A recording of this program is available upon request. Please contact NEAETC@umassmed.edu.

This program is closed to industry representatives. 

8:35 – 9:00AM            HCV Epidemiology Update

                                           Liisa Randall, PhD
                                           Director, Office of Healthcare Planning
                                           
                                           Anthony Osinski, MPH
                                           Viral Hepatitis Surveillance Coordinator
                                           Bureau of Infectious Disease & Laboratory Science MDPH

9:00 – 10:00AM          HCV Assessment and Treatment
                                           Craig Weeks, MD
                                           UMass/NEAETC HIV and Viral Hepatitis Fellow

10:00 – 10:10AM        Break

10:10 – 11:00AM           Practice Cases
                                           Craig Weeks, MD
                                          Victoria Chew, DO
                                          Benjamin Sokoloff, DO
                                          Hannah Girard, DNP, FNP-BC
                                          UMass/NEAETC HIV and Viral Hepatitis Fellows

                                          Valerie Coppenrath, PharmD
                                          Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice
                                          MCPHS University                                         

11:00 – 11:40                Starting a Hepatitis C Program at Your Health Center:

                                          Patient registries/navigation, PAs, Cost/Revenue, Personnel
                                          Philip Bolduc, MD, AAHIVS
                                          Craig Weeks, MD
                                          Victoria Coppenrath, PharmD
                                          

 11:40 – 12:05 PM       Facilitated Breakout Groups

                                           Philip Bolduc, MD, AAHIVS
                                           Craig Weeks, MD
                                           Valerie Coppenrath, PharmD
                                         

12:05– 12:30PM           Small group reports, final Q&A
                                           Philip Bolduc, MD, AAHIVS

Continuing Education: 

Credit Designation Statement: The University of Massachusetts Medical School designates this live activity for a maximum of 3.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Nurses: Under the auspices of the New England AIDS Education & Training Center, this offering meets the requirements for a maximum of 4.2 contact hours, as specified by the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing (244-CMR 5.04). Each nurse should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.

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Social work credit will not be available for this program.

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