Resource Center

This paper was originally published in the Proceedings of the Eleventh Annual Interdisciplinary Health Team Care Conference, which took place September 21-23, 1989 at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.  It is reproduced here with the permission of the authors.

Dissemination of scientific information to professionals pertaining to AIDS treatment is vital. The federal government has taken a positive step by funding 13 AIDS education and training centers throughout the country for this particular emphasis. One of the first four to be funded was the East Central AIDS Education and Training Center (ECAETC), a four state consortium comprised of five education sites with the center at The Ohio State University, Department of Family Medicine. This center was unique because it was the only one of the first four which had allied health as a component of its educational mission.

Based upon function-oriented goals, ECAETC programming efforts focused on specific objectives, including: (1) education and training for primary health providers on prevention and treatment of AIDS, with particular emphasis on ambulatory settings; (2) guidance in the development of multidisciplinary approach to the management of HIV infection; (3) provision of additional training to selected individuals to qualify them for extending the training to others in their community; (4) provision of updates of new and timely information about AIDS to primary and secondary health care providers; and (5) serving as a support system for area health professionals through hotlines, clearinghouses, referral activities, and the development of learning resources.