Read Dr. Sarah Stone’s This Changed My Practice article about her experience of routine HIV testing in family practice. Family physicians can earn 0.25 Mainpro M1 credits for completing an exercise on the article. thischangedmypractice.com
Read HIV specialist Dr. Eron’s article about a recent HIV diagnosis in his practice, and his discussion on why many patients are being diagnosed late.
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Read Drs Gustafson, Montaner and Sibbald’s CMAJ article on routine HIV testing and HAART.
Expanded HIV testing guidelines were announced in the BCMJ 2011 by Vancouver Coastal Health, Providence Health Care, and the British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS.
The finding that antiretroviral (ARV) drugs reduce the risk of heterosexual transmission of HIV was chosen by Science as the 2011 Breakthrough of the Year.
This article, published in the BCMJ, is a succinct summary of current HIV testing and window periods.
Explore cost-effectiveness of routine HIV testing.
An informative general primary care review article from the American Family Physician.
A practical guide from the UK with information on HIV testing and complementing specialist care.
A new article in the April issue of BMJ Quality & Safety demonstrates that quality improvement (QI) methods can greatly accelerate the rates of HIV testing and treatment initiations in South Africa.