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About the National HIV Curriculum
This no-cost site is an up-to-date educational resource for health care professionals and trainees to learn about HIV diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.
Modules:
4th EditionQuick Reference – Browse content or search to quickly get information
Self Study – Sign in to track progress and earn free CE or Certificates of Completion (CoC)
Question Bank - Answer board-review style questions, sign in to track progress, and earn free CE or CoC
Screening and Diagnosis
Learn about HIV epidemiology in the United States, routine HIV screening recommendations, HIV diagnostic testing methods, acute HIV, and how to successfully link diagnosed people to care.
Basic HIV Primary Care
Explore key primary care elements, including the initial evaluation, common oral and cutaneous manifestations, recommended immunizations, primary care comorbidities, screening for mental health conditions, substance use disorders, and retention in care.
Antiretroviral Therapy
Learn how to select appropriate antiretroviral medication regimens, manage common adverse effects and drug interactions, switch regimens when indicated, and evaluate and manage virologic failure.
Co-Occurring Conditions
Examine how to diagnose and treat latent tuberculosis, prevent common opportunistic infections, treat serious opportunistic infections, screen and treat sexually transmitted infections, and manage viral hepatitis coinfections.
Prevention of HIV
Explore how to identify and implement strategies to prevent HIV transmission related to perinatal transmission, treatment of HIV as prevention, occupational and nonoccupational postexposure prophylaxis, and preexposure prophylaxis.
Key Populations
Learn about several additional key populations impacted by HIV, including infants and children, adolescents and young adults, women, older adults, individuals in correctional facilities, and persons who acquire HIV-2.
Question Bank
The NHC Question Bank features 290 interactive board-review style questions that emphasize major topics. Learners must sign in to earn CE/Certificates of Completion or track progress.