HIV/AIDS Training Training in HIV/AIDS care, with a focus on the delivery of ART, is provided in several ways:  The
HIV-AIDS Core Course: This three week course for physicians, medical
officers and other leading health workers develops capacity for
delivering comprehensive HIV care, including ART. Specialized Modular Courses:
These week-long courses are open to graduates of the HIV/AIDS Core Course; topics include:  HIV and research
ART programme management Advanced clinical ART care Training of trainers in ART care HIV and ART care for children and prevention of mother to child transmission Courses for Nurses, Clinical Officers, and Multi-Disciplinary Teams: IDI’s
recent Training Needs Assessment determined that a significant volume
of ART-delivery is handled by mid-level staff; multi-disciplinary
courses are intended to address the needs of mid-level staff for skills
in effective delivery of ART. Medical Student Training: Makerere
University medical students participate in a one-week clinical
placement at IDI, focused on developing skills and knowledge related to
HIV care. Malaria TrainingThe
Malaria Training Programme, called The Joint Uganda Malaria Programme
(JUMP), is implemented through a partnership between the Uganda Malaria
Surveillance Project (UMSP) and IDI. The aim of the programme is to
improve the quality of malaria patient management in the context of
high levels of drug resistance to chloroquine and fansidar, and the
national introduction of more expensive artemesinin combination
treatments (ACT). The programme is made up of several components: Prior
to training, the JUMP team visits each site and collects baseline data
on quality of clinical care; availability of drugs and supplies;
quality of laboratory diagnosis; and quality of record keeping. All cadres of staff involved in malaria management at each site are trained. Following
training, surveillance data are collected on a monthly basis by the
JUMP team and entered into the UMSP database in Kampala. This allows
the team to monitor improvements in malaria diagnosis and treatment. On-going, on-site support is also provided through: Training and quality assurance for malaria-related activities Assistance with developing outpatient and laboratory registers Training in data collection for clinical, laboratory and records staff Introduction
of data quality assurance measures to ensure that all patients are
actually recorded, and that clinical records and laboratory records can
be matched. Courses Offered at IDI: Core HIV/AIDS Course Eligible Participants: Qualified registered medical officers, preferably with work experience in an HIV/AIDS care setting. Course Content: 3-week
curriculum includes: epidemiology, biology and history of HIV in
humans; diagnosis and monitoring of HIV and opportunistic infection;
comprehensive antiretroviral therapy topics; adherence and prevention
counseling; ART program management, reporting and data management. Learning Objectives: Demonstrate advanced knowledge of HIV care and ART therapy allowing trainee to: diagnose and treat opportunistic infections; prescribe and monitor ART, considering long-term consequences, toxicities and drug interactions; develop and implement ART programs appropriate to individual clinical settings; train and supervise other healthcare workers in comprehensive HIV and ART; appraise emerging research and apply modified care appropriately. Course Dates: 14th January - 1st February 2008 31st March - 18th April 2008 5th - 23rd May 2008 8th - 25th September 2008 10th - 28th November 2008 12th -30th January 2009 Modular HIV/AIDS Courses Course Content: One-week
courses intended to provide in-depth knowledge of specific area related
to HIV/AIDS care and prevention. Available modules include: Implementation of ART Programs Research in HIV Care Training of Trainers. ART Training for Mid-Level Practitioners Eligible Participants: Qualified
registered nurses and clinical officers, others beginning work in an
ART program with little or no previous experience in HIV/AIDS care
setting. Course Content: Participants
benefit from the varied backgrounds and experience of their classmates
in this 1 to 2-week multidisciplinary course. Curriculum covers the
management and care of HIV patients on ART, including care for
opportunistic infections, prevention and adherence counseling, and
healthcare team dynamics. (The 2- week course covers the same content,
but with more time for clinical experience). Learning Objectives: Demonstrate ability to: describe HIV infection and progression; assess patients for ART eligibility; monitor ART patients; discuss toxicities, drug interactions and resistance; and recognize the importance of counseling in adherence and prevention. Course Dates: 6th -13th February 2008 12th - 19th March 2008 25th June - 2nd July 2008 Comprehensive ART Management for Clinical Officers Eligible Participants: Qualified
registered nurses and clinical officers who have completed the ART
Training for Mid-Level Practitioners course or equivalent. Course Content: Building
on the content of ART Training course, this two-week curriculum covers:
the prescribing of ART and the monitoring of ART adherence, efficacy,
and resistance. Learning Objectives: Demonstrate
ability to: describe HIV infection and progression; assess patients for
ART eligibility; initiate and monitor ART; discuss toxicities, drug
interactions and resistance; and recognize the importance of counseling
in adherence and prevention. Course Dates: 8th - 29th February 2008 9th - 20th June 2008 18th - 30th August 2008 20th - 31st October 2008 Integrated Management of Malaria Eligible Participants: Clinical
officers, medical officers, nurses and midwives, laboratory staff and
records keepers from health centers with basic laboratory capabilities. Course Content: Multidisciplinary
6-day course designed to build capacity at the facility level by
including various members of a clinic’s staff in the training. Staff
attend common sessions complemented by discipline-specific break-out
groups. The curricula cover: general aspects of malaria prevention and
control; clinical management of fever and malaria, co-infections and
drug interactions; and laboratory use in malaria patient management. Learning Objectives: Demonstrate
the collective ability to: assess patients with fever effectively;
identify cases of malaria in those presenting with fever; use
microscopes efficiently and effectively; make a correct laboratory
diagnosis of malaria; prescribe appropriate treatment for a patient
with malaria, properly manage febrile patients testing negative for
malaria, and apply proper record keeping and logistics. Course Dates: 7th - 12th January 2008 21st - 26th January 2008 7th - 12th April 2008 21st - 26th April 2008 19th – 24th May 2008 2nd - 7th June 2008 16th - 21st June 2008 Rapid Diagnostic Tests and Fever Case Management Eligible Participants: All
healthcare workers (particularly those with minimal training)
responsible for making patient-care decisions, at health centers
without access to microscopy diagnosis. Course Content: The
2-day course will be an abbreviated version of the standard malaria
training course, addressing fever case management but using approved
algorithms incorporating Rapid Diagnostic Tests (RDTs), in place of
microscopy. Learning Objectives: After
completion of the course, a facility should be able to demonstrate the
collective ability to use RDTs to test for malaria, prescribe
appropriate treatment, and apply proper record keeping and logistics. Course Dates will be posted soon HIV/AIDS and ART Laboratory Management Eligible Participants: Laboratory
technicians and technologists. Laboratory scientific officers and
assistants performing roles of laboratory technicians and technologists
may be considered. Course Content: The
course is run in two independent units. Unit I (8 days) gives an
overview of general aspects of HIV/AIDS, HIV testing in Adults and
children, CD4 counts and flow-cytometry, diagnosis of malaria, TB and
intestinal parasites, and Good Laboratory Practice. The theory is
interspersed with practical sessions in a recognized laboratory for HIV
testing and flow-cytometry, malaria, TB and Intestinal Opportunistic
infections. Unit II (5 days) equips the trainees with laboratory
management knowledge and skills, and Training of Trainers’ skills.
