• Understand the major principles of adult learning
• Learn how to apply existing theoretical and practical skills on HIV/AIDS etiology, pathogenesis, classification systems and diagnosis of HIV/AIDS, as well as antiretroviral drugs and current guidelines for ART into everyday practice
• Learn how to systematize gained knowledge and develop training curricula and materials to train other physicians and students
• Understand how to define learning objectives for each of the Initiation of ART sessions objectives, criteria and standards for assessing the performance of the student, types of objectives, etc.
• Learn about icebreakers techniques and how to interact with audience in an informal way
• Learn about presenting information and preparing power point presentations, review major challenges and how to avid them
• Learn how to prepare and present case studies, visual materials, ask and answer the questions
• Learn how to design course and choose appropriate format of the lecture
• Understand major principles of experiential learning and use of role play exercises
• Learn how to organize clinic visit and how to use patients for learning purposes, ethical aspects of patient examination
• Understand how to apply new knowledge into practice.

• Adult learning, learning by objectives, experiential learning, criteria and standards for assessing the performance of the student, icebreakers techniques, interacting with audience presenting information and preparing power point presentations, case studies, organizing clinic visit and how to use patients for learning purposes, overview of course materials for Initiation of ART for Aults.

• Comprehensive set of course slides and handouts on adult learning and ToT techniques.
• Adapted introduction to the WHO and HHS/CDC Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT) Generic Training Package
• Course materials on Introduction to ART for Adults with teaching tips

Materials are available in printing and electronic format, in Russian and English.