Wilcox, MD FAAP

Speakers

Glenn Raup, PhD (Bio)

Assistant Professor, DNP Program- Administration Track
Texas Christian University

Ruth Solomon-Buzi, LCSW, PhD (Bio)

Assistant Professor and Social Services Coordinator
Baylor College of Medicine; Teen Health Clinic

Ronald D. Wilcox, MD, FAAP (Bio)

Program Director and Principal Investigator
Delta Region AIDS Education & Training Center

Objectives

Administrators

By the end of this event, participants will be able to:

• Identify quality of care considerations for clinicians to address when implementing an opt-out HIV testing program in the healthcare practice setting, with special attention to the family planning clinic setting.
• Describe ethical concerns as they relate to opt-out HIV testing practices in various healthcare settings.
• Compare methods to assess system readiness to adopt change related to HIV testing in selected healthcare settings.
• Employ system readiness tools to implement an ED HIV screening program grounded in evidence based practice.

Clinicians

By the end of this event, participants will be able to:

• Review the 2006 CDC recommendations for HIV screening.
• Choose the appropriate HIV test based on the patient’s clinical situation.
• Discuss two benefits of conducting rapid HIV testing in a primary care setting.
• Describe one strategy used in a healthcare setting to address barriers to implementing testing.

Continuing Education

Nursing

Center for Health Training is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Washington State Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Upon successful completion of each session of this educational activity 1 contact hour will be awarded, for a maximum total of 2 contact hours for both sessions.

Successful completion of this continuing nursing education activity includes the following:

• Be registered for this activity
• Complete the activity sign in form
• Be present no later than five (5) minutes after starting time
• Remain until the scheduled ending time, and
• Complete and submit the evaluation form(s) before at the conclusion pf the program.

Social Work, LPC, Educators

The Center for Health Training is an approved provider of continuing education credits by: The Texas State Board of Social Worker Examiners, provider #1682, The Texas State Board of Examiners of Professional Counselors, provider #147, The Texas State Board for Educator Certification, provider #500701. www.sbec.state.tx.us

Upon successful completion of each session of this activity, 1 LPC contact hours, 0.1 Social Work CEUs, and 1 CPE clock hour will be awarded.

CME

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Texas Medical Association (TMA) through the joint sponsorship of Seton Family of Hospitals, Texas Department of State Health Services and Center for Health Training.

The Seton Family of Hospitals designates this educational activity for a maximum of 2.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

 

Please address all questions regarding continuing education to Lovdy Hamm Grossman at the Center for Health Training, (512) 474-2166 or by email at lhamm@jba-cht.com.