Optional onsite training and supervisory support is given where
requested and feasible. Learning Objectives: The
training programme equips laboratory personnel with knowledge and
skills in conducting basic procedures for HIV/ART related tests,
management concepts and good laboratory practice. Course Dates: 28th January - 8th February 2008 [Unit I] 24th - 28th March 2008 [Unit II] 5th - 16th May 2008 [Unit I] 7th - 11th July 2008 [Unit II] Data Management Course Eligible Participants: Health
cadres directly involved in handling data and in training of health
workers in the district, including Clinical officers, Nurses and
Midwives involved in recording and reporting data at health facilities
as well as the laboratory staff and district surveillance focal
persons. The health workers may be in charges of Health Facilities,
units including Out-Patient Department (OPD), Maternity, Antenatal
care, In-Patient Department (IPD) and ART/HIV clinics. Course Content: Data
collection, storage, retrieval and updating. Data Analysis,
presentation and interpretation. Report writing and using data for
planning. Training peers and support supervision in data management.
Ethics in data management, and disposition of Data. Course Dates: 14th - 18th January 2008 27th -31st October 2008 Clinical Pharmacy in ART Pharmacy Health Workers | Research Programme The
chief purpose of the IDI research programme is to investigate the best
ways to prevent, treat infections and generate outstanding
internationally recognised scholarship in HIV, TB and other infectious
diseases in sub-Saharan Africa. IDI research begins with our patients
and is focused on HIV, tuberculosis, and other conditions that
disproportionately affect health in this region.The research programme consists of the following key components: Research
training and capacity building: The development of a research faculty
of promising young investigators is a cornerstone of the IDI Research
Programme. The goal of the Sewankambo Clinical Scholars Programme is to
develop independent clinical investigators over an intensive five year
period. IDI currently has five scholars in the program. Clinical and epidemiological research focused on the IDI cohort and clinic population using an established, validated database Operational research in developing best practices exportable models to other parts of the city of Kampala and Uganda-wide Clinical trials Translational Lab-based research based in Uganda in areas with established clinical research at IDI.Research
at the IDI is conducted by teams of outstanding investigators from
around the world, funded by leading research agencies, and bolstered by
state-of-the-art data management capabilities and an American College
of Pathology certified laboratory. The IDI Research Programme welcomes
you to join in our endeavours. For more information about the Research Programme contact:
Ms. Pauline Nabunya
Research Coordinator
Tel +256-41-4307226/+256-31-2307226
pnabunya@idi.co.ug Scientific Review Committee The IDI Scientific Review Committee (SRC) is a multidisciplinary team of 11 professionals that reviews the quality of scientific research carried out at IDI. This team meets
monthly to review research proposals. The team may call upon a
consultant if additional expertise is needed to conduct a review. Since
only well designed projects are ethically justifiable, only projects
approved by the SRC are recommended to the National Ethics Committee
for further consideration. IDI SRC MembersYukari Manabe, M.D
Chairperson – IDI SRC James K Tumwine, MBChB, MMed, PhD.
Professor of Paediatrics and Child Health
Makerere University Dr Grace Ndeezi, MBChB, MMED (Paediatrics and Child Health)
Dept of Paediatrics and Child health
Makerere College of Health Sciences Ali Elbireer, MBA, MT(ASCP), CPHQ
Johns Hopkins University
MU-JHU Laboratory Administrative Director Dr C Merry, MB, PhD, MSc, FRCPI
Senior lecturer, Trinity college Dublin Agnes Kiragga BSTAT, MAEPP
Statistician, IDI Pauline Byakika, MBChB, MSc, MMed
Sewankambo scholar, IDI Andrew Kambugu, MBChB, MMED, ID Fellow
Head of clinic, IDI Dr. Fred Nuwaha, MBChB, PhD
Senior lecturer, Makerere School of Public Health Prof. Roy Mugerwa, MBChB, MMED
Professor of Internal Medicine
Makerere College of Health Sciences Gavin Robertson, BA, M.Ed.
Clinical Trials Coordinator
Infectious Diseases Institute |
