This session provides a non-clinical view of harm reduction, with a particular focus on its intersection with aging. The presenter draws upon her lived experiences from layered perspectives on substance use, mental well-being, HIV, and aging to review models and techniques supporting informed decision-making to define one's personal view of harm reduction. The presentation includes a discussion of some behaviors that support as well as hinder smooth sustainability across one's lifespan.
Learning Objectives:
At the end of this webinar, you will be able to:
- Discuss diverse views of harm reduction.
- Define principles of harm reduction as they apply to aging.
- Develop a multifaceted harm reduction plan with a focus on clients who are aging.
Faculty: Linda Scruggs, MHS, LPC, SME
NOTE: This module does NOT offer continuing education credits.
This course is jointly provided by Postgraduate Institute for Medicine and HealthHIV.
Please review the content below at your own pace.
Release Date: August 8, 2023
Expiration Date: August 8, 2024
Target Audience
This activity is intended for physicians, pharmacists, registered nurses, PAs, psychologists, social workers and other healthcare providers engaged in the care of patients with HIV.
Educational Objectives
After completing this activity, the participant should be better able to:
- Recognize the signs and symptoms of mental health challenges.
- Describe the influences of cultural and societal stigmas on help-seeking behaviors.
- List the barriers to treating depression that are unique to men of color.
- Identify empathetic language to help others facing mental health challenges.
- Identify appropriate mental health support and substance use services.
Faculty
Patrick LeBlanc
Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest
Postgraduate Institute for Medicine (PIM) requires faculty, planners, and others in control of educational content to disclose all their financial relationships with ineligible companies. All identified conflicts of interest (COI) are thoroughly vetted and mitigated according to PIM policy. PIM is committed to providing its learners with high quality accredited continuing education activities and related materials that promote improvements or quality in healthcare and not a specific proprietary business interest of an ineligible company.
The faculty reported the following relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities related to the educational content of this CE activity:
The faculty presenter has nothing to disclose.
The PIM planners and others have nothing to disclose. The HealthHIV planners and others have nothing to disclose.
Joint Accreditation Statement
In
support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the Postgraduate Institute for Medicine and HealthHIV. Postgraduate Institute for Medicine is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical
Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Physician Continuing Medical Education
The Postgraduate Institute for Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Continuing Nursing Education
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 1.0 contact hours.
Continuing Pharmacy Education
Postgraduate Institute for Medicine designates this continuing education activity for 1.0 contact hour(s) (0.1 CEUs) of the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education.
Continuing Physician Assistant Education
Postgraduate Institute for Medicine has been authorized by the American Academy
of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 1.0 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their
participation.
Continuing Social Work Education
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Postgraduate Institute
for Medicine is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial
regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Postgraduate Institute for Medicine maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this
course receive 1.0 Clinical continuing education credits.
Continuing Psychologist Education
Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship of the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). The APA CEP Office maintains responsibility for the content of the programs.
Credit Designation: This program offers 1 continuing education credits for psychologists.
Interprofessional Continuing Education
This activity was planned by and for the
healthcare team, and learners will receive 1 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credit for learning and change.
Disclosure of Unlabeled Use
This educational activity may contain discussion of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the FDA. The planners of this activity do not recommend the use of any agent outside of the labeled indications. The opinions expressed in the educational activity are those of the faculty and do not necessarily represent the views of the planners. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings.
Disclaimer
Participants have an implied responsibility to use the newly acquired information to enhance patient outcomes and their own professional development. The information presented in this activity is not meant to serve as a guideline for patient management. Any procedures, medications, or other courses of diagnosis or treatment discussed or suggested in this activity should not be used by clinicians without evaluation of their patient's conditions and possible contraindications and/or dangers in use, review of any applicable manufacturer's product information, and comparison with recommendations of other authorities.
