HIV & Primary Care

The SCAETC provides training, technical assistance, and consultation to increase knowledge, skills and clinical capacity of health care providers and other members of the healthcare team to provide the highest quality HIV care and address outcomes along the Continuum of Care-- earlier diagnosis, linkage to care, care maintenance and viral suppression.

Our training also includes HIV prevention and management of comorbidities, such as sexually transmitted infections, viral hepatitis, substance use disorders, and behavioral health disorders.

Trainings are offered in-person or virtually – both live and self-paced trainings - to primary care providers, HIV and non-HIV specialty care providers, and other members of the primary healthcare team with the goal of addressing National HIV/AIDS Priorities of enhancing prevention and testing, increasing access, and reducing disparities. Most trainings include continuing education credits at no cost to the participant.

What Can You Expect to Learn From AETC Trainings?

All areas of HIV screening, diagnosis, prevention, treatment, management of common comorbid conditions, and holistic care for people with HIV and those at high risk for infection. Trainings are customized to those with varied levels of expertise and can be specifically targeted to the individual or clinical site. Topics include:

• Clinical topics- ranging from HIV 101 to Antiretroviral Resistance Interpretation
• Prevention- Behavioral (risk reduction) and Biomedical (PrEP, PrEP, U=U)
• Adherence and retention
• Effective case management for retention in care for HIV viral suppression
• HIV Comorbidities
• HIV in Special Populations: women, children, pregnant women, people with active substance use disorder, people without stable housing, etc.
• Reducing disparities in healthcare delivery

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.