Clinical Considerations for Treating Persons Living with HIV

Recorded On: 04/20/2020

This course by Dr. William Foshee provides an overview of HIV/AIDS seroconversion and pathophysiologic processes as they relate to the musculoskeletal system. Learners will be presented with indicators for when to screen for HIV, importance of inquiring about HIV status, and information intended to increase differential diagnostic capacity for HIV/AIDS and musculoskeletal pathology.

Learning Objectives:

• Introduce HIV prevalence and treatments in addition to pathophysiology of HIV/AIDS
• Identify musculoskeletal comorbidities associated with HIV infection and treatment
• Encourage testing and HIV status knowledge and disclosure

The following states require the participant to enter the course approval number on their certificate:

California: View the list of course approval numbers and categories for California approved courses.
Missouri: View the list of course approval numbers and categories for Missouri approved courses.

William Foshee, DC

Chair, ACA Committee on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

Dr. William Foshee currently serves as chair of ACA’s diversity committee and has been involved with this initiative since it started over three years ago.

In addition to his role as diversity committee chair, Dr. Foshee is chair of ACA’s NextGen committee, which is the representative committee for more than 2000 early career chiropractors at ACA. He is a 2017 graduate of Northwestern Health Sciences University where he served as the student body president and was honored as a Diversity Leadership Scholar for his commitment to underserved population health. He was also named a Philanthropy Fund Foundation Scholar in recognition of his leadership and service to the LGBTQIA community.