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. 2021 Apr 22:23:100238.
doi: 10.1016/j.jctube.2021.100238. eCollection 2021 May.

Point-of-care program in HIV, tuberculosis, and associated conditions: A virtual global technical assistance platform to strengthen HIV and tuberculosis workforce capacity

Maria Koshy  1 , Leah Mische  2 , Stacey Rizza  3 , Maryam Mahmood  3 , Roger Bedimo  4 , Ramona Bhatia  5 , Wissam El Atrouni  6 , Jennifer Curran  7 , Zelalem Temesgen  3
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Point-of-care program in HIV, tuberculosis, and associated conditions: A virtual global technical assistance platform to strengthen HIV and tuberculosis workforce capacity

Maria Koshy et al. J Clin Tuberc Other Mycobact Dis. .

Abstract

A global multi-disciplinary faculty was established to work collaboratively and provide virtual technical assistance, using a point-of-care continuing education model, to clinicians across the world engaged in the care of patients with either HIV infection or tuberculosis. Ancillary offerings included live or virtual lectures, case-based conferences, and courses. In spite of the considerable disruption of the program due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we engaged and assisted a substantial number of clinicians across the world and provided meaningful contributions to their continuous professional development and patient care. In light of the ongoing pandemic, virtual technical assistance models such as this should be scaled to continue essential high-quality HIV/TB services.

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The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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Age distribution of cases
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Distribution of HIV Topic Categories
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Distribution of TB Topic categories.
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