 In response to the disproportionate impact of the HIV and AIDS epidemic on minority communities in the United States and the severity of the epidemic in these communities, the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation established the Arthur Ashe Program in AIDS Care. The program, which ran from 1998 to 2001, aimed to foster the participation of medical students from traditionally underrepresented groups in HIV-related care and research and provide them with a means of obtaining essential AIDS-related clinical skills.
The Arthur Ashe Program in AIDS Care had three primary goals:
- To increase the number of physicians-especially those from underrepresented minorities-involved in AIDS-related clinical care;
- To train new physicians, including those entering clinical areas not usually linked to AIDS care, to adapt quickly to the changing issues of HIV/AIDS in medical practice; and
- To create an ongoing communications network for minority physicians to address the complexities of HIV/AIDS care.
Nine lectures from the Arthur Ashe Program in AIDS Care have been included as resource material in a CD-ROM the Institute has developed for the KITSO AIDS Training Program. This teaching tool is titled, Lessons from Botswana: A Comprehensive Instructional Guide on HIV and AIDS Medicine for Health Professionals.
National Medical Fellowships, Inc. and HAI were cosponsors of the Arthur Ashe Program in AIDS Care. Beginning in 2002, the Arthur Ashe Program in AIDS Care has been suspended. For inquiries about future plans for this program, please contact:
Arthur Ashe Program in AIDS Care
National Medical Fellowships, Inc.
5 Hanover Square, 15th Floor
New York, NY 10004
Telephone: 212-483-8880
Web: www.nmf-online.org
Email: natmed@worldnet.att.net |
