The MWAETC is dedicated to training and capacity building both inside and outside carceral facilities to support patient access to the best available care and treatment along the HIV Care Continuum (prevention through viral suppression). Using a patient-centered approach to whole person health, we offer a variety of training opportunities specific to health and social service providers working with people with a history of or currently incarcerated:
- 20th Annual HIV in the Carceral Setting Conference
- Carceral Communities of Practice
- Provider Mentoring
- Didactic seminars and lectures
- On-line video trainings (live and on-demand)
- Preceptorship program for medical providers
- Clinical consultation
- Technical assistance
Carceral Mailing List
Want to be notified of our upcoming training events, Communities of Practices and special events? Sign up for the MWAETC carceral mailing list at this link.
2027 MWAETC HIV Care in the Carceral Setting Conference
The 20th Annual MWAETC HIV Care in the Carceral Setting Conference offers HIV/STI clinical updates and promising practices to increase efficiencies and support whole person health for individuals in the carceral settings in the ten-state Mountain West region (Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Colorado, and Utah). See content in right sidebar for details.
Network with colleagues and identify opportunities to streamline STI/HIV prevention and care both within facilities and at release. Conference attendees should work in a professional role to support people with carceral engagement along the HIV Care Continuum from prevention through viral suppression.
2026 Carceral Conference Highlights
The 2026 MWAETC HIV in the Carceral Setting Conference in Tacoma, WA united multidisciplinary professionals committed to improving HIV/STI care in jails and prisons. Programming combined the latest clinical updates with motivational interviewing, trauma-responsive care, peer perspectives, behavioral health, lifestyle interventions, and practical strategies for navigating challenging patient interactions. The conference fostered learning, connection, and renewed commitment— leaving participants better prepared to meet people where they are and improve health outcomes through respectful, person-centered care. Participants commented:
"What an amazing group of panelists that spoke today. I absolutely loved the different topics that were presented. So incredibly helpful and valuable. I also very much enjoyed the information, the peer support panels, loved the scenarios and presentation from UCLA presenters. I feel so much more prepared to 'meet people where they are' IN EVERYDAY PRACTICE"
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Training Requests
If you would like to schedule a HIV/STI/HBV/HCV/MAT training for providers working with people with carceral experience in a facility, in the community, or virtually please contact the Oregon AETC.
HIV Carceral Provider Mentoring
The MWAETC offers one-on-one HIV/STI, including viral hepatitis, clinical education through the Oregon Primary Care Association for people working in carceral settings in the 10 state MWAETC region. Virtual check-ins are brief, offered at no cost, and content is always free of commercial bias. Click here to schedule with Dr. Lara Strick
Mountain West Regional
HIV in Carceral Settings Community of Practice
This Community of Practice is a recurring collaborative discussion for professionals (e.g., carceral staff, clinicians, nurses, public health, and other community partners) in the Mountain West region (AK, CO, ND, SD, ID, MT, OR, UT, WA, and WY) working with people with HIV who have experienced incarceration, focusing on care in facilities, pre-release and post-release linkages, and continuity of care. Upcoming topics focus on micro-elimination of Hepatitis C and peer in-reach. Click here for more information
Oregon Statewide
HIV in Carceral Settings and Linkage to Care Community of Practice
This community of practice is a recurring monthly collaborative discussion of Oregon and SW Washington professionals (e.g., carceral staff, clinicians, nurses, public health, and other community partners) working with people with HIV who have experienced incarceration, focusing on pre-release and post-release linkages and continuity of care. Click here for more information
Carceral HIV Preceptorship
This two-day educational program is a prison-based preceptorship for health care providers during which they will observe and work with an HIV expert preceptor. Preceptorships will be designed to meet the specific needs of individual trainees based on current levels of experience and practice settings. Preceptors will focus on the care and treatment of patients with HIV within the context of a comprehensive, continuum of care model. A combination of didactic and experiential instruction will include HIV risk assessment, diagnosis of primary HIV and opportunistic infections, therapeutic interventions (i.e., medication regimens, including managing side effects, salvage therapies, and adherence strategies), and treatment as prevention. Instruction will also include strategies for effectively addressing patients’ psychosocial needs related to mental health and substance use disorders and social support. Participants (preceptees) will accompany the preceptor to observe at least four work-ups with patients being treated for HIV. The preceptorship can include time in both prison and community clinic settings.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this program, attendees should be able to:
- Diagnose primary HIV infection
- Conduct baseline evaluation of newly diagnosed patients with HIV infection
- Cite principles underlying antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation and maintenance
- Recognize adverse and potentially life-threatening side effects of ART
- Approach diagnosis/management of common HIV co-morbid conditions