HIV and HIV Prevention

UNM-AETC HIV TeleECHO is weekly on Tuesdays, from 12:00 - 1:00 PM (MT) –1st Tuesday HIV Prevention, 2nd Tuesday HIV/HCV Coinfection, remaining Tuesday sessions HIV Core Topic or Requested Topic

UNM-AETC Indian Country HIV TeleECHO is the 2nd Wednesday of each month, from 12:00 - 1:00 PM (MT)

UNM-AETC HIV Grand Rounds are bimonthly on Fridays 10:30 – 11:30 AM (MT)

For more information contact us at: hivECHO@salud.unm.edu or NMAETC@salud.unm.edu

Program Description

The University of New Mexico – AIDS Education and Training Center (UNM-AETC) is a local partner site of the South Central AIDS and Education Training Center (SCAETC). UNM has been a part of the AETC since 1988 and is now administered by UNM Project Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO) and the UNM Health Sciences Center.

The geographic focus areas of the UNM-AETC include the state of New Mexico, El Paso, Texas and the U.S. – Mexico border region. UNM-AETC provides training and education throughout the region including didactic presentations, interactive skills building workshops, communities of practice, clinical preceptorships, clinical consultations, and coaching for organizational capacity building.

UNM-AETC partners both locally and nationally to host the annual statewide NM HIV/HCV Update Conference and offers ongoing in-person and TeleECHO education and training opportunities. Education and trainings provide customized, multi-disciplinary programs for healthcare teams treating persons living with HIV or those at risk for HIV. We welcome all trainees but have an emphasis on providing educational opportunities to providers in underserved areas who are new to HIV prevention and treatment and we tailor our training to community, individual, and clinic needs.

The UNM-AETC hosts multiple TeleECHO sessions including weekly for HIV and monthly for PrEP and Indian Country HIV. The ECHO model is not traditional “telemedicine” where the specialist assumes care of the patient, but is instead telementoring, a guided practice model where the participating clinician retains responsibility for managing the patient.

TeleECHO sessions are attended by HIV clinical providers, nurses, case managers, pharmacists, behavioral health providers, peer educators, community health workers, and other members of the healthcare team. Continuing education credits are available at no cost to participants. Participants are able to learn from presenting patient cases and from hearing others present their cases. Sessions include review of key learning points and discussion of the evaluation and management of patient cases, with the input of the interprofessional community of practice.

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