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SUMMARY:Responding to Rapid PrEP Need: Integrating Teams\, Streamlining Workflows\, and Equipping Clinicians
DESCRIPTION:HIV Prevention Institute\nAs demand for rapid-start PrEP continues to grow\, healthcare teams need practical\, scalable models that support timely access while fitting real clinical workflows. This live\, in-person institute will focus on the real-world implementation of rapid-start PrEP across clinical and pharmacy settings\, with an emphasis on team-based care and operational readiness. Through an interprofessional lens\, faculty will explore how clinicians\, pharmacists\, and care teams can work together to integrate rapid-start PrEP using streamlined workflows\, standing orders\, lab reflex panels\, and clinician-facing tools that support consistent\, efficient delivery of care. \nKey Focus Areas: \n\nStatus-neutral workflow design to support rapid-start PrEP\nLeveraging interprofessional HIV prevention teams to improve PrEP routinization\nPreparing clinicians and systems for the potential of rapid-start injectable PrEP\nApplying practical tools such as algorithms\, flowcharts\, and quick-reference guides across diverse care settings
URL:https://syncconference.org/agenda/responding-to-rapid-prep-need/
LOCATION:Studio C
CATEGORIES:Institute,Power of Prevention
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SUMMARY:Elevating the PrEP Navigation Workforce through Certification
DESCRIPTION:HIV Prevention Navigation Institute\nWhile disparities in PrEP uptake and need persist and PrEP demand remains high\, experienced PrEP navigation staff are key to realizing the benefits of PrEP. \nThis institute equips participants with the practical knowledge\, communication strategies\, and clinical context needed to guide individuals through their PrEP journey. Through a 2.5-hour interactive training\, participants will explore person-centered navigation approaches\, review current PrEP guidelines and data\, and learn to address barriers to PrEP use with clarity\, empathy\, and cultural humility. The institute emphasizes real-world application across diverse care settings\, including clinics\, pharmacies\, community health centers\, and outreach programs. Participants will earn their HIV PrEP navigation certification – demonstrating their expertise and commitment to advancing HIV prevention – and be included in HealthHIV’s national online directory of HIVPNCs. \nLearning Objectives: \n\nDescribe the barriers patients face to initiating and adhering to PrEP.\nIdentify how providers and PrEP navigation staff can address adherence challenges through the health system.\nSummarize best practices for guiding patients to access PrEP medication\, labs and clinic visits.\nEstablish safe spaces\, deliver client-centered\, culturally sensitive services and culturally- and linguistically-sensitive communication to help patients navigate the PrEP care continuum.
URL:https://syncconference.org/agenda/elevating-the-prep-navigation-workforce-through-certification/
LOCATION:Potomac A
CATEGORIES:Institute,Power of Prevention
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SUMMARY:Expanding the National HIV Prevention Workforce through Certification
DESCRIPTION:HIV Prevention Certified Provider Institute\nExpanding the HIV prevention workforce is more important than ever: biomedical prevention is advancing rapidly and the HIV workforce is shrinking. \nThis institute offers a comprehensive foundation for providers to: 1) identify individuals who may benefit from HIV prevention services; 2) implement high-impact PrEP interventions; and\, 3) apply a framework of cultural humility to improve engagement and retention in care. Participants also will learn strategies for HIV prevention\, PrEP counseling\, and PrEP provision within pharmacy-based settings. Expert faculty include an infectious disease physician and pharmacist\, bringing together clinical knowledge and applied strategies for frontline HIV prevention. \nLearning Objectives: \n\nDiscuss sexual health and HIV prevention options with clients.\nReview biomedical advances in HIV and STI prevention.\nIdentify considerations for implementing long-acting HIV prevention in clinical settings.\nDescribe eligibility screening and PrEP counseling strategies in pharmacies.\nEducate patients on PrEP adherence\, safety precautions\, and the importance of regular monitoring for optimal HIV prevention
URL:https://syncconference.org/agenda/expanding-the-national-hiv-prevention-workforce-through-certification/
LOCATION:Potomac B
CATEGORIES:Institute,Power of Prevention
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260318T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260318T153000
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SUMMARY:EmpowHERed Resilience: Advancing Black Women's Health Together
DESCRIPTION:Black Women’s Health Institute\nEmpowHERed Resilience is a transformative storytelling experience and institute for Black women to gather\, reflect\, and heal. Through a four-part video series\, participants engage with lived stories across HIV prevention\, care\, and long-term wellness\, uplifting sexual health and honoring the full spectrum of Black women’s experiences. This session fosters connection\, affirms lived wisdom\, and builds supportive networks\, empowering Black women to move forward with strength\, purpose\, and possibility. \nLearning Objectives: \n\nDescribe at least two self-care\, resilience\, and advocacy tools that support Black women’s wellness.\nExplore community-centered approaches to sexual health across the HIV continuum.\nIdentify one practice to amplify Black women’s voices and strengthen collective care.\nDiscuss how fear\, uncertainty\, and social conditions impact sexual health decisions and access to HIV prevention and care.
URL:https://syncconference.org/agenda/empowhered-resilience/
LOCATION:Studio D
CATEGORIES:Institute
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260318T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260318T153000
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SUMMARY:Beyond the Diagnosis: Building Systems for Healthy Aging with HIV
DESCRIPTION:Aging with HIV Institute\nPeople Aging With HIV are navigating longer lives within systems that were never designed to support aging\, multimorbidity\, or long-term stability. Clinical advances have extended life expectancy\, but the systems surrounding care—workforce pipelines\, financing structures\, and service integration—have not kept pace. As a result\, many experience uneven access to aging-appropriate services\, including highly complex and long-term care needs\, as policy and reimbursement pressures place the long-term sustainability of HIV care systems at risk. Healthy aging with HIV depends on care models and workforce capacity that support function\, continuity\, and stability across later life. \nDrawing from HealthHIV’s Fifth Annual State of Aging with HIV™ National Survey findings from consumers and the HIV workforce\, the Institute explores how clinical realities and patient experience are shaped by current care system capacity\, workforce readiness\, and access conditions. It also considers how system conditions influence who delivers care and where gaps persist\, reshaping the HIV workforce at a critical juncture. \nLearning Objectives: \n\nDescribe key issues shaping the experience of aging with HIV\, including multimorbidity\, mobility limitations\, housing instability\, and the long-term impacts of accelerated aging and early antiretroviral treatment.\nAssess whether current systems and providers are prepared to meet the full spectrum of aging-related needs in HIV care.\nExplore structural and policy innovation by identifying strategies to align HIV services with healthy aging priorities\, invest in workforce readiness\, and build models of care that sustain quality of life over time.
URL:https://syncconference.org/agenda/beyond-the-diagnosis-building-systems-for-healthy-aging-with-hiv/
LOCATION:Studio E
CATEGORIES:Institute
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