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Academy for Healthcare Education
Last visited....3/2006.
Credit hours..2 courses offering 4 hours of credit.
Awarded by.....Academy for Healthcare Education.
Cost...........Free.
Instruction Type....Slide-Audio lectures or Text-Only monographs.
Target Audience....ID, ONCO.
Educational material last updated...2004.
Financial Support...Various supporters.

Evolving Strategies for the Management of Invasive Fungal Infections; and An Overview of Invasive Fungal Infections in the Oncology Patient: Clinical Manifestations and Treatment.

(AskAFIP) Armed Forces Institute of Pathology -- Pathology of Antiretroviral Therapy 
Last visited....5/2008.
Credit hours...5.0.
Awarded by....AFIP.
Cost for Credit....Free.
Instruction Type....Text-and-Graphics, PowerPoint.
Target Audiences....PATH, HIV/ID.
Educational material last updated...Not Stated; probably 2007.
Financial Support...None Stated.

The objectives of the course are: to review classes of antiretroviral drugs and gain knowledge of the types of adverse drug reactions associated with their use; and be able to recognize possible cases of the immune restoration inflammatory syndrome. This course includes four case examples that illustrate antiretroviral lesions, brief summary text of antiretroviral topics, a PowerPoint presentation on "AIDS in the Time of Antiretroviral Therapy", and a final exam.

California STD/HIV Prevention Training Center
Last visited...7/2007.
Credit hours...One course offering 2.0 hours.
Awarded by....California Department of Health Services.
Cost...........Free.
Instruction Type....Case-Based-Interactive.
Target Audience....FP, IM, PED, GYN, ID.
Educational material last updated....2006
Financial support...Centers for Disease Control.

The Chlamydia Course for California Providers is for clinicians who care for women of reproductive age.
You will also find links to other STD/ID/HIV sites described elsewhere at this site: 
NNPTC Online Case Series (National Network of STD/HIV Prevention Training Centers);
Seattle STD/HIV PTC Hepatitis Web Study; 
HIV Web Study; 
CDC Self-Study STD Modules for Clinicians;
Exploring the Link Between HPV & Cervical Cancer; and 
Family PACT STD UPDATE Webcast. 

CCHIV (Changing Concepts in HIV Disease)
Last visited...5/2008.
Credit hours...About 30 activities offering 1.0 hour each.
Awarded by....Various Sponsors.
Cost...........Free.
Instruction Type...Slide-Only lecture, Slide-Audio lecture, Audio Only (mp3), Text-Only.
Target Audience...HIV-ID.
Educational material last updated...2007.
Financial Support...various pharmaceutical Companies.

This site offers current information on various aspects of HIV/AIDS diagnosis and management, gleaned from conferences held around the world. Activities are in the form of newsletters, slide kits, "Talking Slide Kits," and mp3 audio files.

CDC Self-Study STD Modules for Clinicians
Last visited...7/2007.
Credit hours...7 modules each offering 1.25 hours for total of 8.75 hours.
Awarded by...CDC.
Cost..........Free.
Instruction Type.....Disease Based Interactive.
Target Audience....FP, IM, GYN, ID.
Educational material last updated...2006.
Financial support...CDC.

Seven disease-based interactive modules: Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV), Human Papilloma Virus (HPV), Pelvic inflammatory Disease (PID), Syphilis and Vaginitis.

Clinical Care Options Hepatitis  
Last visited...6/2008.
Reviewed by Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...about 40 activities offering about 20 hours).
Awarded by....Various Sponsors.
Cost..........Free.
Instruction Type...Text-with-Slides or Case-Based-Interactive).
Target Audience....GI.
Educ. material last updated...2008.
Financial support...Various pharmaceutical companies.
Credit Expires...One year after posting.

About 40 text-based or case-based-interactive activities concerned with aspects of Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C infection. All of these categories offer CME credit: Conference Coverage, Journal Options, Management Series, Treatment Updates, Annual Updates and Interactive Cases. Not all activities offer CME (look for the term, "CME-certified").

Clinical Care Options HIV
Last visited...6/2008.
Reviewed by Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...about 40 activities offering about 20 hours).
Awarded by....Various Sponsors.
Cost..........Free.
Instruction Type...Text-with-Slides or Case-Based-Interactive).
Target Audience....ID, HIV
Educ. material last updated...2008.
Financial support...Various pharmaceutical companies.
Credit Expires...One year after posting.

