Best practices in Supporting People who use Methamphetamines in Washington DC

Webinar: Best practices in Supporting People who use Methamphetamines in Washington DC

Perry Halkitis, PhD & Jessica Martinez

Learning Objectives:
· Describe the history and production of illegally manufactured methamphetamine (i.e., crystal meth)
· Deconstruct the need for a holistic approach to training methamphetamine addiction of individuals.
· Identify treatment options for methamphetamine use in gay, bisexual, and other MSMs
· Discuss biases that impact patient/client relationships to foster better empathy, dialogue, and capacity building from providers to methamphetamine users.
· Describe a greater understanding of methamphetamine use in the DMV from a lived-experience/provider perspective.

 Release date: 1/28/2021
Expiration date: 1/28/2022
 Estimated time to complete activity: 1 hour
 Jointly provided by Postgraduate Institute for Medicine and HealthHIV

Target Audience
This activity is intended for physicians, physician assistants, pharmacist, registered nurses and social workers engaged in the care of patients who use methamphetamine.

Joint Accreditation Statement 

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the Postgraduate Institute for Medicine and HealthHIV.  Postgraduate Institute for Medicine is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Physician Continuing Medical Education

The Postgraduate Institute for Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

 Continuing Physician Assistant Education

Postgraduate Institute for Medicine has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 1.0 APA Category 1 CME credits. Approval is valid until 1.29.2022PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.

Continuing Psychologist Education

Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship of the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). The APA CEP Office maintains responsibly for the content of the programs.

Continuing Pharmacy Education

Postgraduate Institute for Medicine designates this continuing education activity for 1.0 contact hour(s) (0.1 CEUs) of the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education. 

Type of Activity: Knowledge 

Continuing Nursing Education

The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 1.0 contact hour. Pharmacotherapy contact hours for Advance Practice Registered Nurses to be determined.

Continuing Social Worker Education

As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Postgraduate Institute for Medicine is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit.  Postgraduate Institute for Medicine maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 1.0 clinical continuing education credits.

Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest

Postgraduate Institute for Medicine (PIM) requires instructors, planners, managers, and other individuals who are in a position to control the content of this activity to disclose any real or apparent conflict of interest (COI) they may have as related to the content of this activity. All identified COI are thoroughly vetted and resolved according to PIM policy. PIM is committed to providing its learners with high quality activities and related materials that promote improvements or quality in healthcare and not a specific proprietary business interest of a commercial interest.

Faculty
The faculty members have nothing to disclose.
Planners and Managers
The PIM planners and managers have nothing to disclose. The HealthHIV planners and managers have nothing to disclose.

Media
Internet

Hardware/Software Requirements 

This activity requires internet connection and computer audio for functionality.

Request for Credit

In order to obtain your CME/CE certificate, please follow the steps below at the conclusion of the activity:

1. Go to www.cmeuniversity.com
2. Login or Create a New Account (will take less than 1 minute)
3. If you receive a message when creating a new account that “the email you entered is already in use”, please click the Forgot my Username or Password link to have your Username and Password sent to you via email
4. After logging in, you may be asked to verify/update your information; after doing so, click Save at the bottom of the page
5. Type in 15804 at the top of the page, “Find Post-Test/Evaluation by Course”, and click enter
6. Click on the activity title when it appears
7. Choose the type of credit you desire
8. Complete the online Evaluation
9. Receive an immediate CME/CE Certificate to download and/or print for your files
10. For Pharmacists: Upon completing the activity evaluation form, transcript information will be sent to the NABP CPE Monitor Service.

If you have questions regarding the certification of this activity, please contact PIM via email at inquiries@pimed.com.

Racial injustice and meaningful involvement of PLH

The racial justice & MIPA session will engage participants with interactive activities, discussions, and team building exercises. Upon completion participants will have a greater understanding of the intersectionality of HIV and racial injustice. In addition, participants will be able to gain important tips towards operationalizing MIPA within their organizations.

Learning Objects:

• Recall the importance of integrating MIPA and racial justice principles into your HIV work
• Discuss why just calling it MIPA and racial justice doesn’t work
• Discuss practical ways to implement MIPA/RJ into your organizational work
• List first steps to living these principles in our daily organizational goals

Please view the Youtube video to watch the session.

Assessing Organizational Cultural Responsiveness to Engage Clients

The LGBTQIA Inclusion session will engage participants with interactive activities, discussions, and team building exercises. Upon completion participants will have a greater understanding of LGBTQIA language, culture, and appropriate ways to engage community members. In addition, participants will be able to differentiate between gender identities, sexual orientation, and other cultural definitions.

Learning Objects:

• Define the Culture & Understanding the language
• Discuss cultural humility and check personal bias’s
• Determine how to involve LGBTQIA community in accomplishing the mission of the organizational programs

Please view the Youtube video to watch the session.

