Key Resources for HIV Clinicians and Trainees

Appendix A: National HIV Residency Pathway Consortium Toolkit

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• National HIV Curriculum
  • The foundational didactic resource for all United States and its territories (US)-based HIV pathway trainees
  • Easy to use, up to date
  • Point of care resource with excellent search tool
  • Faculty can create a learning group to monitor the progress and learning outcomes of your trainees
• HIV Clinical Guidelines: Portal for all US federal HIV treatment and prevention guidelines.
• National Clinician Consultation Center (NCCC): Access to expert consultation on challenging HIV, viral hepatitis, and SUD-related cases. Site includes key resources and webinar recordings.
• International Antiviral Society-USA (IAS-USA): Portal for Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Clinical Conferences, IAS-USA clinical conferences, and IAS-USA Guidelines. Site provides access to excellent HIV-related lectures from national experts.
• HIV Care Tools app: Access to key guidelines and training tools; has directory of AETCs with e-mail links to key contacts
• HIV Assist: Online decision support tool to assist in choosing an ART regimen for your patient. Validated, and appears particularly good for trainees/those with less ART prescribing experience
• HealthHIV: Offers a number of different online training modules; less comprehensive, but well-suited for lower-volume programs
• American Academy of HIV Medicine (AAHIVM): Online core curriculum has some great “ready-made” lectures on common topics
  • Hardy WD, ed. Fundamentals of HIV Medicine. AAHIVM. 2023. Comprehensive HIV textbook updated every 2 years and available for a reduced fee for AAHIVM members
• IDSA/HIVMA: Access to current Infectious Diseases Society of America/HIV Medicine Association (IDSA/HIVMA) guidelines on HIV and related topics
• Clinical Care Options: Access to free online CME certified activities including conference coverage and other timely HIV-related topics of interest
• National STD Curriculum online: Similar layout/design to National HIV Curriculum and includes board-review style question bank to review CDC 2021 STI Guidelines
• HCV online: Similar layout/design to National HIV curriculum, but for HCV
• HBV online: Similar layout/design to National HIV curriculum, but for HBV
• How to do a formal needs assessment, AHRQ Digital Healthcare Research summary
• Thomas PA, Kern DE, Hughes M, Tackett SA, Chen BY, eds. Curriculum Development for Medical Education - a 6 step approach. 4th ed. Johns Hopkins University Press; 2022.
• Find a Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Medical Provider
  • Online map and locator tool listing the more than 2,000 clinics funded by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program.
• AETC Program Directory.
  • Find local HIV training and education resources. See also the HIV Care Tools app's AETC Directory.

Professional organizations

• HIV Medicine Association (HIVMA): Annual resident membership: $120
• American Academy of HIV Medicine (AAHIVM). Annual resident membership: $40

Regional and national conferences

• Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI)
• International Antiviral Society–USA (IAS-USA)
• Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Clinical Conference
• ID Week. Joint annual meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, the HIV Medicine Association, the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society and the Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists
• Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM) collaborative on HIV and Viral Hepatitis