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Newborn Diagnosed With HIV in Papua New Guinea
| QUALIFICATIONS |
Application is open to clinical healthcare professionals and students, including physicians, advance practice nurses, physician assistants, resident physicians, and students of medicine, advance practice nursing, and physician assistant. Applicants must also be accepted to the INMED International Medicine Certificate program at an INMED International Medicine Training Site that is also listed as an INMED International HIV Medicine Training Site. Both Certificate programs are conducted simultaneously.
| LEARNING OBJECTIVES |
At the completion of the International HIV Medicine Certificate, within the context of a low-resource community, students will be able to:
- Accurately assess HIV disease status
- Communicate effective HIV prevention
- Lead effective prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission
- Manage appropriate treatment of HIV infection
- Manage common HIV-associated opportunistic infections
- Care for children affected by HIV
| EDUCATIONAL COMPONENTS |
International HIV Medicine Certificate students will achieve the above learning objectives through the following educational components:
International HIV Medicine Online Course
This online course covers the topics of HIV epidemiology, prevention, prevention of mother-to-child transmission (MTCT), treatment and AntiRetroviral Therapy (ART), treatment of opportunistic infections, and childhood HIV management. Participants can also receive continuing medical education (CME) and continuing education units (CEUs) for completing the course.
International HIV Medicine Service Learning
Students serve four to eight weeks at a state-of-the-art center for HIV care in a developing country where they are supervised by experienced INMED faculty. Student responsibilities usually include HIV prevention and primary care activities, as well as management of HIV complications.
International HIV Medicine Presentation
Students will select a topic on HIV management relevant to their training site and make a 30-minute educational presentation to the staff. The student's supervisor will advise in selecting the topic and developing content of this presentation.
International HIV Medicine Essay
The Essay is designed to help students clarify their understanding of issues surrounding the HIV epidemic. It requires thoughtful responses to several questions, is submitted via e-mail, and requires about two hours to complete.
| EVALUATION |
Assessment of student's attainment of the learning objectives will be based upon:
International HIV Medicine Online Course Examination
The on-line examination includes a variety of interactive questions and responses.
Training Site Faculty Evaluation
Supervising faculty at the Training Site will submit a written evaluation of student's performance with attention to the above learning objectives.
Essay Evaluation
HIV Leadership students will receive a written evaluation of their essays, provided by a faculty appropriate to the student's particular professional field.
| CERTIFICATION |
Students who successfully complete this course of study will receive the INMED International HIV Medicine Certificate. Verification of the educational experience will be provided to the student's affiliated school or residency program.