Building HIV Workforce Capacity Through a Residency Pathway: Outcomes and Challenges

Jehan Z Budak; Kathleen Volkman; Brian R Wood; Shireesha Dhanireddy

doi:10.1093/ofid/ofy317

Building HIV Workforce Capacity Through a Residency Pathway: Outcomes and Challenges

Open Forum Infect Dis. 2018 Nov 22;5(12):ofy317. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofy317. eCollection 2018 Dec.

Authors

Jehan Z Budak¹, Kathleen Volkman², Brian R Wood^{2

3

4}, Shireesha Dhanireddy^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California, San Francisco, California.
² Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
³ Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
⁴ Mountain West AIDS Education and Training Center, Seattle, Washington.

Abstract

To help address the impending HIV physician shortage, we launched an HIV Medicine Pathway within our Internal Medicine Residency in 2008. Between 2015 and 2017, surveys showed a decrease in the number of graduates providing primary care for people living with HIV. We suggest evaluation of long-term outcomes from similar training programs and stronger support for HIV primary care career development.