Become an ID/HIV Advocate Learning Series

Note: You must be an Active IDSA member to enroll in this course. To learn more about membership, please visit idsociety.org.

The ID/HIV Advocacy Learning Series is a five-module course developed by IDSA and HIVMA to empower infectious diseases and HIV professionals with the knowledge and skills to become effective advocates. Through this series, learners will explore the foundations of advocacy, understand key issues such as antimicrobial resistance and federal funding for ID/HIV programs, learn strategies to strengthen the ID/HIV workforce, and gain practical guidance on engaging with lawmakers.

Target Audience

  • Infectious diseases (ID) physicians and fellows

  • HIV care providers

  • Advanced practice providers (APPs) in ID and HIV (e.g., nurse practitioners, physician assistants)

  • Pharmacists involved in ID/HIV care or stewardship

  • Public health professionals working in infectious diseases

  • Medical and public health students with an interest in advocacy

  • ID/HIV program administrators and policy staff

  • Members of IDSA and HIVMA seeking to engage in advocacy efforts

  • Clinicians and researchers interested in influencing healthcare policy

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, learners will be able to:

  1. Define the role and importance of advocacy in advancing ID and HIV-related healthcare policies.

  2. Describe the impact of antimicrobial resistance and outline advocacy strategies to address it.

  3. Identify key sources of federal funding for ID/HIV programs and explain how advocacy influences budget decisions.

  4. Discuss current challenges facing the ID/HIV workforce and articulate policy solutions to support recruitment and retention.

  5. Demonstrate how to effectively participate in meetings with lawmakers and communicate policy priorities.

  6. Recognize how IDSA and HIVMA support advocacy efforts and how members can get involved.

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 2.00 ABIM MOC II
  • 2.00 ACPE Pharmacy
  • 2.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
Course opens: 
05/20/2025
Course expires: 
05/20/2027

Faculty

Individual's Role(s) in Activity

COI Disclosures

Nature of Relevant Financial Relationship(s)

Alice Kim

Planner

Nothing to disclose

N/A

Andrew Trotter

Planner, Reviewer

Gilead Sciences, American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation

Research/Grant

Barbara Gripshover

Planner

NIH

Research/Grant

Birgitt Dau

Planner

Nothing to Disclose 

N/A

Carmen Rexach

Planner, Reviewer

Nothing to Disclose

N/A

Elizabeth Sherman

Planner, Reviewer

Nothing to Disclose 

N/A

Ellen Eaton

Planner

Nothing to Disclose

N/A

Emma Dishner

Planner

Texas Medical Trust

Organizational Benefit

Geneen Gibson

Speaker

Nothing to Disclose

N/A

Haley Pritchard

Speaker, Planner, Reviewer

Nothing to Disclose

N/A

Judith Feinberg

Planner, Reviewer

NIDA, NIGMS

Research/Grant

Kinna Thakarar

Planner, Reviewer

CCSME, SAMHSA, NHLBI, HRSA, NIH, AMERSA

Honoraria, Research/Grant, Advocacy

Marcia Epstein

Planner, Reviewer

AN2 Therapeutics

Research/Grant

Maricar Malinis

Planner

Aicuris, NIH (Sub-grant)

Research/Grant

Misha Huang

Planner, Reviewer

Nothing to Disclose 

N/A

Rachel Bender Ignacio

Speaker, Planner, Reviewer

Abbvie, NIH, ViiV

Advisory/Consultant Role

Regina Won

Planner

Nothing to Disclose

N/A

Rabita Aziz

Staff

Nothing to Disclose

N/A

Amanda Woodson

Speaker, Staff

Nothing to Disclose

N/A

 

All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated.

Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, IDSA 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.

Credit Designation Statement
IDSA designates this enduring material for a maximum of 2 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

ABIM MOC Recognition Statement
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 2 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

Physician participation information will be shared with ABIM through ACCME PARS.

Available Credit

  • 2.00 ABIM MOC II
  • 2.00 ACPE Pharmacy
  • 2.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
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Required Hardware/software

PCs Running Windows

  • Windows 10  
  • Microsoft Edge
  • Firefox
  • Google Chrome

Apple Computers Running OSX

  • Safari
  • Firefox
  • Google Chrome