HIV and Antiretroviral Drugs 101 (PART 2)
Presented by Alan P. Agins
President - PRN Associates, Ltd. - Continuing Medical Education
Alan P. Agins earned his BS in biopsychology from State University of New York (Brockport). He also received a Masters in Pharmacology & Toxicology and a Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences from the University of Rhode Island.
He has held faculty appointments at Brown University Medical School, Northeastern University School of Pharmacy and University of Virginia School of Nursing. He is currently an adjunct associate professor at Brown University where he has been the recipient of the Dean's Teaching Excellence Award for each of the past five years. Additionally, he has taught undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate pharmacology courses at a number of nursing schools around the country including Penn State, Idaho State, Radford University, University of West Virginia and University of Arizona.
Over the past ten years, Dr. Agins has lectured nationally to over 45,000 advanced practice clinicians (nurses, nurse practitioners, physicians, physician assistants, pharmacists, dentists and other allied healthcare professionals).
He has authored, co-authored and served as primary reviewer for various journals, CE monographs, textbooks, newsletters and has presented and moderated a number of continuing education webcasts. He has written and performed in a series of short video clips used for on-line support of a number of Elsevier's nursing pharmacology textbooks and is currently in the final stages of producing an educational DVD for them as well.
Learning Objectives:
At the completion of this program, the participant will be able to:
- Describe the mechanisms of action for the three major classes of antiretroviral drugs.
- List the most common side effects associated with each of the classes of antiretroviral medications.
- Discuss the rationale for using cocktails of drugs in the treatment of HIV.
- Recognize and discuss the potential for numerous drug interactions in the HIV-patient.
Faculty Disclosure:
RxSchool has a Full and Fair Disclosure Policy that requires course faculty to communicate any real or apparent commercial affiliations related to the content of their presentations/materials. Alan P. Agins has nothing to disclose.
Commercial Support:
This program is supported by Rx Pro Health, Inc.
**Please note: If you have already taken the live CE titled An Introduction for HIV and Antiretroviral Drugs you will NOT be able to receive credit for this live CE. Also HIV and Antiretroviral Drugs (Part 1) is not required in order to participate in this event.**
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