Register for Chicago HIV Breakfast Club, May 9th (NEW LOCATION).

Having trouble viewing this email? Click here   MATEC-Illinois The Midwest AIDS Training & Education Center (MATEC) is the Leading Resource for HIV/AIDS Education and Information for Health Care Professionals and Organizations.  Serving Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri and Wisconsin. Register Today!  Chicago HIV Breakfast Club Click here to register. Date and Location: May 6, 2009, 7:30 am - 9:00 am Ina's Restaurant 1235 W. Randolph, Chicago, IL 2nd Floor   Talking with Gay Men about Health, Sex, Drugs, & HIV Peter Shalit, MD, Private Practice Physician, Seattle, WA Objectives: Identify health concerns disproportionately affecting gay men Understand differences between gay and non-gay-identified MSM Recognize psychosocial risk factors for male-to-male transmission of HIV Identify and address provider biases around sexual risk behavior Intended Audience:  Physicians, Physician Assistants, Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Pharmacists, and Dentists who are managing Patients with HIV disease. CME Purpose:  To help physicians provide optimum care to patients who present with emerging complications and toxicities of HIV disease and treatment.   For questions, contact Alicia McDonald at 312-996-4429. Continuing Education Credits Information   Physicians CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION CREDIT AVAILABLE FOR: Physicians for an additional $15 fee. This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint sponsorship of the University of Illinois College of Medicine and MATEC. The University of Illinois College of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.   The University of Illinois College of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 6.5 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.   Continuing Education for Nurses:  Contact hours are available Nurses and Advanced Practice Nurses for an additional $5 fee.  This course is cosponsored with the Midwest AIDS Training and Education Center (MATEC) and Oakton Community College/ALL/CEHP.   Oakton Community College, Alliance for Lifelong Learning, Continuing Education for Health Professionals is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.   Continuing Education units for OTHER PROFESSIONAL GROUPS:  Other professional disciplines such as Physician Assistants, case managers, professional counselors, etc.   This course is cosponsored with the Midwest AIDS Training and Education Center (MATEC) and Oakton Community College/ALL/CEHP.   The CEU is a specific, standard measure (ten contact hours) of educational achievement under the criteria of the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET) to attest to clock hour completion of continuing education activities.   Click here to register. Sign up  to receive MATEC program announcements and important HIV alerts.       Email Marketing by Midwest AIDS Training & Education Center | 1640 W. Roosevelt Road | University of Illinois at Chicago, Jane Addams College of Social Work | Suite 511 (M/C 779) | Chicago | IL | 60608