AIDS education and training for health care providers

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Many health care providers still harbor fears and misunderstandings about AIDS that negatively affect the delivery of patient care. In order to resolve these fears and misunderstandings, five registered nurses representing the California Nurses Association, AIDS Project Los Angeles, the San Francisco AIDS Foundation and the California Statewide Nursing Program developed, implemented and evaluated an innovative AIDS ‘train the trainer’ program. The program was designed to replace didactic lectures with more effective methods to meet the needs of adult learners. Between November 1986 and April 1987, 27 two-day trainings were conducted throughout California to train 759 key health care professionals in both adult learning principles and AIDS content. Creative teaching strategies such as guided fantasy, role play and case studies were utilized to encourage group interaction and the exploration of sensitive issues underlying the fear of AIDS. By June 1, 508 of the 759 Trainers had each conducted instructional programs for groups of 25 or more health care providers; a total of 18 879 people were educated in the secondary trainings. Summative program evaluation showed that the training program gave participants the knowledge, skills and confidence necessary to conduct AIDS education for health care providers.

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