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Oxford, July 2007
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“This was the kindest training
I have ever done. Because it was not only technical. It was specially
warm and human. I loved it. That is what our patients need: not
just technical, but warmth and humanity.”
Gisele Borelli-Montigny, Munich, Germany
(Oxford training, July 2007)
New drugs – Novel resistance pathways in HIV
12 & 13 July 2007, St. Catherine’s College, Oxford,
UK
Co-chairs: Dr Anna Maria Geretti and Dr Laura Waters
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- Review clinical data on recently introduced
drugs within existing and new classes of antiretrovirals
- Improve the understanding of the basic mechanism
of antiretroviral resistance
- Review the epidemiology of drug resistance
in treatment-naïve and treatment-experienced persons, with
a European as well as global perspective
- Discuss emerging resistance data for new
antiretrovirals to guide the optimal selection of therapy in
patients with resistance
- Discuss the limitations of current methods
for detecting antiretroviral resistance and review the advantages
and potential pitfalls of new techniques
- Discuss how to integrate resistance and pharmacology
data in clinical practice to optimise patient care
- Participate in interactive clinical cases,
demonstrating the principles learned during the course
This free training provided education and debate
around the current practice in the drug management of patients with
HIV. The training concentrated specifically on HIV drug resistance
and clinical pharmacology. Data from the 5th European HIV Drug Resistance
Workshop held on the 28th–30th of March in Cascais, Portugal
and the XVI International Drug Resistance Workshop held on the 12th–16th
of June in Barbados was reported and clinically relevant information
that emerged at the workshops was discussed in depth.
Co-chairs were Dr Anna Maria Geretti—Consultant
Medical Virologist, Honorary Senior Lecturer and head of the Retrovirology
laboratory at the Royal Free Hospital in London and Dr Laura Waters—Research
Fellow at The St Stephen’s Centre, Chelsea & Westminster
Hospital, London.
Organised by The HIV Training and Resource Initiative
(www.hivtri.com), formerly the Training Initiative of the Royal
Free Hospital Centre for HIV Medicine.
HIV-treating doctors and allied health professionals
from the UK, Europe and beyond were encouraged to attend.
The training was in English. The format was lectures
and group discussions. (Please see programme
for details.)
This training was awarded 7.5
credits of CME by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing
Medical Education (EACCME) and the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine
in London. EACCME credits are recognised by all EU countries and
the American Medical Association.
The training was held at Mary Sunley Hall, Saint
Catherine’s College, Oxford, UK.
Registration was free. Meals were provided for all
participants. Sleeping rooms were provided at Saint
Catherine’s College. Participants were responsible for
travel to the meeting. It is hoped that travel can be subsidised
by government or industry support.
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