About 40 text-based or case-based-interactive activities concerned with aspects of HIV infection and AIDS. All of these categories offer CME credit: Conference Coverage, Journal Options, Management Series, Treatment Updates, Annual Updates and Interactive Cases. Not all activities offer CME (look for the term, "CME-certified").

FreeHepatitisInfo
Last visited...5/2006.
Credit hours...0.5 unit per month (11 issues presently available)
Awarded by...Visionary Health Concepts.
Cost.........Free.
Instruction Type....Text-Only.
Target Audience....FP, IM, ID.
Educational material last updated.....Monthly.
Financial Support...Abbott and Bristol Meyers Squibb.

HepatitisWATCH News is a monthly newsletter that brings you incremental updates on new information on the topics of hepatitis and hepatitis/HIV co-infection.

Hepatitis Web Study
Last visited...7/2007.
Credit hours...0.5 per module (total of 7.5 hours)
Awarded by....University of Alabama Continuing Medical Education.
Cost for Credit......Free. 
Instruction Type...Case-Based Interactive.
Target Audiences...FP, IM, ID, GI.
Educational material last updated...2005.
Financial Support...CDC.

A set of brief (30 minutes) case simulations about Hepatitis A (2), Hepatitis B (8) and Hepatitis C (5).

HIV Web Study
Last visited...1/2008.
Credit hours...0.5 per module (total of 6.5 hours)
Awarded by....University of Alabama Continuing Medical Education.
Cost for Credit......Free. 
Instruction Type...Case-Based Interactive.
Target Audiences...FP, IM, ID.
Educational material last updated...10/07.
Financial Support...Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), US Department of Health and Human Services.

Thirteen half-hour modules concerning diagnosis and treatment of HIV/AIDS: Initial Evaluation; Dermatologic Manifestations; Oral Manifestations; Opportunistic Infections: Prophylaxis; Opportunistic Infections: Treatment; Antiretroviral Rx; Antiretroviral Rx: Resistance; Antiretroviral Rx: Adverse Effects; Drug-Drug Interactions; Postexposure Prophylaxis; Perinatal Transmission; Special Populations.

International AIDS Society - USA: Cases on the Web
Last visited...1/2008.
Credit hours...1.0 per course (total of 9 hours available).
Awarded by....International AIDS Society-USA.
Cost for Credit......Free.
Instruction Type...Case-Based-Interactive, Slide-Audio Lecture.
Target Audiences...ID.
Educational material last updated...12/07.
Financial Support...Multiple Pharmaceutical Companies. 

Nine courses for AIDS specialists. After a brief text-based introduction, you are presented with cases and must make decisions as you move through each case. The courses are: Selected Endocrine Problems in HIV-infected Patients; Severe Mycobacterial Infection in a Patient with Advanced AIDS; HIV-related Renal Disease; HIV-associated Metabolic Complications; HIV Correctional Health Care and Discharge Planning: Issues for the Community Provider;
Practical Management Issues in HIV and Hepatitis B Virus Coinfection; Preconception Health Care for HIV-Infected Women; and Current Issues in HIV Disease and Substance Abuse.

iPrevent.org
Last visited...4/2007.
Credit hours...10 courses, each offering 1.25 hours of credit (total of 12.5 hours).
Awarded by......SciMed.
Cost............Free.
Instruction Type....Slide-Video Lecture (some courses also have a podcast and / or a printable monograph).
Target Audience...General Interest (ID).
Educational material last updated....2006.
Financial Support...Merck.

Ten lectures on various aspects of prevention and treatment of herpes zoster and other vaccine-preventable diseases.

NNPTC Online Case Series (National Network of STD/HIV Prevention Training Centers)
Last visited...7/2007.
Credit hours...1.0. 1.25 or 1.5 each (total of 7.5 hours).
Awarded by....CDC and NNPTC.
Cost for Credit....Free.
Instruction Type....Case-Based-Interactive.
Target Audiences....FP, IM, PED, GYN, UROL, ID.
Educational material last updated....2006.
Financial Support...CDC.

The series includes case presentations of common STD-related syndromes. The guided interactive process helps you to evaluate each case, arrive at a diagnosis and provide recommended treatment. There are six cases: Johanne, a 21-year-old college senior complaining of lower quadrant pain and spotting; Mark, a 27-year-old man complaining of a genital ulcer; Lydia, a 15-year-old recently incarcerated young woman complaining of vaginal discharge; Melissa, a 20-year-old college student presenting for evaluation of some painless "growths" on her genitals; Brian, a 30-year-old man presenting with a 2-3 day history of urethral discharge and moderate-severe dysuria; and Sam, a 31-year-old man complaining of a painful blister on his penis.