Congratulations to Dr. Silvia Guillemi Director, BC-CfE Clinical Education and Training and her team who were recognized with the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) Continuing Professional Development Award. This award is given to a Mainpro+¨ certified educational program which has provided an exceptional learning experience to practicing or practice-eligible CFPC members.
The award was presented to Dr. Guillemi on October 17, 2016 during the 8th National Canadian Professional Development Accreditation Conference in recognition of the exceptional work she and the team has accomplished leading the Intensive Preceptorship Training Program in HIV/AIDS at the BC-CfE.
The Preceptorship Training Program in HIV/AIDS was developed in 2011 and has since trained more than 80 family physicians and nurse practitioners from across the province as part of an initiative to implement and expand antiretroviral therapy supporting the Treatment as Prevention¨ strategy. The program has had a significant impact on the number of patients seen by those physicians and on the health outcomes of their patients.
Dr. Guillemi would like to thank Vancouver Coastal Health, Island Health, Interior Health and Fraser Health Authorities, and the many colleagues at the John Ruedy Immunodeficiency Clinic (IDC) at St. Paul’s Hospital, IDC specialists, Oak Tree Clinic and the Urban Health Infection Unit who generously provided their time to train health care providers, and without whom this initiative would not have been possible.