This session explores the impact of stigma on people who have been diagnosed with substance use disorder (SUD) and those who are not clinically diagnosed but display symptoms. The presenter examines the relationship between stigma and systemic racism, as well as racism's compounding effect on access to healthcare services for people who use drugs. The presenter also provides strategies for challenging stigma and misconceptions about SUD.
Faculty: Mark Robinson
Learning Objectives:
At the end of this session, you will be able to:
- Describe stigma and the impact it has on people who use drugs.
- Identify how trauma, racial injustice, and historical social constructs have affected communities.
- Describe ways to respond to drug-use stigma in the workplace and society.
NOTE: This session does NOT offer continuing education credits.
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This course is jointly provided by Postgraduate Institute for Medicine and HealthHIV.
Please review the content below at your own pace.
Release Date: April 6, 2023
Expiration Date: April 6, 2024
Target Audience
This activity is intended for physicians, pharmacists, registered nurses, PAs, psychologists, social workers and other healthcare providers engaged in the care of patients with HIV.
Educational Objectives
After completing this activity, the participant should be better able to:
- Identify the psychobiosocial/multiple meanings process model of addiction supporting integrative harm reduction therapy (IHRP).
- Describe harm reduction’s core principles.
- Explain an overview of IHRP’s seven therapeutic tasks.
Faculty
Andrew Tatarsky, Ph. D
Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest
Postgraduate Institute for Medicine (PIM) requires faculty, planners, and others in control of educational content to disclose all their financial relationships with ineligible companies. All identified conflicts of interest (COI) are thoroughly vetted and mitigated according to PIM policy. PIM is committed to providing its learners with high quality accredited continuing education activities and related materials that promote improvements or quality in healthcare and not a specific proprietary business interest of an ineligible company.
The faculty reported the following relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities related to the educational content of this CE activity:
The faculty presenter has nothing to disclose.
The PIM planners and others have nothing to disclose. The HealthHIV planners and others have nothing to disclose.
Joint Accreditation Statement
In
support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the Postgraduate Institute for Medicine and HealthHIV. Postgraduate Institute for Medicine is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical
Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Physician Continuing Medical Education
The Postgraduate Institute for Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Continuing Nursing Education
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 1.0 contact hours.
Continuing Pharmacy Education
Postgraduate Institute for Medicine designates this continuing education activity for 1.0 contact hour(s) (0.1 CEUs) of the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education.
Continuing Physician Assistant Education
Postgraduate Institute for Medicine has been authorized by the American Academy
of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 1.0 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their
participation.
Continuing Social Work Education
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Postgraduate Institute
for Medicine is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial
regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Postgraduate Institute for Medicine maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this
course receive 1.0 Clinical continuing education credits.
Continuing Psychologist Education
Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship of the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). The APA CEP Office maintains responsibility for the content of the programs.
Credit Designation: This program offers 1 continuing education credits for psychologists.
Interprofessional Continuing Education
This activity was planned by and for the
healthcare team, and learners will receive 1 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credit for learning and change.
Disclosure of Unlabeled Use
This educational activity may contain discussion of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the FDA. The planners of this activity do not recommend the use of any agent outside of the labeled indications. The opinions expressed in the educational activity are those of the faculty and do not necessarily represent the views of the planners. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings.
Disclaimer
Participants have an implied responsibility to use the newly acquired information to enhance patient outcomes and their own professional development. The information presented in this activity is not meant to serve as a guideline for patient management. Any procedures, medications, or other courses of diagnosis or treatment discussed or suggested in this activity should not be used by clinicians without evaluation of their patient's conditions and possible contraindications and/or dangers in use, review of any applicable manufacturer's product information, and comparison with recommendations of other authorities.
This course is jointly provided by Postgraduate Institute for Medicine and HealthHIV.
Please review the content below at your own pace.
Release Date: March 30, 2023
Expiration Date: March 30, 2024
Target Audience
This activity is intended for physicians, pharmacists, registered nurses, PAs, psychologists, social workers and other healthcare providers engaged in the care of patients with HIV.
