HIVMA Resource Directory 2022
HIVMA created this document as a reference for HIV clinicians and educators across the trainee and
provider continuum to help improve the delivery of HIV care and prevention. The resources include
guidelines, clinical decision-making tools, continuing education opportunities, provider directories and
other resources. Click on the links below for quick access to a section of interest.
Federal HIV Treatment and Prevention Guidelines - ClinicalInfoHIV.gov
These guidelines are definitive, expansive, searchable reference tools for clinical decision-making across the spectrum of
inpatient, outpatient, pediatric and perinatal HIV care and prevention. The guidelines can be dense for rapid point-of-care
referencing, but with sufficient use and familiarity, they may be used in this manner.
HIV Primary Care
This comprehensive review of HIV primary care is maintained by leading HIV experts from IDSA’s HIV Medicine Association.
In journal article format, it provides a review of all aspects of the care of persons with HIV beyond antiretroviral therapy
(ART) prescribing. It also is available in mobile format via the IDSA Practice Guidelines App. This resource is a helpful tool
for teaching or for updating internal HIV primary care practice guidelines.
Antiretrovirals for Treatment and Prevention
Although the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services guidelines above provide quick reference tables for ART prescribing, this journal article provides a more in-depth review of ART prescribing across various clinical situations: when and what to start, switching and simplification, comorbid opportunistic infections or other conditions, monitoring, resistance and prevention. These guidelines are more targeted to experienced HIV clinicians who are making ART treatment decisions.
Hepatitis C
A collaboration between IDSA and the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases has become the definitive point-of-care resource for HCV clinical decision-making. It is organized in an intuitive, easy-to-use format that leads the clinician to clear, concise treatment recommendation tables underscored by supporting literature summaries. It also includes sections on HCV testing, management of treatment failures and resistance and an ever-expanding section on treatment of special populations.
Transgender Care
The guidelines from the University of California, San Francisco, are an accessible point-of-care reference and are widely recognized for their usefulness in helping clinicians initiate, monitor and titrate gender-affirming hormone therapy. They provide an evidence-grading system and information about surgical, legal and psychosocial aspects of gender-affirming care. The World Professional Association for Transgender Health publishes an internationally recognized standard for assessing patient readiness for medical and surgical gender-affirming care and is used extensively by behavioral health providers. This document also includes the pharmacologic basis of gender-affirming medications and their expected effects.
Sexually Transmitted Infections
The complete CDC STI guideline website also is available in a mobile format, which many find convenient for point-of-care reference.
Several tools are available for HIV clinicians to assist with medication management:
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HIV-ASSIST link
(Interactive ARV Clinical Decision-Making Tool) Educational resources to support evidence-based care, including ARV information sheets, dosing information, drug interactions and OI prophylaxis guidance.
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University of Liverpool HIV Drug Interactions link
Evidence-based drug interaction resource for health care workers, patients and researchers.
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Stanford University Drug Resistance Database link
Public access database to analyze HIV drug resistance mutations and predict ART susceptibilities.
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University of Liverpool HEP Drug Interactions link
Evidence-based drug interaction resource for health care workers, patients and researchers.
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Oral Antiretroviral/HCV DAA Administration pdf
Information on crushing and liquid drug formulations.
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University of Liverpool COVID-19 Drug Interactions link
Evidence-based drug interaction resource for health care workers, patients and researchers.
Conferences / Online Continuing Education
These resources offer in-person conferences and online HIV-related continuing medical education.
Curricula
The National HIV Curriculum and its Hepatitis and STD brethren from the University of Washington are outstanding resources for self-directed, modular online learning. Whether for the HIV specialist in training, residents or medical students on HIV electives, pharmacists, advanced practice providers or other allied health care professionals, these well-organized, extensive, multimedia resources have something for every level of need. They offer both self-evaluation and the ability to follow the progress of groups of learners.
The Core Curriculum of the American Academy of HIV Medicine offers narrated presentations of key areas in HIV medicine and is based on its textbook, Fundamentals of HIV Medicine. The modules are free but require registration.
Training Resources
Comprising the educational arm of the Ryan White Program, the eight regional AIDS Education and Training Centers and the AETC National Coordinating Resource Center provide lectures, webinars, mentoring and online training resources. The AETCs are funded by HRSA’s HIV/AIDS Bureau.
The CDC-funded National HIV Classroom Learning Center conducts a state-of-the-art training program for the HIV prevention workforce in communities hardest hit by HIV.
The Fenway Institute’s National LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center is a nationally known center of excellence for LGBTQIA+ care, research and training. The website includes archived webinars, best practice guidelines and tools for practice transformation.