Mission
To build the capacity of clinics and hospitals in resource limited
settings for the care of people with HIV/AIDS.
Goals
ASPIRE (AIDS Services, Prevention,
Intervention, Research and Education) is the international education and training arm of the UCSF Positive Health Program
at San Francisco General Hospital. We help organizations
around the world to build their capacity to serve local communities and enhance the quality of HIV/AIDS care in developing countries. Our approach is to combine clinical mentorship, case-based training, and instruction in how to develop
systems of care designed to meet local needs. ASPIRE specializes in providing culturally sensitive, family-centered training, primarily in Africa. In all engagements, we commit to long term placements and ongoing relationships with our partner sites. Our objective is to increase local providers? knowledge and skills and we are especially committed to empowering
nurses. Since 2004 we?ve helped sites build their own mentoring programs so that local leaders are equipped to train future generations of providers.
Core services
Capacity Building
• Support and supplement existing national HIV/AIDS
training programs
• Develop care delivery systems
(patient flow, community linkages)
• Train nurses in the management of HIV/AIDS
- Primary patient care
- Program development and administration
Improving Care Quality
• Provide case-based and clinically centered training in the management of all aspects of HIV/AIDS
• Offer side-by-side clinical mentoring of nurses,
doctors, medical officers
Active sites and current projects
Côte d'Ivoire (Partner EGPAF)
• Clinical exchange and training program with a
university teaching hospital in Abidjan
Zambia (Partners EGPAF and CIDRZ)
• Training of clinical officers, medical officers, and nurses in the Lusaka Health District
• Case-based didactic training, side-by-side clinical mentoring,
and participation in the development of clinical guidelines and algorithms
Tanzania (Partner EGPAF)
• Training and mentoring of nurses and doctors at EGPAF PEPFAR sites throughout Tanzania
• Participation in the development and provision of the National HIV/AIDS training program
• Development and provision of a nationally approved refresher course
• Specific focus on expansion of the role of nursing and development of nurse leaders and trainers
Kenya (Partner WGHI and Kenya CDC)
• Training support in the rollout of antiretroviral programs in Nyanza Province
Zimbabwe (Partners I-TECH, GHS, CDC ZIM)
• Participation in the development of national training curricula
• Side-by-side clinical mentoring
• Participation in three way “twinning” between UCSF, University of Zimbabwe, and University of Witswaters
• Development of nurse mentoring program
San Francisco HIV/AIDS Clinical Training
• Tailored modules integrating lectures,
clinical preceptorships, and clinical site visits
• Skill development, models of care,
program development
• In-country follow-up mentoring
International Training at
San Francisco General Hospital
ASPIRE on-site training programs for international visitors are based on innovative curricula that combine lectures, clinical preceptorships, and clinical site visits. Training promotes the PHP model of treating patients holistically and addressing the realm of patients’ conditions in addition to HIV disease. Graduates of our training program note a significant, positive impact on their outlook and morale. By emphasizing leadership skills and compassion, the program infuses participants with new inspiraition to tackle the ongoing challenges they face providing care in some of the world’s most resource-limited settings.
ASPIRE began training international clinicians in the early 1990s. As of January 2005, we have hosted numerous programs, including:
• Four physicians from China in a four-week course
(January-February 2005)
• Seven physicians and nurses from Zimbabwe and South Africa in a two-week course (February 2005)
• Nine providers from Ethiopia, Uganda, Rwanda, India, Nepal, China, Poland, and Jamaica in a two-week course (May 2005)
• Nineteen Egyptian physicians, nurses, and consultants in sequential two-week courses (September 2005)
• Four providers from South Africa, Uganda, and India in a two-week course (May 2006)
Contact
For further information about our program please contact Catherine Lyons at clyons@php.ucsf.edu or (415) 476-4082 ext. 138.
You may also download our program brochure.
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