1. National HIV Curriculum Promotional Slides
Please use of any of these National HIV Curriculum slides in a training presentation. This website is a free, continually updated resource to quickly research HIV information and/or to learn more about HIV diagnosis, care, treatment, and prevention.
Thank you for letting healthcare professionals know about this valuable, new website:
University of Washington and the AIDS Education and Training Center National Coordinating Resource Center

2. National HIV Curriculum Overview
Free, unbiased curriculum with up to 80 CME credits or CNE contact hours available. Content is continually updated.

3. Editor-in-Chief: David H. Spach, MD
Dr. David Spach is also Editor-in-Chief of the National STD Curriculum, Hepatitis C Online and the Hepatitis Web Study.
From University of Washington and AETC National Coordinating Resource Center
Editor-in-Chief: David H. Spach, MD
Funded by a grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration

4. Dual Functionality 1. Quick Reference Highly organized interface
Quick search
On demand topics
Ideal for staying updated
2. Modular (Self-Study)
Sequential (Step-by-Step)
Flexible modular options
Certificate program
Ideal for training programs - group functionality
Board-review like questions
The Progress Tracker function helps busy registered users start again where they left off. The group functionality lets programs (e.g. health care facilities, schools, companies) invite participants to register on the website then track participation and outcomes.

5. Drop down menu gives dual access for Quick Reference or Self Study
Users can start at any lesson and download it as a PDF to read offline. One CME credit or one CNE contact hour is available for each lesson.
Drop down menu gives dual access for Quick Reference or Self Study

6. Self Study Modules/Topic Reviews
The site’s Core Competency Working Group, composed of national HIV experts, determined the modules’ key learning objectives and 37 HIV topics.

7. Modules cover 37 major HIV topics
An example of one lesson and the available navigational tools. The site has an extensive bibliography.

8. Image Series: Concepts
The site features easy-to-understand, high-resolution images which demonstrate complex clinical events.

9. Question Bank 450 Board Review Style Learning and Assessment Questions
Question Bank topics mirror the modules. Any user can access Question Bank topics but to track progress, the user must register on the site. Registered users can earn CME and CNE credit when at least 80% of a topic’s answers are correct. Available CE credit varies by the number of questions but, generally, five questions are equivalent to .5 CE. This sample unit has 1.5 CME/CNE available.
450 Board Review Style Learning and Assessment Questions

10. Clinical Challenges
Users can test their knowledge, see others’ responses and then view experts’ opinions on controversial and/or difficult clinical issues. The newest cases are highlighted in the “Recently Added” section of the menu.
Experts address controversial and difficult clinical issues

11. Clinical Calculators & Tools Using your own electronic device, you can access:
Currently, no other website offers so many free and easily accessible calculators and tools that users can access on their phones or other electronic devices.

12. Antiretroviral Medications
Downloadable prescribing information, clinical studies, and slide decks are only one click away. Treatments not approved by the FDA are clearly marked “Investigational” with a blue triangle icon.

13. Antiretroviral Medications
An example of what information is available on ARV medications and the many navigational tools available.
Comprehensive ARV medications resource, including Power Point slides for trials

14. General Principles of National HIV Curriculum
Address comprehensive spectrum of HIV clinical care
Make relevant for broad range of healthcare providers
Base recommendations on U.S. federal guidelines
Develop core competencies to inform curriculum
Create a free educational resource
Establish dual functionality: quick access and longitudinal
Generate modular format with CE and certificate program
Offer progress tracking and group functionality