Training for Pharmacists

Website for Providers and Pharmacists

The Pacific AIDS Education and Training Center at USC has developed a practical website for pharmacists and providers, HIVtools.com.

The purpose of this website is to:

• Educate primary care practitioners about the latest pharmacological-based therapies
  
• Provide practical tools to implement scientific findings into clinical practice
  
• Build awareness of new and developing therapeutic agents that are in the development pipeline

Lectures, Symposia, and Clinical Training for Pharmacists

PAETC works in collaboration with the USC School of Pharmacy to provide education and training ranging from one-hour lectures to half and full day symposia, clinical training, and clinical consultation training for pharmacists and providers.

Training programs address treatment medication issues involved in HIV therapy, related-opportunistic infection treatment, and prophylaxis. The focus is to update and address topics such drug therapy, including pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics for conventional antiretroviral agents and immune modulators.

Presenters for our annual symposia include nationally recognized specialists who manage HIV patients and work on the cutting edge of HIV therapy. Topics include:

• multiple-drug combinations
• drug efficacy
• toxicities
• drug interactions
• dosage optimization
• drug monitoring
• adherence
• optimization of antiretroviral therapy

Stan Louie, Ph.D., PharmD of the USC School of Pharmacy coordinates the PAETC- USC pharmacy training program.

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