HIV FUNDAMENTALS

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: MED SC-M 810 , 811 , 812 , and 813 Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe epidemiology of HIV/AIDS in the USA and globally. Audience: Graduate 2. Formulate prevention and elimination strategies and describe their limitations. Audience: Graduate 3. Summarize the pathophysiology of HIV infection. Audience: Graduate 4. Identify different diagnostic and follow-up tests for HIV/AIDS. Audience: Graduate 5. Recognize, diagnose, and treat acute HIV infection. Audience: Graduate 6. Summarize the guidelines on whom to treat, when to treat, and which antiretroviral treatment to choose. Audience: Graduate 7. Identify the different classes of HIV medications and their mechanisms of action. Audience: Graduate 8. List the principles of HAART resistance, tests, and alternate treatments. Audience: Graduate 9. Identify the clinical presentation, diagnoses, and management of common opportunistic infections. Audience: Graduate 10. Manage HIV-HCV and HIV-HBV co-infections. Audience: Graduate 11. Perform a history and physical examination of HIV patients. Audience: Graduate 12. Summarize the team approach to management for HIV patients and the critical importance of ancillary health care professionals in the care of HIV/AIDS patients. Audience: Graduate 13. Coordinate care with HIV pharmacists, nurses, social workers, and other health care professionals. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe epidemiology of HIV/AIDS in the USA and globally. Audience: Graduate 2. Formulate prevention and elimination strategies and describe their limitations. Audience: Graduate 3. Summarize the pathophysiology of HIV infection. Audience: Graduate 4. Identify different diagnostic and follow-up tests for HIV/AIDS. Audience: Graduate 5. Recognize, diagnose, and treat acute HIV infection. Audience: Graduate 6. Summarize the guidelines on whom to treat, when to treat, and which antiretroviral treatment to choose. Audience: Graduate 7. Identify the different classes of HIV medications and their mechanisms of action. Audience: Graduate 8. List the principles of HAART resistance, tests, and alternate treatments. Audience: Graduate 9. Identify the clinical presentation, diagnoses, and management of common opportunistic infections. Audience: Graduate 10. Manage HIV-HCV and HIV-HBV co-infections. Audience: Graduate 11. Perform a history and physical examination of HIV patients. Audience: Graduate 12. Summarize the team approach to management for HIV patients and the critical importance of ancillary health care professionals in the care of HIV/AIDS patients. Audience: Graduate 13. Coordinate care with HIV pharmacists, nurses, social workers, and other health care professionals. Audience: Graduate