Applying Research and Public Education to halt the Spread of HIV and AIDS

PDP collaborates with the Department of Health/AIDS Institute to manage one of several HIV/AIDS Regional Training Centers in New York State. As the Capital Region/North Country Regional Training Center, highly skilled staff provide free training for health, allied health and human service providers in an area that covers Albany, Columbia, Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Greene, Hamilton, Montgomery, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Warren and Washington counties. In special circumstances, participants from other areas of New York State and Vermont may also attend courses. All training is based on approved curricula designed and developed by the AIDS Institute. Courses are offered regionally within the catchment area and upon special request, can be offered on-site depending on class size.

The University at Albany School of Public Health and the AIDS Institute have entered into an agreement to provide CME/CEUs at no cost to participants in selected HIV courses, as noted below and indicated in course listings. As the AIDS Institute and PDP are also certified by New York State’s Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS) as Education and Training Providers, certain courses are also approved for credit toward initial credentialing and renewal of the CASAC, CPP and CPS credentials (see below). Please look for the following information associated with any course you’re considering.

• New York State Nurses Association (CEU): This Educational Design I activity is presented by the School of Public Health Continuing Education, which has been approved as a provider of continuing education by the New York State Nurses’ Associations Council on Continuing Education, which is accredited by the American Nurses’ Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. It is being presented in joint sponsorship with the AIDS Institute, New York State Department of Health (for contact hours & approval codes-see course listings).
• Continuing Medical Education (CME) : This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Medical Society of the State of New York (MSSNY) through the joint sponsorship of the School of Public Health, University at Albany, SUNY, and the AIDS Institute, New York State Department of Health. The School of Public Health is accredited by the MSSNY to provide continuing medical education (CME) for physicians. The School designates this educational activity for a maximum number of hours (see course listings) of category one credit towards the AMA/PRA. Each physician should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.
• NYS Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS): The AIDS Institute (and PDP) has been certified as an OASAS Education and Training Provider. Certain courses are also approved by OASAS for initial credentialing and renewal of CASAC, CPP and CPS (for specific hours, see course listings).
• The Pharmacists Society of the State of New York: The Pharmacists Society of the State of New York is approved by the American Council on Pharmaceutical Education as a provider of continuing education. Certificates will be awarded for contact hours (see course listings) within 3-4 weeks and upon successful completion of the verification/continuing education form.

 

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