Botswana Preceptorship Programme
The African Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Partnerships (ACHAP) is a collaboration between the Government of Botswana , the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation , and the Merck Company Foundation , to prevent and treat HIV/AIDS in Botswana. ACHAP, established in July 2000, supports the goals of the GOV to decrease HIV incidence and significantly increase the rate of diagnosis and the treatment of the disease, by rapidly advancing prevention programmes, healthcare access, patient management and treatment of HIV/AIDS. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Merck Company Foundation have each dedicated US $50 million over five years towards the project. The Office of International Programs at the Division of AIDS is partnering with ACHAP to help support the ACHAP Preceptroship Programme, which places physicians and nurses with expertise in HIV treatment throughout Botswana as part of the GOB ARV Program. The program teams a nurse and doctor together to help train and roll out the ARV Program in districts throughout the country. We are seeking applications from qualified nurses and doctors, preferably with experience working abroad. Appropriate candidates will be referred to the ACHAP Preceptorship Program. Participants must be willing to work in Botswana for a minimum of 3 months, and may sign contracts for up to a year in length. For more information, contact Roger Shapiro.
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Experienced HIV clinicians, including physicians, nurses, and laboratory and pharmacy professionals, may be needed from time to time to serve on a volunteer basis as preceptors in HIV clinical programs in Africa funded by Harvard PEPFAR. The preceptorship assistance of experienced clinical administrators also occasionally may be needed. Program needs for such preceptors will be noted by the in-country directors and coordinators and will be communicated to the country directors. Professionals who wish to serve in these capacities may be invited to do so by individual country directors, in consultation with the in-country staff and with the Executive Director and Principal Investigator. The purpose of such preceptorships shall be for these health professionals to provide training and individual tutorials for in-country health professionals who are associated with Harvard PEPFAR programs. In these training and technical assistance capacities, the preceptors will not be engaged in the active practice of their professions in-country, but instead will be assisting in-country professionals in training and improving critical skills in HIV clinical care and administration. For this reason, in-country professional licensure of the preceptors will not be necessary. Preceptors may be drawn from U.S. institutions, or from institutions based outside the U.S.
The preceptors shall serve under the following circumstances:
Preceptor duties and expectations will be defined in writing by the Harvard PEPFAR country director who has requested the preceptor's assistance. This outline of responsibilities and expectations shall be acknowledged and signed by the preceptor. The outline of duties will include the stipulation that the preceptor not engage in the practice of his or her profession in relation to individual patients, but provide training and other educational, technical assistance and support functions for the programs funded by Harvard PEPFAR.
Periods of service ordinarily should be either two, four, six or eight weeks, at the discretion of the Harvard PEPFAR country director and in-country senior staff, and agreed to in advance by the preceptor. The expectation will be that during the specified period, the preceptor will provide full time services, on a schedule dictated by the custom and practice of the PEPFAR-funded clinic or hospital, under the general direction of the Harvard PEPFAR country director and in-country senior staff.
In performing preceptor services, the preceptor will act in accordance with all in-country clinic and hospital policies and procedures, including, to the extent the preceptor comes into contact with individual patients, those relating to the patients' privacy and interests.
Expenses incurred by preceptors shall be reimbursed by Harvard PEPFAR as follows, based upon submission of appropriate receipts and documentation:
Round trip airfare in economy or coach class, from preceptor's residence to the country location. Flexibility will be allowed as to fare class or code of economy/coach tickets
Other reasonable local travel expenses, based on actual expenses incurred and documented.
Actual per diem lodging expenses, up to the levels
specified by the U.S. government for the local area. Preceptors will be encouraged to arrive two or three days in advance of the beginning of their service, in order to recover from travel and become acquainted with the locale. Per diem lodging and per diem rates for other expenses will be paid during such pre-service days.
Per diem rates for other expenses, such as food and
personal expenses, at the levels specified by the U.S. government for the local area. This reimbursement shall not be based on actual expenses but on number of days spent in the local area performing services for Harvard PEPFAR, including any weekends or local national holidays while the preceptor is in-country.
Honoraria at the customary rate of $1,750 per week of services. However, preceptors whose base salaries continue to be paid during their preceptorship by their home institutions (and who are not otherwise required to take personal, vacation or other unpaid leave in order to serve as preceptors) will be expected in ordinary circumstances to forego receipt of an honorarium, since the preceptorships are regarded as part of volunteer service.
Preceptors will be discouraged from bringing spouses or families with them to the in-country locations for the duration of their service, since one critical goal of the program is for the preceptor to spend "down-time" with local HIV health professionals and to form lasting bonds and relationships with staff at the local clinic or hospital. A preceptor who wishes to bring a spouse or children in anticipation of leisure or other travel after a preceptorship has ended, will be asked to do so only toward the end of the preceptorship period.
At the conclusion of their service, and within two weeks of their arrival home, preceptors will be expected to provide to the Harvard PEPFAR country director a written summary of their experiences and recommendations. Senior in-country staff will promptly provide to the country director, the Executive Director and the Principal Investigator a written summary of the activities of each preceptor and a report on the impact of each preceptorship on in-country programs. At the conclusion of their service, preceptors will receive from the Harvard PEPFAR Executive Director and Principal Investigator a letter or other document chronicling their participation and service in Harvard PEPFAR.
For more information, please contact Dr. Martin Hirsch .
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