HIV/AIDS – AETC

Course Description

The College of Dentistry's Infectious Disease Team, with input from practicing dental professionals, designed this course to give you practical information on HIV/AIDS in an on-line, self-study format. The course includes reading material, graphical examples, and a post-test. This course was developed in collaboration with the Florida/Caribbean AIDS Education and Training Center (www.fcaetc.org).

Topics Include:

• Unit 1 - Epidemiology
• Unit 2 - Transmission
• Unit 3 - Occupational Exposures
  • Definition of Occupational Exposure
  • Risk of Occupational Transmission
  • Management of Occupational Exposures
• Unit 4 - HIV Testing, Counseling and Prevention
• Unit 5 - HIV Pathophysiology (Spectrum of Disease)
• Unit 6 - HIV Pathogenesis (Viral Life Cycle)
• Unit 7 - Importance of an Oral Health Program
  • Goals
  • Quality Indicators
  • Patient Information
• Unit 8 - HIV Oral Manifestations: Diagnosis and Management
  • Candidiasis
  • Oral Hairy Leukoplakia
  • Periodontal Disease
  • Salivary Gland Dysfunction
  • Herpes Simplex
  • Aphthous Ulcers
  • Kaposi's Sarcoma
  • Lymphoma
  • Squamous Cell Carcinoma
• Unit 9 - Considerations for Comprehensive Dental Treatment
  • Treatment Planning
  • Surgical Considerations
  • Prophylactic Antibiotics
  • Infection Control

Faculty

Carol M. Stewart, D.D.S., M.S.

Professor UF College of Dentistry Dept. of Oral Diagnosis Sciences

Email: cstewart@dental.ufl.edu

Continuing Education Units

2 contact hours. Online.

Course Length

Participants have 180 days to complete the online course.