Certification of the HIV Prevention Workforce
The HealthHIV HIV Prevention Certified Provider™ Certification Program is an online, self-paced CME accredited certification program composed of seven, 60-minute modules in HIV prevention detailing the pertinent clinical and practice information that clinicians need to effectively employ HIV prevention interventions.
As the only national program providing a certification of the HIV prevention workforce, participants who complete the program will have an understanding of the foundation of HIV epidemiology and policy in the United States, the provider’s role in identifying HIV risk and new cases, high impact strategies to prevent HIV through status-neutral-navigation, clinical guidelines to implement PrEP, and a framework of cultural humility that improves clients’ access to and retention in care.
Upon successful completion of this program, participants earn a certification recognizing their designation as an HIV Prevention Certified Provider (HIVPCP™) and receive a listing in the national online directory alongside thousands of other HIV Prevention Certified Providers. The curriculum is updated annually and more frequently as needed, based on approval of new biomedical interventions and the release of evidence-based practices.
Additional PrEP navigation training is available through the HealthHIV HIV PrEP Navigation Certification (HIVPNC) Program, which is the only certification program in PrEP navigation offered to providers and allied health professionals to deliver inclusive, affirming PrEP navigation services backed by current data and clinical best practices.
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Program Enrollment
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Enroll NowThe Need for an HIVPCP
The 2019 Ending the HIV Epidemic: A Plan for America highlights increased HIV prevention efforts, including the need for more providers to prescribe pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), support clients with HIV in becoming virally suppressed, and deliver effective, comprehensive, culturally competent HIV prevention interventions. The HIVPCP Certification program prepares and educates primary care providers, HIV care providers (MD, DO, NP, PA), infectious disease specialists, internists, nurses, pharmacists, and other providers of care for patients at risk of acquiring or transmitting HIV, thereby expanding the HIV prevention workforce.
What’s new in 2024?
The most recent update of the HealthHIV HIV Prevention Certified Provider Certification Program was released on April 1, 2024 and will expire on April 1, 2025. There are a few key updates to be aware of:
- All modules now are certified for social workers!
- For those certified in the previous year (between April 1, 2023 and March 26, 2024), you may complete Module 7 to fulfill the updated knowledge gap requirement to maintain your HIVPCP certification. Then visit Final Certificate and Toolkit to receive your final certificate.
- The updated HIVPCP certification program consists of 7 modules. Each module takes approximately 40-60 minutes to complete.
- Each module is equivalent to 1.0 credit/contact hour (CME, MOC, NCPD, CPE, AAPA, ASWB). You can earn up to 7.0 credits/contact hours for completion of the certification program.
Curriculum Outline
HIV Prevention: Epidemiology, Interventions, and Public Health Strategies
HIV Testing, Assessing Risk, and Maintaining Serostatus Negative
Biomedical Strategies for Preventing HIV
Enhancing Cultural Humility and Understanding Barriers to Care
PrEP Adherence and Persistence
Population-Based Consideration for PrEP
State of HIV Prevention and PrEP in 2024: Certification Maintenance for HIVPCPs
Questions about the program or accessing the online platform? Please review “Questions and Answers” below.
Overview of Modules
Module 1
HIV Prevention: Epidemiology, Interventions, and Public Health Strategies
Faculty and Narration
Jonathan Applebaum, MD, FACP, AAHIVS
Course Description
This course provides an overview on HIV in the U.S., touching on history, disparities, policies, and public health strategies, while emphasizing the importance of the HIV Prevention certification.
Educational Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, participants will be better able to:
- Describe the role of the HIV Prevention certification
- Review current epidemiology of HIV in the United States
- Describe disparities of HIV infection and access to prevention methods
- Identify public health strategies and clinical interventions for HIV prevention
Module 2
HIV Testing, Assessing Risk, and Maintaining Serostatus Negative
Faculty and Narration
Jonathan Applebaum, MD, FACP, AAHIVS
Course Description
This course provides information on screening and diagnosing HIV, risk identification, short behavioral interventions, a status-neutral care approach for HIV services, and the importance of sexually transmitted infection screening and HIV treatment.
