The MidAtlantic AIDS Education & Training Center's West Virginia Regional Partners' mission is to increase providers' capacity to provide high quality HIV/AIDS care within our health care systems. This two-day class is specifically designed to use role-plays and case studies to assist clients in making decisions regarding HIV testing. Participants should have a basic knowledge of HIV/AIDS prior to taking this course.

Objectives:

Upon completion of this program, participants should be able to:

• State verbally and in writing the goal of HIV prevention counseling.

• Identify three concepts that guide the work of HIV prevention counseling.

• Identify at least three potential barriers and benefits to a safer goal behavior and the action steps a client can take.

• Utilize appropriate counseling techniques in educating a client about risk/harm reduction behaviors.

• Identify and demonstrate appropriate test-decision counseling in a practice session. 

Target Audience: Health care professionals who will be administering HIV testing, giving test results, and discussing options for notifying partners.

Agenda:                                                                        Day 1:

9:00 — 9:45                   Entrance Quiz, Unit 1 - Goals & Expectations

9:45 — 10:00                 Break

10:00 — 12:00               Unit 2 - Personalizing Risk, Counseling Concepts, Basic Counseling Skills

12:00 — 1:00                 Lunch

1:00 — 2:30                   Unit 3 - HIV Prevention Counseling, Steps 1, 2 and 3

2:30 — 2:45                   Break

2:45 — 3:30                   Unit 4 - Counseling Step 4

3:30 — 4:00                   Review

 Day 2:

9:00 — 9:30                   Review/Preview

9:30 — 10:30                 Unit 5 - Counseling Steps 5 and 6

10:30 — 10:45               Break

10:45 — 12:00               Unit 6 - Practice Session: Role Play of 6-Step Counseling Session

12:00 — 1:00                 Lunch

1:00 — 2:00                   Policy & Procedures, Review of Data Collection Forms & Partner Notification

2:00 — 2:15                   Break

2:15 — 3:30                   Unit 7 - Giving Positives, Negatives and Indeterminate

3:30 — 4:00                   Post Test / Evaluations

Nursing Contact Hours Accreditation Statement:

This continuing education activity has been provided by the WV Regional Partner of the MidAtlantic AIDS Education and Training Center for 13.2 contact hours.  The WVU Local Performance Site is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the State of WV Board of Examiners for Registered Professional Nurses.  WVBRN provider number WV2000-0303RN.31. This activity is also approved for Licensed Practical Nurses for 13.2 contact hours.