PrEP 101: A Hospitalist's Guide to HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis

Series Summary

LGBTQ+ patients face unique challenges that results in worse health outcomes, many of these are amplified when patients require hospitalization. To provide the highest value of care, Hospitalists must be aware of these challenges. This session is part of a series meant to prepare hospitalists to provide patient-centric care for LGBTQ+ patients.

This content developed out of work by the LGBTQ+ Task Force of the SHM Education Committee.

Target Audience

Physicians, NPs, and PAs practicing hospital medicine.

Series Learning Objectives
  1. Recognize LGBTQ+ as a social determinant of health.
  2. Document using language that is consistent with patients’ sexual orientation and gender-identity.
  3. Recognize that risk scoring systems and laboratory reference ranges are not validated for transgender patients.
  4. Described the risk of abruptly stopping gender-affirming hormone therapy.
  5. Describe best-practices for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PreP) therapy while patients are admitted to the hospital.
  6. Identify methods to advocate for LGBTQ+ patients.
  7. Apply methods for discussing gender identity, organ inventory, and sexual orientation with patients.
Accreditation Statement

The faculty and planners of these activities have no relevant relationships to disclose unless otherwise explicitly noted below. All relevant relationships were mitigated prior to the start of this activity.

Credit Statement

The Society of Hospital Medicine designates this enduring internet activity for a maximum of 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Release Date: June 11, 2021

Expiration Date: June 11, 2024

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In accordance with the ACCME Standards for Commercial Support, SHM requires that individuals in a position to control the content of an educational activity disclose all relevant financial relationships with any commercial interest. SHM mitigates all conflicts of interest to ensure independence, objectivity, balance, and scientific rigor in all its educational programs. All relevant financial relationships shall be disclosed to participants prior to the start of the activity.

Furthermore, SHM seeks to verify that all scientific research referred to, reported, or used in a continuing medical education (CME) activity conforms to the generally accepted standards of experimental design, data collection, and analysis. SHM is committed to providing its learners with high-quality CME activities that promote improvements in healthcare and not those of a commercial interest.

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 0.25 ABIM MOC Self Evaluation Points
    Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 0.25 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.
  • 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 0.25 Non-physician
Course opens: 
06/11/2021
Course expires: 
06/11/2024
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Disclosures

The faculty and planners of these activities have no relevant relationships to disclose unless otherwise explicitly noted below.

Faculty

Aniruddha (Anu) Hazra, MD (he/him)
Assistant Professor, Section of Infectious Diseases & Global Health
Director of STI Services, Chicago Center of HIV Elmination
Medical Director, UCM Sexual Wellness Clinic
University of Chicago Medicine
Howard Brown Health

Planning Committee

Tyler Anstett, DO (Course Director)

Keshav Khanijow, MD

Nicole Rosendale, MD

Rita Lee, MD

Scott Ness, MD

CONFLICT OF INTEREST DISCLOSURE POLICY

In accordance with the ACCME Standards for Commercial Support, SHM requires that individuals in a position to control the content of an educational activity disclose all relevant financial relationships with any commercial interest. SHM mitigates all conflicts of interest to ensure independence, objectivity, balance, and scientific rigor in all its educational programs. All relevant financial relationships shall be disclosed to participants prior to the start of the activity.

Furthermore, SHM seeks to verify that all scientific research referred to, reported, or used in a continuing medical education (CME) activity conforms to the generally accepted standards of experimental design, data collection, and analysis. SHM is committed to providing its learners with high-quality CME activities that promote improvements in healthcare and not those of a commercial interest.

Available Credit

  • 0.25 ABIM MOC Self Evaluation Points
    Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 0.25 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.
  • 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 0.25 Non-physician

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