Educational Objectives
After completing this activity, the participant should be better able to:
- Identify the psychobiosocial/multiple meanings process model of addiction supporting integrative harm reduction psychotherapy (IHRP).
- Describe harm reduction’s core principles.
- Explain an overview of IHRP’s seven therapeutic tasks.
Faculty
Andrew Tatarsky, Ph. D
Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest
Postgraduate Institute for Medicine (PIM) requires faculty, planners, and others in control of educational content to disclose all their financial relationships with ineligible companies. All identified conflicts of interest (COI) are thoroughly vetted and mitigated according to PIM policy. PIM is committed to providing its learners with high quality accredited continuing education activities and related materials that promote improvements or quality in healthcare and not a specific proprietary business interest of an ineligible company.
The faculty reported the following relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities related to the educational content of this CE activity:
The faculty presenter has nothing to disclose.
The PIM planners and others have nothing to disclose. The HealthHIV planners and others have nothing to disclose.
Joint Accreditation Statement
In
support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the Postgraduate Institute for Medicine and HealthHIV. Postgraduate Institute for Medicine is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical
Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Physician Continuing Medical Education
The Postgraduate Institute for Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Continuing Nursing Education
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 1.0 contact hours.
Continuing Pharmacy Education
Postgraduate Institute for Medicine designates this continuing education activity for 1.0 contact hour(s) (0.1 CEUs) of the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education.
Continuing Physician Assistant Education
Postgraduate Institute for Medicine has been authorized by the American Academy
of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 1.0 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their
participation.
Continuing Social Work Education
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Postgraduate Institute
for Medicine is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial
regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Postgraduate Institute for Medicine maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this
course receive 1.0 Clinical continuing education credits.
Continuing Psychologist Education
Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship of the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). The APA CEP Office maintains responsibility for the content of the programs.
Credit Designation: This program offers 1 continuing education credits for psychologists.
Interprofessional Continuing Education
This activity was planned by and for the
healthcare team, and learners will receive 1 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credit for learning and change.
Disclosure of Unlabeled Use
This educational activity may contain discussion of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the FDA. The planners of this activity do not recommend the use of any agent outside of the labeled indications. The opinions expressed in the educational activity are those of the faculty and do not necessarily represent the views of the planners. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings.
Disclaimer
Participants have an implied responsibility to use the newly acquired information to enhance patient outcomes and their own professional development. The information presented in this activity is not meant to serve as a guideline for patient management. Any procedures, medications, or other courses of diagnosis or treatment discussed or suggested in this activity should not be used by clinicians without evaluation of their patient's conditions and possible contraindications and/or dangers in use, review of any applicable manufacturer's product information, and comparison with recommendations of other authorities.
This module provides insights on and discusses evidenced-based strategies to promote harm reduction among the youth population. Professionals gain an understanding and knowledge of the foundational principles central to harm reduction, in addition to substance-use trends among youth and strategies and tools to use when working with young adults.
Faculty: Keristen Mazyck, LISW-CP, HIVPCP
Learning Objectives:
At the end of this webinar, you will be able to:
- Identify foundational principles central to harm reduction.
- Describe harm reduction strategies tailored to youth.
- Discuss substance use trends among youth and adolescents.
- Discuss the prevalence of substance use among youth.
- Describe harm reduction issues specific to youth experiencing mental and/or behavioral health conditions.
NOTE: This module does NOT offer continuing education credits.
U=U (undetectable equals untransmissible) refers to how individuals with HIV who have undetectable viral loads cannot transmit HIV. Join DC Engage, led by HealthHIV, on Tuesday, August 29, 2023 at 12:00pm Eastern for a webinar that will provide an in-depth exploration of the U=U concept, with a focus on its application to harm reduction.
The module reviews the challenges involved in achieving viral suppression and maintaining undetectable viral loads, particularly for people who use drugs. Providers also gain an understanding of potential opportunities for promoting activities that contribute to harm reduction strategies to reduce barriers and to increase drug user health.
