Training the next generation of HIV providers: impact of trainees on patient satisfaction in an urban HIV clinic

AIDS Care
Jacqueline E Sherbuk, Lydia Aoun Barakat

Abstract

For persons living with HIV and AIDS (PLWHA), care by an HIV-specialist improves outcomes and satisfaction with one's HIV primary care provider (PCP) promotes engagement with care. In the United States, we are facing a workforce shortage of HIV providers. As we aim to train a new generation of HIV providers, it is unclear how PLWHA perceive their experience when cared for by trainees compared to experienced providers. Therefore we assessed patient satisfaction with HIV providers, both trainees in an HIV Primary Care residency program and HIV-specialists. A secondary objective was to evaluate providers' performance in adhering to standard management guidelines for HIV-associated and non-HIV-associated conditions. We surveyed 75 PLWHA, including 51 (68%) assigned to an HIV-specialist PCP and 24 (32%) to a trainee PCP. Overall patient satisfaction on a 10-point scale was similar (mean 9.6 HIV-specialist vs 9.7 trainee, p = 0.71) and remained similar in multivariate logistic regression analysis when controlling for patient age, gender, race, and recently establishing care (Odds Ratio 1.1, 95% Confidence Interval 0.3-5.0). Participants in the trainee group were more likely to feel their provider "always" spent enough time with them ...Continue Reading

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