Patient-centered care: Implementing harm reduction & motivational interviewing

Harm reduction is a range of public health policies designed to reduce the harmful consequences associated with various human behaviors, both legal and illegal. Harm reduction policies are used to manage behaviors such as recreational drug use and sexual activity in numerous settings that range in services. Motivational Interviewing is a person-centered, evidence-based, goal-oriented, strengths-based method and for enhancing intrinsic motivation to change by exploring and resolving ambivalence with the individual. To effectively facilitate harm/risk reduction changes for individuals, we must apply motivational interviewing skills to facilitate behavior change.

Learning Objects:

• Define harm/risk Reduction as it applies to HIV prevention
• Explain client/patient-centered harm/risk reduction practices
• Discuss what Motivational Interviewing is
• Practice Motivational Interviewing for the purposes of harm reduction

Please view the Youtube video to watch the session.

U=U messaging

Prevention Access Campaign’s Undetectable = Untransmittable (U=U) is a growing global community of HIV advocates, activists, researchers, and over 970 Community Partners from 101 countries uniting to clarify and disseminate the revolutionary but largely unknown fact that people living with HIV who are on treatment and have an undetectable viral load cannot sexually transmit HIV. The campaign is changing what it means to live and love with HIV worldwide, impacting every stage of the HIV care continuum and providing a new public health argument of increased access and reduced barriers to treatment and care. In this workshop, attendees will gain insight into the science behind U=U, examples of how the campaign is being used across the globe to decrease stigma and increase adherence, and how to effectively communicate this message to patients and community members.

Learning Objects:

• Discuss the basics of the U=U message, from the science proving U=U to best practices for communication
• Explain how to incorporate U=U to increase adherence and engagement in care
• Describe how the message is being used in places across the country and beyond
• Discuss how to use the U=U message to argue for increased access and reduced barriers to care and treatment (i.e. the “Public Health Argument”)

Please view the Youtube video to watch the session.

Policy and HIV programs: Staying relevant to meet client needs

This workshop will provide participants with an overview of how current policies and legislation can affect the implementation and effectiveness of Early Intervention Services for HIV prevention and treatment. Participants will learn how policies can form “structural barriers” to care for clients, with the intention of developing strategies to help clients mitigate the impacts of those barriers. Additionally, participants will examine the structural barriers potentially present in their own programs and develop potential solutions for removing or lessening these barriers to better improve service delivery to clients.

Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this workshop, participants will be able to:

• Identify the structural barriers that affect their clients’ access to general HIV-related services
• Identify the structural barriers that are specific the programs in which they work that affect clients’ access and utilization.
• Identify the data sources necessary to determine whether or not structural factors affect program utilization by clients
• Develop strategies by which the impact of structural barriers can be lessened or removed in order to improve clients’ access to and utilization of programs

Please view the Youtube video to watch the session.

Sharing your success through narrative reporting

Narrative reporting is an essential component of the grant writing experience. Project officers often require this report quarterly and annually. Reporting honestly allows transparency throughout the duration of the grant. This presentation will review each component of narrative reporting and help participants to hone their respective skills in practice.

Learning Objectives:

• Utilize the narrative to tell your organizational story
• Identify components of the narrative and who should contribute
• Articulate the importance of lessons learned, dissemination and sustainability

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Rapid PrEP & ART in a status neutral world

Sometimes a major change is needed to spark new ideas and efforts. The promise of using PrEP and U=U in combination to end the HIV epidemic has inspired a paradigm shift in HIV programs, one that is already having an impact on HIV transmission in some places. New York City has pioneered an approach that re-orients HIV-related services using an “HIV status neutral” philosophy. A status-neutral approach to HIV care means that all people, regardless of HIV status, are treated in the same way. It all starts with an HIV test. “Status neutral” resonates with community advocates who feel it has great potential to provide better care for people living with or at risk for HIV.

Learning Objectives:

• Comment on the “undetectable equals untransmittable” concept
• List at least one pre exposure prophylaxis medication
• Elaborate on the positive or negative outcomes of Status Neutral navigation

Please view the Youtube video to watch the session.

Hi-V program monitoring & evaluation

Regional early intervention services for HIV prevention and treatment continue to be a priority for the District and those who live, play and work in the eligible metropolitan area. While client needs may differ, prevention and treatment efforts across the care continuum must utilize a standardized approach. To improve access to and use of quality, client centered services for individuals most affected by this epidemic, continuous program monitoring and evaluation is necessary. This presentation seeks to employ efficient methods to monitor and evaluate data collected in the HI-V pillars.

Learning Objectives:

• Identify the most common types of evaluation
• Determine if your project requires a process, impact or outcome evaluation
• Identify the benefits of quality improvement
• Identify methods to monitor and evaluate the HI-V pillars

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Building strategic partnerships that matter

Successful implementation of the REIS’ Hi-V model requires strong partnerships. No organization is everything to everyone. This session will look at your current partnerships as well as discuss how to develop new partnerships. We will look at how to enhance the effective working relationship between partners to ensure a win-win for all involved while achieving the goals of REIS.

Learning Objectives:

• Select partners that will augment current organizational capacity
• Conduct negotiations and due diligence in establishing partners
• Develop an approach for obtaining required partnerships for your organization

Please view the Youtube video to watch the session.