Educational Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, participants will be better able to:
- Explain the provision of HIV-related services through a status neutral care approach
- Explain how to identify HIV risk
- Identify appropriate short behavioral interventions
- Describe screening for and diagnosing HIV infection
Module 3
Biomedical Strategies for Preventing HIV
Faculty and Narration
Brian Wood, MD
Course Description
This course provides an outline for preventing HIV through PEP, PrEP, and TasP, covering clinical basics, research findings, CDC’s guidance on PrEP, and emerging modalities.
Educational Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, participants will be better able to:
- Describe the clinical basics of prescribing PEP
- Describe the clinical basics of prescribing PrEP
- Discuss CDC’s guidance on oral and injectable PrEP
Module 4
Enhancing Cultural Humility and Understanding Barriers to Care
Faculty and Narration
Aniruddha Hazra, MD
Course Description
This course provides a review of the HIV care continuum, impact of intersectional stigma on risk, cultural humility, trauma-informed care, and resources to mitigate financial barriers for clients.
Educational Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, participants will be better able to:
- Discuss the role of intersectional stigma, discrimination, trauma, and social determinants of health in HIV risk
- Explain cultural humility, the role it plays in providing HIV care, and overcoming barriers to care
- Describe trauma-informed care and its importance in HIV treatment and prevention
- Introduce resources to mitigate financial barriers for clients
Module 5
HIV PrEP Adherence and Persistence
Faculty and Narration
Roger Bedimo, MD, MS, FACP
Course Description
This course provides insight on vulnerable populations with PrEP disparities, impact of SDOH and barriers to PrEP, navigation models for access, and provider strategies for supporting adherence.
Educational Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, participants will be better able to:
- Describe the facilitators and challenges that impact PrEP uptake and adherence
- Review strategies to support patient adherence and education
- Describe considerations for starting, switching, and stopping PrEP
Module 6
Population-Based Considerations for PrEP
Faculty and Narration
Melissa Badowski, PharmD, MPH, FCCP, FIDSA, BCIDP, BCPS, AAHIVP
Course Description
This course provides information on population-based considerations for PrEP, including the role of PrEP and TASP with family planning, health models to improve PrEP access, and combination HIV and STI treatment and prevention strategies.
Upon completion of this activity, participants will be better able to:
- Identify populations vulnerable to HIV infection who also experience disparities around PrEP
- Review considerations for providing PrEP in populations with highest HIV incidence
- Describe service delivery models that improve access to PrEP
Module 7
State of HIV Prevention and PrEP in 2024: Certification Maintenance for HIVPCPs
Faculty and Narration
Monica Gandhi, MD, MPH
Course Description
This course provides an update on the current state of the HIV epidemic, key biomedical advances in HIV prevention, and evidence-based approaches to HIV prevention.
Educational Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, participants will be better able to:
- Describe current HIV epidemiologic data and PrEP use-to-need data
- Identify considerations for implementing long-acting HIV prevention in clinical settings
- Review forthcoming biomedical advances in HIV and STI prevention
The HealthHIV HIVPCP National Online Directory
Complete the certification and you can be added to the HealthHIV HIVPCP National Online Directory! The Directory features providers who have completed the curriculum and received the national designation. The Directory will be promoted to consumers to help them identify culturally competent providers of prevention services, including PrEP.
Access the directory at HIVPCPdirectory.org.
Final Certificate and Toolkit
After you have completed all seven HIVPCP modules, select this module to receive a final certificate and confirm your HIVPCP certification. Once you obtain your certificate, you can register for the national database and access your toolkit materials including an email signature, social media assets, office posters, and palm cards.
Maintenance of HIVPCP Certification for Existing HIVPCPs
For those certified in the previous year — between April 1, 2023 and March 26, 2024 — please complete Module 7 to fulfill the updated knowledge gap requirement to maintain your HIVPCP certification. Then complete the Final Certificate and Toolkit section to receive your extended certification.
