Opportunity for students to participate in HIV workforce development

The West Virginia Regional Partner (WVRP) of the MidAtlantic AIDS Education and Training Center (MA AETC) is in Morgantown and encompasses the entirety of West Virginia. The MA AETC provides HIV/AIDS education, consultation, technical assistance and resource materials to health care professionals throughout Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia.

The WVRP offers HIV/AIDS didactic and skill building programs and Clinical Preceptorships. It also provides technical assistance and clinical consultation concerning the care of patients with HIV/AIDS.

HIV/IPE Virtual Volunteer Opportunity

Benefits for you:

Grow a new skillset by interacting with a person living with HIV. Fostering a team-based model of care during the group debrief and care plan development. Reduction of stigma associated with the management of HIV.

Project purpose:

The purpose of this project is to determine if working as an interprofessional team is superior to the individual provision of care in improving quality and outcomes in persons living with HIV.

Time involved:

• 30-45 minutes for the Initial SP intervention and development of your individual care plan.
• 75-90 minutes to develop a group care plan and session debrief.

Benefits for patients:

Potential for strengthening the HIV workforce and bridging current gaps in HIV care.

Intervention:

As a representative from your school, you will virtually interview a Standardized Patient (SP) who is living with HIV, followed immediately by writing your own individual care plan according to discipline of study. You will then come together virtually as a group of interprofessional students to develop a comprehensive care plan, to be immediately followed a group debriefing session.

Register as soon as possible to participate!

Limited capacity, availability fills up quickly.

If interested or seeking additional details, please contact Carolyn Kidd RN ACRN, Project Coordinator at ckidd@hsc.wvu.edu.