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HIV / IPE Volunteer Opportunity for HSC Students

The Mid-Atlantic AIDS Education and Training Center is offering volunteer opportunities for third and fourth year students at the Health Sciences Center for the Fall 2021 semester.

The MA AETC provides HIV/AIDS education, consultation, technical assistance and resouce materials to healthcare professionals throughout Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Delaware and the District of Columbia. 

West Virginia Regional Partner (WVRP) of the MA AETC is in Morgantown and encompasses the entirety of West Virginia. The WVRP offers HIV/AIDS didactic and skill building programs and Clinical Preceptorships. We also provide technical assistance and clinical consultation concerning the care of patients with HIV/AIDS.

Benefits for you:

  • Grow a new skillset by interacting with a person living with HIV. Fostering a team-based model of care during the group debrief and care plan development. Reduction of stigma associated with the management of HIV.

Project purpose:

  • The purpose of this project is to determine if working as an interprofessional team is superior to the individual provision of care in improving quality and outcomes in persons living with HIV.

Time involved:

  • 30-45 minutes for the Initial SP intervention and development of your individual care plan.
  • 90-75 minutes to develop a group care plan and session debrief.

Benefits for patients:

  • Potential for strengthening the HIV workforce and bridging current gaps in HIV care.

Intervention:

  • As a representative from your school, you will virtually interview a Standardized Patient (SP) who is living with HIV, followed immediately by writing your own individual care plan according to discipline of study. You will then come together virtually as a group of interprofessional students to develop a comprehensive care plan, to be immediately followed a group debriefing session.

Register as soon as possible to participate! Limited capacity, availability fills up quickly.

For more details, contact Carolyn Kidd RN ACRN, Project Coordinator at ckidd@hsc.wvu.edu.