Target Audience
This activity is intended for providers (physicians, PAs, NPs, nurses, pharmacists), allied health professionals (navigators, case managers, social workers, disease intervention specialists, health educators) and other healthcare professionals involved in the care of patients at risk for acquiring HIV.
- Media: Enduring Material
- Release date: April 1, 2024
- Expiration date: April 1, 2025
- Time to Complete: approximately 60 minutes per module
Accreditation, Credit, and Support
All modules are certified and participants can earn up to 7.0 credits/contact hours (CME, MOC, NCPD, CPE, AAPA, ASWB) for completion of the certification program (7 modules).
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Medical Learning Institute, Inc. and HealthHIV. Medical Learning Institute, Inc. 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.
Medical Learning Institute, Inc. (MLI) designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 1.0 MOC point in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.
Participation information will be shared through the ACCME’s Program and Activity Reporting System (PARS).
The European Union of Medical Specialists-European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (UEMS-EACCME®) has an agreement of mutual recognition of continuing medical education (CME) credit with the American Medical Association (AMA). European physicians interested in converting AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ into European CME credit (ECMEC®) should contact the UEMS (www.uems.eu).
Medical Learning Institute, Inc. 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 AAPA Category 1 CME credit. Approval is valid until April 1, 2025. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.
Successful completion of this nursing continuing professional development activity will be awarded 1.0 contact hour.
Please see below for the assigned pharmacology contact hour per module:
- Module 1: HIV Prevention: Epidemiology, Interventions, and Strategies — none
- Module 2: HIV Testing, Assessing Risk, and Maintaining Serostatus Negative — none
- Module 3: Biomedical Strategies for Preventing HIV — 1.0
- Module 4: Enhancing Cultural Humility and Understanding Barriers to Care — none
- Module 5: PrEP Adherence and Persistence — 0.66
- Module 6: Population-Based Considerations for PrEP — none
- Module 7: State of HIV Prevention and PrEP in 2024: Certification Maintenance for HIVPCPs — none
Medical Learning Institute, Inc. designates this continuing education activity for 1.0 contact hour (0.1 CEU) of the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education.
Type of Activity: Knowledge
- Module 1: HIV Prevention: Epidemiology, Interventions, and Strategies — UAN JA0007322-9999-24-020-H01-P
- Module 2: HIV Testing, Assessing Risk, and Maintaining Serostatus Negative — JA0007322-9999-24-021-H01-P
- Module 3: Biomedical Strategies for Preventing HIV — UAN JA0007322-9999-24-022-H01-P
- Module 4: Enhancing Cultural Humility and Understanding Barriers to Care — JA0007322-9999-24-023-H01-P
- Module 5: PrEP Adherence and Persistence — UAN JA0007322-9999-24-024-H01-P
- Module 6: Population-Based Considerations for PrEP — UAN JA0007322-9999-24-025-H01-P
- Module 7: State of HIV Prevention and PrEP in 2024: Certification Maintenance for HIVPCPs — UAN JA0007322-9999-24-026-H01-P
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Medical Learning Institute, Inc. (MLI) 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. Regulatory boards have the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this course receive 1.0 general continuing education credits.
This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 1.0 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credit for learning and change.
Sponsored by HealthHIV, a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is designated for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) and/or Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES) to receive up to 7 total Category I continuing education contact hours. Maximum advanced-level CECH available is 7. Continuing Competency credits available are 7.
Support Statement
This program has been supported by an independent educational grant from Gilead Sciences, Inc. and by ViiV Healthcare. Supporters of this program were not involved in the development of content or selection of faculty for this educational activity.
Planning Committee and Content/Peer Reviews
The planners and content/peer reviewers from Medical Learning Institute, Inc., the accredited provider, and HealthHIV, the joint provider, do not have any relevant financial relationships to disclose with ineligible companies.
