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USF Health addresses provider well-being at IPE Day 2023

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Students, staff and faculty from across the various University of South Florida and USF Health colleges gathered at the Center for Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation (CAMLS) for the USF Health 6th Annual Interprofessional Education Day.  In the wake of a global pandemic, burnout and a variety of other mental […]

An implantable PrEP device is in the works. What will it take for HCPs to prescribe it, women to use it?

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Oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is about 99 percent effective in reducing the risk of contracting HIV from sex, but that’s only if it’s taken daily. When users forget, lack motivation for taking a daily pill or experience barriers to getting the drug, risk goes up. An implantable, biodegradable PrEP device, […]