Course Introduction
May 2007
Training on Clinical Care of HIV/AIDS
and Opportunistic Infections
Introductions
Please share with us:
• Your name
• Where you work
• Your role in HIV clinical care
• Your expectations for this course
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Course Learning Objectives
Participants will be able to:
• Explain the natural history of HIV and AIDS,
disease progression, immunodeficiency and
opportunistic pathogens;
• Diagnose and provide treatment for oral and
oesophageal conditions, sexually transmitted
diseases, skin manifestations, respiratory
conditions, and neurologic system conditions
associated with HIV and AIDS and their
treatment;
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Course Learning Objectives (2)
• Evaluate and manage HIV-infected persons
with persistent diarrhoea, fever and
hematologic, hepatic and renal conditions;
• Assess, monitor and counsel patients on
nutrition.
• Discuss the approach to relief of symptoms
and the stepped approach to pain control and
the use of analgesics;
• Explain the meaning of a good death.
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Course Materials
• Participant Handbook
• Section 1
• Acknowledgements, Introduction, schedule, faculty list,
assessments, evaluation instruments
• Section 2
• Information about this course
• Section 3
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Unit outlines
Handouts
Worksheets
Copies of PowerPoint slides
References
• Case Study Worksheets
• Guidelines
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Training Schedule – Day 1
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Welcome, Remarks & Introductions
Course Introduction
Pre-Assessment
Unit 1 – Overview & Natural History of OIs
Unit 2 – Oral & Oesophageal Conditions
Unit 5 – Diarrhoea
Unit 4 – Skin Manifestations Parts 1, 2 & 3
Unit 3 – STDs
Case Studies: Units 2 & 3
Course evaluation
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Training Schedule – Day 2
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Unit 8 Neurologic System
Unit 7 – Respiratory Conditions
Case Studies: Units 7 & 8
Case Studies: Units 4 & 5
Unit 6, Nutrition
Case Studies Units 4-6
Course evaluation
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Training Schedule – Day 3
• Unit 9 – Fever and Lymphadenopathy
• Unit 10 – Haematologic, Hepatic and Renal
Conditions
• Case Studies: Units 9 & 10
• Unit 11, Palliative Care, Pain Management
and “A Good Death”
• Post-Assessment
• Review of Post-Assessment
• Closure
• Course evaluation
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Learning Assessment
• Pre-Assessment
• Written exam to determine how much participants
already know about course material.
• Contains questions about new material that will be
covered in this course.
• Trainers assume you *don’t* know all the answers,
that’s why you’re here!
• If you don’t know an answer, don’t worry!
• Post-Assessment
• Written exam to determine how much you learned
during the course.
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Course Assessment
• Written Course Evaluation
• An evaluation completed by participants daily
on course subject matter and presenters
• An overall rating for the course
Your feedback is valued and appreciated!
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Ground Rules
• Established by training participants and staff
at the beginning of the course
• Provide guidance and establish boundaries
for conducting the course
• Require group commitment to abide by
ground rules throughout the course
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Guidelines for Questions
• In order to cover course material in a limited amount
of time:
• Ask only for clarification during a presentation
• Save questions for the 10 minute question period at
end of each presentation
• Ask presenters additional questions one-on-one during
the day
• Ask questions during the morning review (Days 2 & 3)
• Feel free to ask questions during tea and lunch breaks
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Energiser: Personal Statements
• Write two things about yourself that:
• we can’t tell by looking at you, and
• you are comfortable sharing with the group.
• Throughout the course, personal statements
will be read aloud. The group will try to guess
who wrote the statement.
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