Disclosure and Conflict of Interest Policy
Medical Learning Institute, Inc. and HealthHIV are committed to providing high quality continuing education to healthcare professionals, as individuals and teams, with a protected space to learn, teach, and engage in scientific discourse free from influence from ineligible companies that may have an incentive to insert commercial bias into education. To that end, MLI requires faculty, presenters, planners, staff, and other individuals who are in a position to control the content of this CE activity to disclose all financial relationships they have had in the past 24 months with ineligible companies as defined by the ACCME, as related to the content of this CE activity, regardless of the amount or their view of the relevance to the education. All identified COI will be thoroughly vetted and mitigated according to MLI policy. These disclosures will be provided to learners prior to the start of the CE activity.
Disclosure of Unlabeled Use
This educational activity may contain discussions of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the FDA. The planners of this CE activity do not recommend the use of any agent outside of the labeled indications. The opinions expressed in the CE activity are those of the presenters and do not necessarily represent the views of the planners. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings.
Disclaimer
Participants have an implied responsibility to use the newly acquired information to enhance patient outcomes and their own professional development. The information presented in this CE activity is not meant to serve as a guideline for patient management. Any procedures, medications, or other courses of diagnosis or treatment discussed or suggested in this CE activity should not be used by clinicians without evaluation of their patient’s conditions and possible contraindications and/or dangers in use, review of any applicable manufacturer’s product information, and comparison with recommendations of other authorities.
Method of Participation
There are no fees for participating in or receiving credit for this CE activity. In order to receive credit, learners must participate in the entire CE activity, complete the post-test and activity evaluation form and your certificate of credit will be generated. A passing score of 70% or higher is needed to obtain credit. Your certificate will be available on eHealthHIV.org. If you have questions regarding your certificate, please contact Beth Brooks via email at [email protected].
For information on applicability and acceptance of continuing education credit for this CE activity, please consult your professional licensing board.
For Physicians requesting MOC credit, the post-test and evaluation are required in their entirety as well as your Board Unique ID number, DOB (MM/DD), and a score of 70% or higher is needed to obtain MOC credit (75% is required for ABS).
For Pharmacists, MLI will accept your completed evaluation form for up to 30 days post-activity and will report your participation to the NABP only if you provide your NABP e-Profile number and DOB (MM/DD). Within 6 weeks, you can view your participation record at the NABP website: https://nabp.pharmacy/.
About This Activity
Medical Learning Institute, Inc. and HealthHIV are responsible for the selection of this activity’s topics, the preparation of editorial content, and the distribution of this CE activity. Our activities may contain references to unapproved products or uses of these products in certain jurisdictions. The preparation of this activity is supported by educational grants subject to written agreements that clearly stipulate and enforce the editorial independence of Medical Learning Institute, Inc. and HealthHIV.
The materials presented here are used with the permission of the authors and/or other sources. These materials do not necessarily reflect the views of Medical Learning Institute, Inc. or any of its partners, providers, and/or supporters.
Questions and Answers
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How do I find my certificate?
Please ensure you have completed a course’s post-test (if applicable) and evaluation survey before choosing the activity to obtain your certificate of completion. Your certificate of completion may take a few days to arrive by email, and it may be directed to a junk or spam folder. If you are still having technical issues, please email [email protected].
Is the program free?
You may access this program, and all of HealthHIV’s certification programs, at no cost.
Can I get CHES credits for participation?
CHES credits are not currently available for this program. However, the HIVPNC will be certified for CHES credits by the end of May 2024. Please reach out to HealthHIV’s Director of Training, Melissa Kelley, EdD, CHES, if you have additional questions.
How do I get recertified as an HIVPCP for 2024?
For those certified in the previous year (between April 1, 2023 and March 26, 2024), you only need to complete Module 7 to fulfill the updated knowledge gap requirement to maintain your HIVPCP certification. Once you have completed Module 7, visit the Final Certificate and Toolkit module to get your certificate.