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Medical Interagency Satellite Training Program

(MIST)

 

Present:

 

“HIV Therapy, Management & Emerging Treatment Options”

 

Wednesday 03 October 2007; 1230-1430 ET

 

New Live Broadcast

 

No CE Credits 

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Available on GETN/Warrior Satellite Platforms
 

a.  Sponsors:  This program is sponsored for Military and Federal GETN subscribers by the Albany Medical College, University at Albany  and Department of Defense Medical Interagency Satellite Program with the  technical support of the Satellite Education Network (SEN) at Ft. Lee, VA. 
 

b.  Availability:  This program will be available to military and federal GETN/MIST sites that have GETN/ATN/Warrior digital satellite downlinks.  A listing of potential GETN receive sites can be seen here: GETN Site Location.    

 

MIST affiliate satellite networks such as the VA’s Employee Education System and the Department of Justice Television Network may also carry this program but IAW with their own scheduling.

 

There is C/KU satellite availability for this program. Look for final confirmation for confirmed coordinates, sent 2-3 days prior to broadcast.

 

Videoconferencing may be available to selected military and federal VTC sites using the USA TNET or the USN CNET networks and other VTC networks able to connect to this satellite feed.  Site coordinators using VTC are responsible for their own bridge coordination.

Will this program be Webcast?  Look for confirmation sent after registration.

c.  Target Audience Statement:  Military, federal and independent physicians, physician assistants, pharmacists, nurse practitioners, nurses, dentists, dental hygienists, and other interested providers.

d.  Program Summary:  This program is part of an ongoing satellite videoconference series entitled "The Management of HIV/AIDS in the Correctional & Community Setting," which addresses clinical issues in the management of HIV-infected patients.  This series is a unique, collaborative venture among Albany Medical College, the New York State Department of Correctional Services and the private pharmaceutical industry.  Each program addresses a different clinical aspect of HIV infection using the same format: didactic lectures, case presentations and a panel discussion.

e.  Learning Objectives:  By the end of the broadcast, the participant should be able to:

1.  List the indications for initiation of treatment of HIV infection
2.  Review the HIV therapeutic classes, and state how they are used in combination
3.  Discuss the current guidelines/recommendations for initial antiretroviral therapy
4.  Describe the indications for changing therapy.
5.  State how resistance testing can be utilized in designing new regimens.
6.  List two new classes of antiretroviral therapy for use in treatment-experienced patients.

f.  Speakers:

Douglas G. Fish, MD; Medical Director, AIDS Treatment Center Albany Medical  Center; Division Head, Division of HIV Medicine, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Albany Medical College Albany, New York
Lester N. Wright, MD, MPH; Deputy Commissioner & Chief Medical Officer, New York State Department of Correctional Services Albany, New York
Amneris E. Luque, MD; Medical Director, AIDS Center Infectious Disease Unit, Strong Memorial Hospital Associate Professor of Medicine & Infectious Diseases, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York
Roy M. Gulick, MD, MPH; Associate Professor of Medicine Director, Cornell Clinical Trials Unit Weill Medical College of Cornell University New York, New York

g.  CEUs, CMEs, Certificates:  None

h.  DVD/Videotape Availability:  None, sites should tape from broadcast.

i.  Videotape release (if taping from broadcast):  These FREE programs are unclassified and non-scrambled.  There are no copyright restrictions on these program, however they MAY NOT be videotaped and re-broadcast where fees are attached to its showing.  They may also not be used for commercial purposes or for profit purposes by commercial organizations without additional permission of the sponsors.  

j.  Interactivity/Questions:  None for this pre-recorded program.

 

k.  Registration:  All military and federal GETN sites MUST register for this FREE, public domain program to receive the necessary illumination authentication (GETN/Warrior dishes) and coordinates.  Sites may register at: DOD MIST/ GETN Registration Site or by calling the DOD-MIST Satellite Program Registrations Coordinator, toll free at 877-820-0305 or 888-820-4898. 

 

l.  Future Programs:  For future information on free interagency satellite broadcasts co-sponsored by the DOD MIST program (subject to change due to satellite availability and other scheduling issues) and other sponsors please visit this web site:  (Information changes periodically; please refresh your browser upon each visit) http://www.dlnets.com/itv.htm#current.

 

m.  Program Requests:  Miss a program and would like it repeated?  Make your request here: DOD-MIST Program Request Form.

 

 

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