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*YRG CARE FELLOWHIP IN HIV MEDICINE *
*A Professional Hands-on HIV Disease Management Training for Physicians
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*BACKGROUND:*
Y R Gaitonde Center for AIDS Research and Education (YRG CARE), Chennai in
partnership with The Fenway Institute of Fenway Community Health, Boston,
USA invites applications from interested physicians in Southern India for a
fellowship program in HIV medicine organized with support from The Pfizer
Foundation. The program will be conducted at YRG CARE, which offers medical
and psychosocial care for over 11,000 persons living with HIV.
*OBJECTIVES:*
The broad objective of this training program is Continuing Medical Education
(CME) and formal training, which is essential to stay up-to-date on clinical
management of HIV disease. The fellowship also includes an ongoing, online strengthening of the technical and research capabilities of the fellows as the management of HIV disease is changing at a rapid pace.
*TRAINING METHOD:*
o Every day clinical rotations with hands-on training.
o Every day rotations that offer the trainee requisite experience in
diagnosis and counseling issues.
o Regular technical sessions, which include lectures, case discussions and
research methodology.
*CURRICULUM:*
The curriculum comprehensively includes the following topics:
o Epidemiology of HIV.
o Basic science of HIV.
o Natural history and pathogenesis of HIV.
o Laboratory diagnosis of HIV.
o Opportunistic Infections (OIs).
o Anti-retroviral Therapy (ART).
o Prevention of Parent to Child HIV Transmission (PPTCT).
o Post Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP).
o Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) and its lab diagnosis.
*DURATION:*
3 months hands-on training at the YRG CARE facilities in Chennai and
Nellore.
*SPECIAL FEATURES:*
o Access to the state-of-the art US-NIH funded clinical and research
laboratory to learn methodologies used for HIV related diagnosis.
o Learning opportunity in various HIV related counseling (psychosocial,
family, nutritional, treatment literacy, etc).
o Mentoring by local and international faculty/specialists .
o Participation in CME meetings and in-house clinical research meetings.
o Education on research methodology and thesis submission.
o Online mentoring support:
o Enables fellows to stay in touch after the fellowship training.
o Learning portal for delivering online education on current HIV management
issues.
*ELIGIBILITY:*
o MBBS or Post-graduate degree in Medicine.
o Fluency in English.
o A lasting commitment to HIV/AIDS disease management.
o Presently residing in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala,
Pondicherry or Maharashtra.
*SELECTION PROCEDURE:*
Short-listed candidates will be invited for a personal interview on their
own expenses.
*SCHOLARSHIP:*
A comprehensive scholarship of Rs. 60,000 will be awarded to the candidate
fellows to cover lodge, board and living expenses during the fellowship
program.
*COURSE DIRECTORS AND FACULTY:*
Prof. Suniti Solomon, MD, YRG CARE, Chennai.
Dr.N.Kumarasamy,MBBS,Ph.D.,YRG CARE, Chennai.
Prof. Kenneth H Mayer, MD, Brown University, USA.
About 30 highly qualified resource faculties from well renowned national and
international universities/ institutes will be involved in the fellowship
program.
*APPLY TO:*
The Project Manager,
YRG CARE, VHS Campus,
Rajiv Gandhi Salai, Taramani, Chennai-600 113.
E-mail: ganesh@yrgcare. org .
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*Application should be submitted on or before 10 October 2007.*
Application also can be submitted through ONLINE at
http://www.yrgcare.org/fellowshipform.htm
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*Y R Gaitonde Centre for AIDS Research and Education (YRG CARE)
Voluntary Health Services Hospital Campus, Rajiv Gandhi Salai, Taramani,
Chennai-600 113.
Phone: 044-2254 2929, Fax: 044- 2254 2939,eMail: **info@yrgcare.
org* *, **www.yrgcare.org* *. *
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