INTERPROFESSIONAL COLLABORATIVE PRACTICE IN HIV CARE

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Declared in Nursing BSN (Traditional, Collaborative, Accelerated), Social Work BSW, Medicine MD, Pharmacy PharmD, or Social Work MSW. Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe the history and epidemiology of the HIV epidemic. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Define Interprofessional Collaborative Practice (ICP) and describe the characteristics of effective ICP. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Describe the natural history of HIV disease with and without antiretroviral therapy (ART). Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Discuss US Dept of Health and Human Services guidelines and recommendations for prevention, screening, diagnosis, treatment, and management of HIV infection and HIV-related diseases in the United States. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Describe the HIV care continuum including testing, entry and retention in care, and treatment including associated stigma and discrimination as barriers. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Discuss dimensions of wellness (emotional, environmental, financial, intellectual, occupational, physical, social and spiritual). Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 7. Identify potential co-morbid conditions in the HIV infected population. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 8. Discuss stigma and discrimination as barriers to prevention, care, and treatment. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 9. Discuss the history of the Ryan White Care Act and other federal and state policies and their current importance in HIV prevention and HIV care. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 10. Identify HIV care needs and common health issues among high risk and vulnerable populations. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 11. Develop a plan of care for an HIV positive individual as part of an interprofessional team. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 12. Develop skills working with mixed teams including undergraduate students Audience: Graduate 13. Demonstrate higher level skills in identifying and resolving barriers to interprofessional collaborative care for patients with HIV in a primary care clinic Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe the history and epidemiology of the HIV epidemic. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Define Interprofessional Collaborative Practice (ICP) and describe the characteristics of effective ICP. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Describe the natural history of HIV disease with and without antiretroviral therapy (ART). Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Discuss US Dept of Health and Human Services guidelines and recommendations for prevention, screening, diagnosis, treatment, and management of HIV infection and HIV-related diseases in the United States. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Describe the HIV care continuum including testing, entry and retention in care, and treatment including associated stigma and discrimination as barriers. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Discuss dimensions of wellness (emotional, environmental, financial, intellectual, occupational, physical, social and spiritual). Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 7. Identify potential co-morbid conditions in the HIV infected population. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 8. Discuss stigma and discrimination as barriers to prevention, care, and treatment. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 9. Discuss the history of the Ryan White Care Act and other federal and state policies and their current importance in HIV prevention and HIV care. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 10. Identify HIV care needs and common health issues among high risk and vulnerable populations. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 11. Develop a plan of care for an HIV positive individual as part of an interprofessional team. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 12. Develop skills working with mixed teams including undergraduate students Audience: Graduate 13. Demonstrate higher level skills in identifying and resolving barriers to interprofessional collaborative care for patients with HIV in a primary care clinic Audience: Graduate