The What, the Why, and the How of Lipoatrophy in HIV

Earn up to .7 ANCC credit hours!

A CEU-accredited, special-topic slide set

Release Date: October 5, 2007 Expiration Date - October 5, 2008

This CEU-accredited slide set, “The What, the Why, and the How of Lipoatrophy in HIV” is Visionary Health Concepts’ first slide set in a series on special topics in HIV. Please choose one of the 2 options below for viewing slides.

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Sample Slides

CEU Chair

Andrew Carr, MD

Editor

Maggie Sosa, NP

Writers

Lillian Thiemann

Deneen Robinson

FACULTY DISCLOSURES

CEU INFORMATION

This activity is joint sponsored by Visionary Health Concepts and Medical Education Collaborative (MEC). MEC is a non-profit organization that has been certifying quality educational activities since 1988.

This activity was made possible by an educational grant from Abbott Laboratories.

Accreditation Statement(s): ANCC

Medical Education Collaborative (MEC) is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. RNs, LPNs, LVNs and NPs can receive up to .7 contact hours for participation in this program. This program is cosponsored with Medical Education Collaborative, Inc. (MEC) and Visionary Health Concepts. Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP 12990, for .8 contact hour(s).

For patients!

“Lipoatrophy: Fat Loss in HIV”

A 1-page pamphlet (in English and Spanish) PLUS a wall poster designed to increase consumers’ understanding of fat loss in HIV and patient-provider communication on this topic.

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Editor-in-Chief, Lillian Thiemann.