PrEP for Black Cisgender Women

This activity will improve healthcare providers' ability to identify Black cisgender women who may benefit from PrEP and increase their confidence in discussing and prescribing PrEP.
 
Medium: Video with PPT, eLearning
Pre-Test: 12 minutes
Activity Length: 22 minutes
Post-Test: 10 minutes

Target Audience

This activity is designed for healthcare professionals who can prescribe PrEP and work at healthcare centers participating in the POWER Up study.

Learning Objectives

After this activity, participants will be able to:

  • Recall how to initiate client-centered conversations that help Black women develop internal motivation to consider PrEP;
  • Recognize short, accessible ways to share information about PrEP effectiveness, address misconceptions about PrEP, and explain reasons for suggesting PrEP;
  • Identify PrEP indications for Black cisgender women;
  • State how to follow recommended clinical and lab monitoring procedures for PrEP clients;
  • Describe the biological principles of PrEP and HIV prevention;
  • Discuss PrEP regimens, dosing, safety, efficacy, clinical indications, and eligibility;
  • Illustrate effective communication skills for conversations with Black women about PrEP;
  • Explain recommendations for counseling before PrEP initiation
  • Examine the need for PrEP adherence among Black cisgender women.
Additional information
ACGME/ABMS Core Competencies: 
Patient Care and Procedural Skills
Medical Knowledge
Practice-based Learning and Improvement
Interpersonal and Communication Skills
For more information, please contact:
CME Coordinator Contact Name: 
Samantha Devlin
CME Coordinator Contact Email: 
sdevlin1@bsd.uchicago.edu
CME Coordinator Contact Phone: 
773-702-9016

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Summary
Available credit: 
  • 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 0.75 Participation
Activity opens: 
06/04/2024
Activity expires: 
12/31/2025
FACULTY
  Kelly Ducheny, PsyD
  Senior Advisor, Education and Clinical Practice
  Howard Brown Health
 

 
 
  Gabriella (Gabi) Mulder, MA
  Training Specialist 1
  Howard Brown Health
 


PLANNING COMMITTEE
Samantha Devlin, MS
Assistant Manager of Implementation Research
University of Chicago
Kelly Ducheny, PsyD
Senior Advisor, Education and Clinical Practice
Howard Brown Health
Ososese Enaholo, MS
Research Coordinator
Northwestern University
Eleanor Friedman, PhD, MS
Staff Scientist
University of Chicago
Sadia Haider, MD, MPH
Associate Professor
Rush University
Lisa Hirschhorn, MD, MPH
Professor of Medical Social Sciences
Northwestern University
Amy Johnson, MD, MSW
Research Associate Professor
Northwestern University
Nikki Kasal, BA
Medical Student
University of Chicago
Geoffroy Liegeon, MD, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Chicago
Maria Pyra, MPH, PhD
Assistant Professor
Northwestern University
Jessica Ridgway, MD, MS
Associate Professor of Medicine
University of Chicago
Jodi Simon, DrPH, MS
Research Scientist
AllianceChicago

Disclosures
Eleanor Friedman, PhD, MS has received grant funding from Gilead.
Jessica Ridgway, MD has served as a legal consultant for Gilead.

No one else in a position to control the educational content of this activity has any relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.

All of the relevant financial relationships listed for these individuals have been mitigated.
 
 

Disclosure Declarations
As a provider accredited by the ACCME, The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine asks everyone in a position to control the content of an education activity to disclose all financial relationships with any ineligible companies. This includes any entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. Financial relationships are relevant if a financial relationship, in any amount, exists between the person in control of content and an ineligible company during the past 24 months, and the content of the education is related to the products of an ineligible company with whom the person has a financial relationship. Mechanisms are in place to identify and mitigate any relevant financial relationships prior to the start of the activity.

Additionally, The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine requires Authors to identify investigational products or off-label uses of products regulated by the US Food and Drug Administration at first mention and where appropriate in the content.
Physician Credit
The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
 
The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of .75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Other Participant Credit
Other healthcare professionals will receive a Certificate of Participation. For information on the applicability and acceptance of certificates of participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME, please consult your professional licensing board.
Instructions for Participation and Receiving a Certificate
 
Participation in this online educational activity (enduring material) is by invitation only. It is designed to be completed within the time designated. To successfully earn credit, participants must complete the activity online during the valid credit period. To receive a certificate, the participant must complete the pre-test, watch the complete video presentation, and successfully pass the post-test. The activity can be accessed by entering the access code, clicking "Complete Activity," and watching the video presentation. Upon successful completion, the participant can complete a brief evaluation and receive a certificate.
 
Physicians are eligible to receive continuing education credit applicable to their profession. All other participants will receive a certificate indicating participation in this AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™-approved activity. For information on the applicability and acceptance of certificates of participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME, please consult your professional licensing board.
 
For questions about accreditation or technical issues, please contact us at cme@bsd.uchicago.edu.


DISCLAIMER  The information presented in this activity is for continuing medical education purposes only. The opinions expressed in this educational activity are those of the faculty. They do not necessarily represent the views of the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, the University of Chicago Medicine, or the Department/Section.
 
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