Medical and Clinical Education

• Provides training and support to medical providers serving the underserved community who seek to increase their knowledge of the latest treatment protocols in HIV/AIDS care.

• Provides on-site Medical Record reviews to minority AIDS - serving organizations and physicians, with follow-up clinical in-services related to:

  • Antiretroviral/Laboratory analysis

  • Demographic reports

  • Laboratory reports

  • Antiretroviral histories

Conducts national and regional clinical conferences on HIV/AIDS treatment for minority-serving physicians and allied health professionals.

Objectives

• To train and/or update physicians and allied health professionals on state-of-the-art HIV/AIDS treatment regimens and/or issues related to treatment of minority clients with HIV/AIDS.

• To serve as expert consultants in HIV/AIDS care to minority-serving physicians.

Sample Topics

• The importance of a structured drug regimen and why adherence to the regimen is important.

• Recent trends in the development of anti-retroviral drugs.

• Effective first line and salvage therapy regimens.

• Common drug interactions and what can be done to avoid them.

• Relative importance of clinical research in minority and under-served populations.

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