C-TECH’s Clinical Mentoring and Mental Health Integration Workshop April 2024

Focusing on C-TECH’s Clinical Mentoring Program

C-TECH/I-TECH provides technical assistance to clinicians at HRSA-supported HIV treatment sites through our Clinical Mentoring program. The C-TECH Clinical Mentors support clinicians who care for PLHIV through the provision of updates on HIV treatment guidelines, docket reviews of unsuppressed patients, case consultations, and delivery of didactic presentations to concretize the general management of patients with HIV, with emphasis on the updated MOHW National Guidelines on the Clinical Management of HIV. There is also an effort to ensure that the care provided to the PLHIV population is holistic and integrated to facilitate access to services for Mental Health Disorders and other Non-Communicable Diseases.

Twelve junior HIV clinicians (11 doctors and 1 Family Nurse Practitioner) participated in a Training of Mentee workshop hosted by C-TECH at the Ocean Coral Spring Hotel in Trelawny in April. These clinicians will be engaged in clinical mentoring activities in the upcoming year and will be supported by a multi-cadre team of doctors, mental health practitioners, and administrative staff from I-TECH/C-TECH. 

All mentees will have access to local and international HIV and mental health care resources and learning opportunities, including access to online courses on the Caribbean Health e-Learning Portal, access to a  C-TECH Clinical Mentoring hub which serves as a repository for HIV and Mental health-related resources for clinicians, and the C-TECH Clinical Community of Practice telementoring program.