The GHCSS Has Concluded
The Global Health Clinical Seminar Series ran from 2007–2012 and was supported through PEPFAR, the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. It was produced by International Training & Education Center on HIV (I-TECH) with funding from Cooperative Agreement U91HA06801 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), in collaboration with CDC.
Links to Distance Learning Opportunities for Health Care Professionals
The following are links to clinical distance learning programs, resources, and self study materials aimed at health care professionals in resource-limited settings.
Some of the links are available free of charge, but users are advised to check the relevant websites for the most up-to-date information on cost.
Please help us keep this reference up-to-date! E-mail updates to DLinfo@uw.edu.
Disclaimer: These links are provided for your convenience; I-TECH is not responsible for, and cannot guarantee the quality of, the following programs or materials.
- I-TECH HIV/AIDS Clinical Seminar Series
- Live, 1 hour distance learning sessions held twice a month for health care workers treating HIV/AIDS in Africa, the Caribbean and India. Experts present on a variety of advanced care, comprehensive management, and treatment topics to several countries around the globe. Archived sessions available on website with creation of login. Free.
- Africa Teledermatology Project
- Provides teledermatology consultation services, live discussions on diagnosis and management of patients with skin diseases, and links to educational resources and African dermatologic curriculum. Free.
- Community HIV/AIDS Mobilization Project (CHAMP) and AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition (AVAC) webinars
- Four-session series of webinars on the HIV Prevention Research Update from the 2009 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI). Free.
- Harvard University HIV Online Provider Education (HOPE) online conference series
- Provides access to bimonthly live webcast discussions of issues relevant to the care of HIV infected patients in resource-limited settings. Also provides a nurse seminar. Free.
- Johns Hopkins University Center for Clinical Global Health Education (CCGHE)
- Offers distance learning through online courses, a website, and live and pre-recorded webcasts. Free.
- Réeseau en Afrique Francophone pour la Télémédecine (RAFT)
- Archived seminars cover topics related to AIDS and STD research. Free.
Online Seminars
- Courses and materials in this section can be downloaded and accessed by individuals and do not require enrollment in a course, although some sites require free registration or offer certificates upon completion.
- ASInstitute
- Site offers training in management of health service institutions. Available in French, Spanish, and Vietnamese. Free.
Online Self Study Courses and Materials
- Commonwealth of Learning: Course Materials
- Archived course materials developed by Commonwealth of Learning and its partner organizations on variety of topics. Available in various formats, including Word documents, PDF documents, and videos. Most materials are freely available for download and adaption, but some may carry restrictive licenses.
- Emergency Contraception (EC) for Conflict Affected Settings: eLearning Module
- Self-instructional module that provides basic information about EC to increase knowledge, better assess clients’ needs, and promote awareness within conflict-affected communities. Available online (download 4Mb zip file) and on CD-ROM. Available in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Pashto, and Burmese. Free.
- EngenderHealth Online Courses
- Site offers a 9-module course in infection prevention for health care workers in resource-limited settings, as well as three mini-courses in sexuality and sexual health, sexually transmitted infections, and HIV and AIDS. Available online, for download, or on CD-ROM. Some courses are offered in Spanish. Free.
- International AIDS Society-United States (IAS) Cases on the Web (COW)
- Over 40 interactive web-based cases related to HIV. Focus is on the United States. Free.
- John Hopkins University Open Access Courses and Training
- Archived courses and educational materials developed by Johns Hopkins faculty on various topics. Available in slides, PDF documents, pre-recorded webcasts and videos. Some courses are in Spanish. Free.
- Johns Hopkins University Point of Care Information Technology (POC-IT) Center Website
- An online resource for clinicians treating HIV infected patients. Resource includes an electronic evidence-based clinical decision support guide intended for use at the bedside in primary and specialty care clinical settings or for continuing education and rapidly updating knowledge. Information can be downloaded to a computer or mobile device. Free.
- HIV Guide: A comprehensive HIV guide that includes the latest information on HIV diagnosis, drugs, management and pathogens.
- Antibiotic Guide: A resource for diagnosing, managing and treating infectious diseases.
- Continuing Medical Education Center: Interactive multimedia programs featuring 1-hour lectures by experts. Also provides 15-minute web-based continuing medical education activities (called CME POC-IT). Materials are geared toward clinicians practicing in the United States; however, activities are archived and can be used for continuing education.
- Medicine Online: Optimal Management of HIV/AIDS Therapy Cases and Videos
- Three-part continuing medical education series provides videotaped interviews with three US clinicians and interactive patient case studies. Also includes an interactive multimedia textbook on HIV and AIDS.
- Minimal Initial Service Package (MISP) for Reproductive Health in Crisis Situations: eLearning Module
- A self-instructional learning module that helps to increase knowledge of priority reproductive health services to initiate at the onset of a crisis. Module includes chapter quizzes and a posttest. Available online and on CD-ROM. Available in English, French, Spanish, Arabic, Bahasa, and Russian. Free.
- National Network of STD/HIV Prevention Training Centers (NNPTC) Online STD Case Study Series
- Eight web-based practice cases to help physicians diagnose, treat and manage patients infected with, or at risk for, STIs. Designed for US-based clinicians. Free; must create login.
- PEPFAR eLearning Center Online Modules
- A technical resource for professionals working in the field of HIV and AIDS. Online courses on data quality, HIV and AIDS surveillance, and on monitoring and evaluation (M&E) frameworks for HIV and AIDS programs. Free; must create login.