Learning Objectives:
At the end of this webinar, you will be able to:
- Demonstrate enhanced knowledge of U=U (undetectable and untransmissible).
- Describe the limitations to achieving viral suppression and undetectable viral loads.
- Discuss the opportunities and best practices to promote activities that support viral suppression and undetectable viral loads.
Faculty: Patrick Ingram and Bobbi Gass, MPH
NOTE: This module does NOT offer continuing education credits.This webinar will briefly review the new knowledge gained during the past 50 years. The faculty will describe the shifts in cultural understanding of addiction that have given rise to new research and approaches that can help reduce stigma and discrimination against people with substance use disorders.
This course is jointly provided by Postgraduate Institute for Medicine (PIM) and HealthHIV.
Please review the content below at your own pace.
NOTE: If you seek continuing education credits (CEUs) from PIM after completing the module, you will go to their website and complete a post-course check and an evaluation. If you will not seek credits, you will not need to take a post-course check, but please complete the non-credit evaluation at the end of the module. Whether or not you seek credits, you will not need to take a pre-course check.
Release Date: August 17, 2023
Expiration Date: August 17, 2024
UAN JA4008162-9999-23-287-L02-P
Target Audience
This activity is intended for physicians, pharmacists, registered nurses, PAs, psychologists, social workers and other healthcare providers engaged in the care of patients with HIV.
Educational Objectives
After completing this activity, the participant should be better able to:
- Identify two dimensions that underlie stigma related to addiction
- Recognize and describe the impact of stigma on patient care
- Identify three strategies that are helpful to address addiction stigma
Faculty
Dr. John F. Kelly, PhD, ABPP
Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest
Postgraduate Institute for Medicine (PIM) requires faculty, planners, and others in control of educational content to disclose all their financial relationships with ineligible companies. All identified conflicts of interest (COI) are thoroughly vetted and mitigated according to PIM policy. PIM is committed to providing its learners with high quality accredited continuing education activities and related materials that promote improvements or quality in healthcare and not a specific proprietary business interest of an ineligible company.
The faculty reported the following relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities related to the educational content of this CE activity:
The faculty presenter has nothing to disclose.
The PIM planners and others have nothing to disclose. The HealthHIV planners and others have nothing to disclose.
Joint Accreditation Statement
In
support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the Postgraduate Institute for Medicine and HealthHIV. Postgraduate Institute for Medicine is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical
Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Physician Continuing Medical Education
The Postgraduate Institute for Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Continuing Nursing Education
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 1.0 contact hours.
Continuing Pharmacy Education
Postgraduate Institute for Medicine designates this continuing education activity for 1.0 contact hour(s) (0.1 CEUs) of the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education.
Continuing Physician Assistant Education
Postgraduate Institute for Medicine has been authorized by the American Academy
of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 1.0 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their
participation.
Continuing Social Work Education
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Postgraduate Institute
for Medicine is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial
regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Postgraduate Institute for Medicine maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this
course receive 1.0 Clinical continuing education credits.
Continuing Psychologist Education
Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship of the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). The APA CEP Office maintains responsibility for the content of the programs.
Credit Designation: This program offers 1 continuing education credits for psychologists.
Interprofessional Continuing Education
This activity was planned by and for the
healthcare team, and learners will receive 1 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credit for learning and change.
Disclosure of Unlabeled Use
This educational activity may contain discussion of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the FDA. The planners of this activity do not recommend the use of any agent outside of the labeled indications. The opinions expressed in the educational activity are those of the faculty and do not necessarily represent the views of the planners. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings.
Disclaimer
Participants have an implied responsibility to use the newly acquired information to enhance patient outcomes and their own professional development. The information presented in this activity is not meant to serve as a guideline for patient management. Any procedures, medications, or other courses of diagnosis or treatment discussed or suggested in this activity should not be used by clinicians without evaluation of their patient's conditions and possible contraindications and/or dangers in use, review of any applicable manufacturer's product information, and comparison with recommendations of other authorities.