Program simulates on-the-job education and clinical support for HIV doctors
Clinics in African hotspots will use system. A new electronic, interactive education system provides training and clinical management to clinicians in sub-Saharan Africa and other areas where antiretroviral drugs are now available, but the medical infrastructure has made less progress.
Training systems are needed in sub-Saharan Africa because the PEPFAR, the Global Fund and the Gates Foundation have been good about funding drugs, but have not prioritized funding HIV clinical training in that region, says John Bartlett, MD, chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, MD. Bartlett is also an editorial advisory board member of AIDS Alert.
The computer-based system, named after its development company TheraSim, of Durham, NC, is also available to HIV providers around the world through a three-hour continuing medical education course on Medscape, says Jonathan Estes, Vice President for Global Health at TheraSim.
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About TheraSim®, Inc.
TheraSim, Inc. is dedicated to improving patient lives through better support of healthcare professionals with state of the art software tools and services. TheraSim reduces the variability in the delivery of medical treatment and enables healthcare professionals to more rapidly assimilate new medical information and make more effective clinical decisions.
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