Training & Education for Healthcare Professionals

Over the past twenty years, ARcare has become an integral part of the HIV education landscape in Arkansas.  We provide quality training and education for healthcare professionals in Arkansas through the South Central AIDS Education & Training Center (AETC).  The primary goal of the AETC is to improve the care of people living with HIV.

Continuing Education for Professionals:

• Physicians
• Physician Assistants
• Advanced Practice Nurses
• Registered Nurses
• Pharmacists
• Medical and RN Residency Programs

Services Available:

• Clinical
  Preceptorships

Clinic-based training for all licensed healthcare professionals, one-on-one clinical training with experienced HIV clinical faculty, and tele-medicine based training for correctional facilities

• Education
  Programs*

Customized interactive skill-building workshops, regional conferences, hourly & resident lectures on a variety of relevant topics

• Clinical
  Consultations

Requests for information regarding HIV/AIDS care answered by experts in various specialized fields within 24 hours

• Virtual
  Collaboration

ARcare utilizes the ECHO Model™, an interactive video technology to connect groups of community providers with specialists in regular real-time collaborative sessions. Designed around case-based learning and mentorship, this model is used to help local providers and specialists learn new approaches for applying their knowledge across diverse cultural and geographical contexts. Learn more here.

• Technical
  Assistance

Resolution of organization or programmatic issues about HIV service delivery

*continuing education credits available 

For more information or to request training, please contact us.

ARcare / AETC
417 S. Main St.
Searcy, AR 72143

(501) 299-1128
aetc@arcare.net