THE SOUTHER.N AFRICAN JOURNAL Of IIIV MEDICINE ----------- AUGUST 200 I Foundation for Professional Development and South African RN Clinicians Society MEDICAL EDUCATION SELF-STUDY The face-ta-face tuition will be presented by leading national and international experts and will take place over a 3-day period in the format of outcome-based workshops focusing on the practical integration of the knowledge acquired through the self-study guide. Workshops will avoid a didactic approach and use case studies, role- playing and interactive methodology. WORKSHOPS COURSE FORMAT Successful participants will be awarded an attendance certificate for the workshop in the Management of HIV/AIDS by the Foundation for Professional Development. CERTIFICATION Leading national experts will customise a comprehensive easy-ta-use self-study manual based on the International AIDS Society's SHARE Programme. The study material will be provided to participants prior to the workshop in order for them to prepare. The study material eliminates the need for supportive textbooks and will include material on: • basic immunology and physiology • economic and epidemiological information • disease management strategies for STDs and HIV/AIDS, including diagnosis, treatment (inclusive of therapy, monitoring efficacy, side-effects, compliance monitoring, primary resistance, drug failure) and referral options • vaccine development and trials • ethical considerations surrounding HIV/AIDS testing and management • counselling (lifestyle, compliance, terminal, pre- and post-test counselling) • the role of health care professionals in community mobilisation • living, coping and working with HIV. Participants will need to score 7rfJ1o for the multiple-choice questionnaire in order to ensure compliance with the self- study requirements of the course. The course will combine self-study and face-ta-face (workshop) tuition. The objective of the programme is to establish comprehensive training and support for health care professionals in the Southern African region geared at: • ensuring a critical mass of trained health care professionals within a relatively short time • providing health care professionals with comprehensive skills in order to enable them to diagnose and manage HIV/AIDS and STDs and all related clinical conditions including referral to specialist and support services • providing targeted sectors of the health care profession with appropriate and meaningful information to prevent them from becoming infected • establishing a support structure that will keep alumni of the programme updated with new developments in the field, and • creating an expanded organised community of health care professionals dedicated to responding to the HIV/AIDS epidemic Given the current state of knowledge on HIV/AIDS management and the fact that antiretroviral therapy (ART) is now more 'affordable, it is feasible to approach HIV!AIDS as a chronic medical condition. This implies that all healthcare professionals need to acquire knowledge on the management of this condition as a matter of urgency. The objective of the course in the management of HIV/AIDS is, through a combination of self-study and the workshop, to enable health care professionals to: • diagnose HIV/AIDS and STDs • manage and refer HIV/AIDS patients • do counselling in the management of the patient • empathise with people 'living with HIV • fulfil their role as health care professionals In community mobilisation • understand vaccine development and trials. The Foundation for Professional Development (FPD), the educational division of the South African Medical Association (SAMA), in association with the South African HIV Clinicians Society, a SAMA Special Interest Group, is offering a course in the management of HIV/AIDS conditions with the support of an educational grant. OBJECTIVES INTRODUCING THE HIV!AIDS COURSE MANAGEMENT OF HN/AIDS COURSE -------------- TH~ SOU'"~Pe~ M~ CA~ JOUR',4L O~ Hili .1tOICIN~ PROPOSED PROVISIONAL WORKSHOP SCHEDULE FOR THE HIV/AIDS COURSE DAY 2 (HIV/AIDS theory in practice) The role of health care professionals in communiiy mobilisation TEA TIME Case studies: Participanis (in syndicates) are to diagnose (including diagnostic tesis), refer and treat [including patient education) in the simulated learning opportuniiy LUNCH. Allowance for Jumah prayers to allow Muslim delegates to attend mosque Case study feedback TEA TIME Case study feedback (continue) Summary (overall approach in the managemen of patienis with HN/AIDSj DAY 1 (HIV/AIDS overview - conceptualising) Introduction TEA TIME Basic immunology and physiology of AIDS LUNCH Epidemiological and economic overview TEA TIME Clinical management of HIV/AIDS (inclusive of initiation of therapy, monitoring efficacy, side-effecis, compliance monitoring, primary resistance, drug failure) DAY 3 (HIV/AIDS reality) Vaccine development and trials TEA TIME Uving, coping and working with HIV/AIDS LUNCH Ethical considerations surrounding HIV/AIDS testing and management TEA TIME Counselling [Iifesiyle, compliance, terminal, pre- and post-test) Self-assessment and closure TIME 13hoo - 14hOO 14hoo - 15hOO 15hOO - 15h30 15h30 - 17hOO TIME 08h30 - 09h30 09h30 - 10hOO lOhoo - 13hOO 12h30 - 14hOO 09h30 - lOhOO lOhOO - 13 hOO 08h30 - 09h30 14h00 - 15hOO 15hOO - 15h30 15h30 - 16h30 16h30 - 17hOO 13hOO - 14hOO 14hOO - 15hOO TIME 08h30 - 09h30 09h30 - 10hOO lOhOO - 13hOO 16h30 - 17hOO 15hOO - 15h30 15h30 - 16h30 REGISTRATION Please send completed registration forms to The Course Co-ordinator Management of HIV/AIDS Course Foundation for Professional Developmeni PO Box 74789 Lynnwood Ridge 0040 Tel: (012) 481-2032/3 Fax: (012) 481-2083 E-mail: foundation@samedical.org Both the workshop and the self-study before the workshop will be submitted for accreditation for CPD poinis. We will keep you informed of any progress. An estimated 36 CPD points might be allocated for the course. You will never get this opportuniiy again because the course is heavily subsidised! Further details on cost will soon be released. Further information on dares and venues will be provided as soon as the demand is established. AUGuS T ~OO Booking form MANAGEMENT OF HIV/AIDS COURSE SURNAME INITIAlS TITLE RRSTNAME PREFERRED NAME FOR NAMETAG MALE FEMALE CONTACT NUMBERS TEL{W) TEL{H) FM CELLPHONE NUMBER E-MAIL ADDRESS POSTAL ADDRESS BUSINESS NAME & ADDRESS POSTAL CODE POSTAL CODE PRESENT OCCUPATION SAMA OR DENOSA MEMBERSHIP NO Have you attended any other FPD courses? 1. 2. 3. WOULD YOU UKE TO RECEIVE MORE INFORMATION ON OTHER PLEASE INDICATE AT WHICH VENUE YOU WISH TO ATTEND THE FPD COURSES? WORKSHOP: 0 MANAGEMENT AND BUSINESS COURSES 0 MEDICAL ETHICS (DISTANCE EDUCATION) C JOHANNESBURG o CPT'" AND ICD-l0 o CAPE TOWN 0 MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY AND ANATOMY o DURBAN :J MANAGEMENT OF OBESITY o PRETORIA :::J RHEUMATOLOGY o PORT EUZABETH 0 MEDICAL EXAMINATION ON PRORESSIONAL DRIVERS C BLOEMFONTEIN 0 MENTAL HEALTH o NElSPRUIT 0 DEBT COLLECTING 0 PRACTICE PATHOLOGY TO ENSURE YOUR PLACE ON THE WORKSHOP PLEASE FAK OR POST THIS FORM TO FPD, PO BOX 747B9, LYNNWOOD RIDGE 0040, OR FAK TO 012-481 2083 THE FOUNDATION FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IS A DIVISION OF THE SA MEDICAL ASSOCIATION AND IS SUPPORTED BY AN EDUCATIONAL GRANT FROM NEDBANK PROFESSIONAL BANKIING [HE SOUTHERN AFRICAN JOURNAL or HIV MEDIC NE ------------ AUGUST 200 I