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Tr@inforPedHIV 2008
Training for Paediatric HIV in Europe (First Announcement for 2008)
PENTA HIV Online Booking System http://trainforpedhiv2008.conted.ox.ac.uk/
Since 2005, in partnership with the European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID; www.espid.org), the PENTA Foundation (www.pentatrials.org) has organised a training program (Tr@inforPedHIV) for health care workers caring for HIV infected children, using a methodology integrating distance learning with an interactive residential course.
So far over 250 delegates from more than 20 countries have participated in the training program which has been shown to be extremely successful.
The success of this unique European level training experience and the positive response of the delegates has encouraged PENTA and ESPID to repeat the same experience in 2008 readapting and updating the existing contents and addressing some new topics in the management of HIV infected children in Europe. From September 2008, this course will form an integral part of the Postgraduate Diploma in Paediatric Infectious Diseases awarded by Oxford University. If you would like to know more about the Postgraduate Diploma Programme, then please visit: http://cpd.conted.ox.ac.uk/PID.
As in previous editions, Tr@inforPedHIV 2008 will combine distance and residential learning. It will offer training materials such as courses, case studies and treatment flow sheets, as well as materials designed to test HCWs (doctors, nurses and pharmacists, etc.) capability of managing individual cases through interactive case presentations, obtain their feedback, and provide on-line tutoring. It will improve the capacity of even the most remote and isolated care givers to manage children with HIV infection. The project combines distance learning with residential training (see fig 1).
The on-line or electronic learning (e-learning) sessions will be divided in two parts.
a) Online learning
8 weekly courses (about 90-120 minutes long), with attached pictures, tables and figures - references and links to major HIV websites of interest
The courses are designed using an interactive methodology in order to stimulate the capacity of the student to follow the modules with the highest efficiency. Each course is divided into short sections (“learning objects”) and includes tables and sum up boxes.
A final evaluation of the computer based training (questionnaire and open forum discussion) will be carried out before the residential part.
Modules cover the following topics:
- Epidemiology, virology and immunology
- Mother to child transmission and prevention programmes
- Antiretrovirals
- Principle of ART treatment and strategies
- Opportunistic infections, management and prevention
- HIV and TB Co-infection
- ART Guidelines, toxicity and resistance
- Psychosocial aspects: including family’s issue and helping children to learn about HIV
Pre and Post test questions for each module will help participants and faculty to monitor the efficacy of learning from the online course.
A Learning Management System (LMS) will design and maintain the individualized combination of sessions. It will maintain a learning portfolio for each student and manage student interaction with an individually assigned on-line instructor. This work will be carried out in collaboration with Technology-Assisted Life Long Learning (TALL), University of Oxford (www.tall.ox.ac.uk ).
b) Online learning 2:
A 4 week online discussion with the tutors who will be presenting clinical cases. A University of Turku based methodology (the WorkMates platform) will be used. The WorkMates is an open-source electronic platform developed in the Educational Technology Unit in University of Turku in Finland and is currently in use of the monthly ESPID Case Rounds (www.espid.org) and in several other elearning systems. This environment is a very easy to use and is providing a shared space for students and teachers to solve problems together and engage in joint building of knowledge.
Distance learning will be administered via Internet, (www.pentatrials.org) using a single password given to the participants. During the distance learning phase a forum will also be available to provide continuous discussion between students and teachers.
On site learning:
A specialized expert (the authors/tutor of the on line part) faculty will give workshops on site aiming to:
- Stimulate the maximum teacher/user interaction
- Consolidate what has been learned during the on line phase in a live environment among peers, who will all have achieved the same level of basic knowledge in the weeks before. The residential Course is held at the Bambino Jesu Hospital in Rome,
A certificate of participation to the training program will be issued by ESPID and PENTA. CME credit will be provided whenever possible.
Trainers (speakers, authors of the on line modules and tutor) are from both the PENTA and CHIVA membership. This includes many of the most senior paediatricians working in paediatric HIV in Europe.
Course Directors
Hermione Lyall
Imperial College HealthCare NHS Trust, London
Carlo Giaquinto
Department of Paediatrics, Padova, Italy
Guido Castelli
Ospedale Bambino Jesu, Roma
Jussi Mertsola
Turku University, Turku, Finland
Course Co-ordinators
Sandra Settin
Padova
Patricia Hicks
London
Alessandra
Serpi
Roma
Sabrina Coelho
London
Course Dates for 2008
Online course starts 6th May 2008
Roma Residential Course 22nd-24th October 2008.
Online registration opens February 2008
Registration fee for 2008
Full registration (non-members) 900 Euros
Full registration (ESPID/CHIVA members) 650 Euros
Online course only 450 Euros
(Registration includes: individual password for online parts 1 & 2; the 3 day residential course (with meals); & final CME certificate. Travel & accommodation not included)
For further information and interest please see the web sites or contact the course organisers:
patricia.hicks@st-marys.nhs.uk
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