Positive Connections/AETC

ARcare began providing care to those living with HIV through the Ryan White HIV Grant in 2000, initially as Special Services, and now rebranded as ARcare Positive Connections. In 2016, ARcare joined the South Central AIDS Education & Training Center, comprised of five states in the South Central Region of the United States which include: Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. ARcare AETC serves all 75 counties in the state of Arkansas.

Through the years, we have partnered with the Arkansas Department of Health, HIV Planning Group of Arkansas, The Ending the HIV Epidemic Task Force, along with many medical facilities including clinics, emergency rooms, urgent care clinics, and both Internal Medicine/Family Medicine Residency programs & RN Residency Programs.

The ARcare AETC Education & Training activities include, but are not limited to:

• Education & Training programs geared toward HIV treatment & Care*
  • Didactic or Interactive lectures and skill building workshops
• Clinical Preceptorships, both individual & group at any of our 5 HIV Clinics in the state
• Clinical Consultations
• Coaching for Organizational Capacity Building
• Future trainings include: Arkansas HIV Project ECHO (2020) – through the University of New Mexico Project ECHO program. ECHO Model™, an interactive video technology to connect groups of community providers with specialists in regular real-time collaborative sessions. Designed around case-based learning and mentorship, this model is used to help local providers and specialists learn new approaches for applying their knowledge across diverse cultural and geographical contexts.

Our Programs are available for physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, nurses, pharmacists, dentists, social workers, trainees, and other healthcare professionals.

We welcome the opportunity to provide HIV services and education, at NO COST, to any health care professional(s) or facility. Feel free to email us.

Continuing educational credits available upon completion of Participant and Evaluation form

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This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Under grant number U1OHA33225 (South Central AIDS Education and Training Center). It was awarded to the University of New Mexico. No percentage of this project was financed with non-governmental sources. This information or content and conclusions are those of the authors and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS, or the U.S. Government.