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June 13, 2025 | 12:00 – 1:00 PM Applying a Harm Reduction Lens to PrEP Prescribing
Description:
This presentation will discuss the basic clinical knowledge needed for medical prescribers to comfortably and safely prescribe HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP), with specific content discussing how to utilize a harm reduction approach in doing so. The presentation will include discussion of the highly anticipated and highly effective, although currently off-label, long-acting PrEP medication, lenacapavir (anticipated FDA-approval forthcoming) for clinical use.
Learning Objectives:
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- Describe fundamental clinical considerations for initial and ongoing PrEP prescribing and management
- Examine opportunities for utilizing a harm reduction framework in PrEP prescribing
- Identify three web-based resources available to further PrEP knowledge
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Presenters:Patrick Tolosky, MD
Patrick Tolosky (He/him) MD, is a Family Medicine Physician and also current Fellow in Mainehealth’s Leadership in Preventive Medicine Fellowship. He is originally from Western Massachusetts, attended Bates College for undergraduate education, and the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College for medical school. He lives in Freeport Maine with his spouse and 2 year old daughter. His interests in public health and preventive medicine include social drivers of health and health equity, food is medicine, food and agricultural policy and advocacy, lifestyle medicine, addiction medicine, and improving healthcare delivery. A major overarching goal is to continue to work on ways to bridge the gap between clinical medicine and public health and the community to go further upstream in disease prevention and promoting health and well-being. He plans after the fellowship to become a primary care provider in the MidCoast region and continue to develop his leadership in preventive medicine skills.
Tobias Nicholson, MD
Toby Nicholson (he/him), MD, ScM is a Family Medicine physician and current Leadership in Preventive Medicine fellow at MaineHealth in Portland, Maine. He graduated from the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University where he also received a master’s degree in Primary Care-Population Medicine. His interests include the integration of public health and clinical services, community assessment, and medical education. Populations of interest include the LGBTQ+ community, newly arrived immigrant community, and people experiencing homelessness. He hopes to leverage his position of power, granted due to his intersectional and inherently privileged identities, to improve health for historically and actively discriminated against communities.
Continuing Medical Education:
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the Hanley Center for Health Leadership and Education and CCSME. The Hanley Center for Health Leadership and Education is accredited by the Maine Medical Association Committee on Continuing Medical Education and Accreditation to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Hanley Center for Health Leadership and Education designates this regularly scheduled series for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit ™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
*Nurses and Nurse Practitioners will be awarded a certificate of participation with a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit ™.
Contact Hours 1 contact hours for social workers, licensed clinical professional counselors, and behavioral health professionals.
1 Category 1 Contact hours for psychologists. CCSME is a pre-approved sponsor and provider of Professional Education Activities for Psychologists.
1 contact hours for Alcohol and Drug Counselors pending approval by the Maine Board of Alcohol and Drug Counselors
1 contract hours CHES. CCSME is a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission of Health Education Credentialing, Inc.
