HIV Syndemic Care
Policies and educational tools to expand HIV syndemic care
Policies and educational tools to expand HIV syndemic care
Key recommendations
HIVMA is advocating for the integration of syndemic care in health professions education to address HIV-related disparities and grow the HIV workforce to meet the demand for HIV syndemic care.
This paper aims to:
- Describe the HIV syndemic, its impact on the HIV workforce and the challenges it presents
- Illustrate how HIV syndemic care aligns with public health principles and evolving workforce trends
- Present five recommendations for the expansion and promotion of HIV syndemic care in health professions education
- HIV syndemic care specialized pathways or areas of concentration
- Community-based and innovative health care models
- Leveraging open-access syndemic-focused educational resources
- Licensing, credentialing, and continuing education competencies
- Payment reform to appropriately value primary care and ID specialists
Educational resources
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National HIV Curriculum link
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American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases/Infectious Diseases Society of America Hepatitis C Guidelines link
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Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration trainings link
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Comprehensive educational programming offered by the eight regional AIDS Education and Training Centers link
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HIV Clinical Guidelines link
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American Academy of HIV Medicine training opportunities link
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National HIV PrEP Curriculum link
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National Clinician Consultation Center link
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HIVMA’s list of HIV training programs link
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HIV-ASSIST tool — aid for antiretroviral clinical decision making link
University of Washington resources
HIV Workforce Task Force
HIVMA would like to recognize the HIV Workforce Task Force members who co-authored the paper: Philip Bolduc, MD; Lydia Aoun Barakat, MD; Elizabeth M. Sherman, PharmD; Philip G. Day, PhD; Tyler Evans, MD, MS, MPH, FIDSA; Joseph Cervia, MD, MBA, FIDSA; Marwan Haddad, MD, MPH; Vincent Guilamo-Ramos, PhD, MSN, MPH, MS, MSW, RN, ANP-BC, LCSW, PMHNP-BC; Allison Agwu, MD, MSc, FIDSA; Andrea Weddle, MSW; and Rachel A. Bender Ignacio, MD, MPH, FIDSA.