The HIV Clinical Education Initiative (CEI)
The healthcare community in
New York State faces an
enormous challenge in providing
comprehensive, high quality
clinical services to the growing
number of people with HIV
infection and AIDS, especially in community-based, primary care settings.
The New York State Department
of Health AIDS Institute can help
providers care for this growing patient population.
The Institute's HIV CEI provides community-based clinicians with:
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access to experienced faculty from academic medical centers and State Designated AIDS Centers (DACs)
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continued education for HIV experienced clinicians
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early identification, diagnosis, treatment and prevention for clinicians new to, or less experienced in, HIV care
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ongoing consultative support with HIV specialists
A Statewide Network of HIV Clinical Education Programs
Through HIV Clinical education programs across the state, each with access to the latest information technology, CEI enables practitioners to deliver the best care to patients with HIV. Individually tailored to meet the needs of different types of providers and health care organizations, programs include:
- case conferences
- lectures
- preceptorships
- satellite videoconferences
- Interactive CD-ROM modules audio and videocassettes
HIV CEI Sites Statewide
| Clinical Education
Programs
Educational programs conducted within your own clinical setting
will be designed to include a comprehensive range of issues,
such as:
- Early identification and clinical management of HIV infection and disease;
- Antiretroviral therapy, treatment adherence and advances in diagnostic testing;
- Diagnosis and management of opportunistic infections;
- Integrating HIV prevention and risk reduction into primary care, including partner notification;
- Clinical management of pregnant women with HIV infection and preventive therapy with antiretrovirals;
- Gynecological and obstetrical care;
- Pediatric care with an emphasis on family-centered care;
- Management of patients with substance use histories, alcoholism, methadone maintenance and harm reduction;
- Oral health care;
- Early diagnosis, management and prevention of sexually transmitted diseases;
- Mental health and psychosocial issues;
- Alternative treatments and clinical trials, and;
- Management and prophylaxis following HIV exposure.
| Education
Sites
Programs have been created especially for:
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Managed care plans, including HIV Special Needs Plans;
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Primary care health centers;
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Substance use treatment programs;
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Chronic care services, including residential and day-care programs and nursing homes;
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Physicians in private practice;
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Community hospitals;
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Home care agencies and hospice programs.
Continuing Education Credits
Many of the HIV clinical education programs have a mechanism to award continuing medical education (CME) and continuing educational unit (CEU) credits for participation in the training.
For more information see our FAQ sheet or to contact the local HIV Clinical Education Initiative program nearest you, call
Mary Goodspeed, BS, RN
Coordinator, HIV Clinical Education
Erie County Medical Center
Direct: 716-898-4713
Clinic: 716-898-4119
Mgoodspe@ecmc.edu
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