- The Quality Assurance Project (QAP): Tuberculosis Case Management eLearning
- Resource allows users to practice and apply mastery of the World Health Organization's Directly Observed Therapy Short-Course (DOTS) approach on simulated cases. They can improve treatment and diagnostic decisions using computer-generated feedback on their performance.
- University of California, San Francisco: HIV InSite Online Clinical Case Library
- Provides seven original patient case studies describing clinical observations related to HIV care and treatment in resource-limited settings.
- University of California, San Francisco and Francis J. Curry National TB Center Online TB/HIV Course
- An hour long, interactive, case-based online course on the transmission, pathogenesis, epidemiology, screening, diagnosis, and treatment of TB and HIV-1 coinfection, including information on treatment of latent TB infection and treatment of active tuberculosis disease in the presence of protease inhibitors.
- University of Washington Hepatitis Web Study
- Sixty-eight interactive case studies and two video tutorials intended for health care workers involved with the clinical care of HIV-infected individuals. Topics include post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP), ART, ART resistance, opportunistic infection (OI) prophylaxis and treatment, and drug-drug interactions. Also available on CD-ROM. Free.
- University of Washington Hepatitis Web Study
- Over 28 interactive case studies intended for health care workers involved with the care of patients at risk for infection with hepatitis. Topics include diagnosis, management and prevention of hepatitis A, B, C, and other hepatitis viruses as well as treatment in special populations. Free.
- USAID Global Health E-Learning Center
- Twenty-nine online short courses on topics ranging from HIV and AIDS, infectious disease, MCH, and pediatrics to program management. Free; must create login.
- Courses and materials in this section require enrollment or registration and usually offer a certificate upon completion. Some use a combination of distance learning and other modalities.
- Global Campus 21 Online Courses
- Online courses on health and HIV-related topics; also incorporates face-to-face workshops. Cost varies.
- HIV [e]Foundation Blended Learning Courses
- Twelve-week computer-based self-study modules are given to students on USB memory sticks. Modules train health care workers in nine resource-limited countries on antiretroviral therapy (ART), pediatric HIV, and tuberculosis (TB). In English, Portuguese, French, Thai, and Spanish.
- Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health Open CourseWare
- Courses on infectious diseases, biostatistics, public health, global health, maternal and child health MCH, and nutrition. Free.
- John Hopkins University School of Public Health Online Courses
- Offers a variety of short and long online courses in public health. Some courses use a mix of on-site sessions and distance learning. Includes the opportunity to earn a distance learning master of public health degree. Cost; prices vary.
- University of Oxford Department for Continuing Education: E-learning Certification Programme in Global Health
- Online continuing education courses for US public health professionals. Materials are also available on CD-ROM. Topics include epidemiology, data analysis, and M&E frameworks. Free.
- The World Bank Institute Health and AIDS eLearning
- Site offers four separate courses with multiple offerings each during the year. Some courses are offered in multiple languages (French, Portuguese). Cost; prices vary
- World Health Organization (WHO) eLearning Tool: ICATT (Integrated Management of Childhood Illness Computerized Adaptation and Training Tool)<
- The tool allows adaptation of the generic integrated management of childhood illness (IMCI) guidelines at national and sub-national levels to a variety of training approaches.
- World Health Organization (WHO) Distance Learning Programme in Blood Transfusion Safety
- Online resource manual that includes information for self-study and updating as well as instruction on how to incorporate the manual into a distance training program. Available in English, French and Spanish. Free.
Online Enrollment Courses
- African Medical and Research Foundation (AMREF)
- Ten print-based correspondence courses on clinical topics such as child health, MCH, mental health, community health, infectious diseases, and non-communicable diseases. Also offers an eLearning course for nurses. Cost; prices vary.
Correspondence Courses
- National Network STD/HIV Training Resources
- Offers online courses, web-based case studies and webcasts related to STIs. Free.
- U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Public Health Training Network (PHTN)
- Offers webcasts, podcasts and satellite broadcasts on various cutting edge clinical and public health topics. Free.
- World Health Organization (WHO) Distance Learning Resources
- Provides a list of online and distance learning opportunities; includes both short and long courses.
Additional Resources
- I-TECH’s HIV/AIDS Clinical Materials Database
- Offers a variety of free instructional videos online. Please note that these videos are meant to be used within a training program context with guidance from a trained facilitator, and are not for self-study purposes. Several of these videos are listed below.
- I-TECH: Opportunistic Infection (OI) Video Cases and Facilitator's Guide
- Ten video cases featuring real patients from Chennai, India, are designed to assist clinicians in recognizing and correctly diagnosing OIs associated with HIV. When using the video as a self-learning tool, please use the accompanying facilitator's guide. Free.
- I-TECH: Sensitive Female Pelvic Exam Demonstration Video
- Shot on location in Botswana, this video provides a detailed, step-by-step, sensitive demonstration of a pelvic exam performed by a local doctor. Free
- I-TECH: Tuvunje Ukimya (Let Us Break the Silence), Real stories of HIV-positive Tanzanian health care workers documentary
- Five HIV-infected health care workers in Tanzania describe how they are living positively, confronting stigma and discrimination, working with their institutions to establish support programs, and continuing to support their families. When using this video as a self-learning tool, please use the accompanying facilitator's guide. Free.