Building Workforce Capacity in Minority Communities through Individualized Preceptorships and Mentoring: Stories of Impact

Presentation Event
2020 National Ryan White Conference on HIV Care & Treatment
Organization
Northeast-Caribbean AETC
Presenter(s)
Gracine Lewis, Vernique Caswell, John Faragon
Description

The Northeast/Caribbean AIDS Education & Training Center ACCESS program is designed to build community-level capacity for HIV treatment of high-need, medically underserved, minority populations in the Northeast/Caribbean region at both the individual and site levels. This presentation describes the program and its impact from the coordinator, trainer, and participant perspectives.

Learning Objectives

  1. Describe the importance of providing longitudinal training to healthcare professionals.
  2. Cite the system-wide impact of adding newly trained HIV clinicians to minority communities.
  3. Cite the mix of methods that can be used to develop and support new HIV care providers (e.g. didactics, supervision of direct clinical care, telehealth, and long-term mentoring.

Event Details

2020 National Ryan White Conference on HIV Care & Treatment
RWHAP Planning and Resource Allocation: Community Engagement and Collaborative Partnerships
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