The Blended Clinical Training (BCT)– Learning Management System (LMS) application provides course material and assessments to be completed online.
The objectives of the Blended Clinical Training under the National Aids Control Organization is to encourage self-learning amongst the healthcare staff working under the National AIDS Control Program (NACPand enable them to learn at )their own convenient time and pace. The courses are intended to update the healthcare staff working in ICTC, ART, Lab Services Division under the NACP, with the latest technical and operational guidelines, quality documentation and reporting. Through this activity, NACO hopes to improve the quality of services provided to PLHIV and improve their quality of life in the long run.
TheBCT program aims to bridge the Critical Gaps in quality of India’s HIV prevention-to-treatment continuum, which basically include: (1) linkage loss between positive detection to ART registration; (2) Retention of clients ART; (3) Knowledge, Skill, Infrastructure and Human Resource gaps at the HIV service facilities; (4) Inadequate redressal of several community and patient level concerns to reduce vulnerability and improve the quality of life of among PLHIV; and (5) Need for both induction andongoing capacity building efforts to meet the program requirements and adapt to the new developments in HIV.