Who We Are

The North Carolina AIDS Education & Training Center (NCAETC) is the local provider of AIDS Education and Training Center (AETC) services for North Carolina. The AETC program is a nation-wide network for regional HIV/AIDS center. Since 1987, AETC programs have been funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB). The 12 regional AETCs are designed to meet the training and information needs of clinical HIV care providers.

The NC AIDS Education & Training Center is a subsite of the Southeast AIDS Training and Education Center (SEATEC) at Emory University. SEATEC is the regional AETC serving North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia, and Alabama. It hosts regional conferences, provides clinical training, evaluation support and technical assistance to its subsite agencies.

SEATEC has had a training center in North Carolina since 1988. First called the North Carolina AIDS Training Network, it was located at the North Carolina Primary Health Care Association. In 2000, the center moved to Duke University, in the Health Inequalities Program (HIP) of the Center for Health Policy.

What Is Our Mission

The NC AIDS Education & Training Center is dedicated to serving HIV care providers across North Carolina. It is our goal to educate health care providers about HIV infection including prevention, diagnosis, training, treatment, and psychological issues.

It is the mission of the Health Inequalities Program to diminish health disparities by improving patients' access to high quality care and services. NCAETC supports HIP's mission of integration of care by providing training outreach to all members of the HIV care team.

What Do We Offer

The NC AIDS Education & Training Center offers HIV clinical training at the lowest cost to the learner. Our clinical trainings are based on the HIV information and technical assistance needs of North Carolina's HIV care providers. Our services include:

• Clinical Preceptorships: Intensive clinical training opportunities for HIV clinicians, either onsite through visiting clinical preceptors or offsite at rotations in infectious disease clinics

• Clinical Consultation: One-on-one assistance with clinical decision-making for individual patients

• Classroom-Based Learning: Seminars, workshops, and conferences to develop clinical expertise

• Technical Assistance: with Program and staffing issues for organizations beginning or expanding HIV services.

In addition, we also train clinicians and community care providers on information regarding HIV and Hepatitis C co-infection.

Who is Our Target Audience

Our priority professions for training include:

• Physicians
• Nurse Practitioners
• Physician Assistants
• Nurses
• Dental Professionals
• Pharmacists
• Case Managers

Our priority care settings for training include:

• Ryan White CARE Act-funded sites
• Organizations serving minority patients
• Organizations serving rural patients
• Community and migrant health centers

We understand that in order to meet the whole needs of an HIV patient, his health care team is comprised of more than the medical staff. Therefore, we occasionally offer training for social workers, mental health and substance abuse professionals, health educators, peer educators and other members of the health care team. Often these training events are offered at a nominal fee to the participant or his or her organization. To find out more click here Community Health Events.

To request training, click here.