Impact of a Fellow-Led Educational Presentation on HIV Health on Medical Trainees’ Self-Reported Knowledge of HIV Care and Subspecialty Interest

OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to assess the impact of delivering a fellow-led educational presentation on human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) health to medical trainees as a strategy of interprofessional education and recruitment in HIV medicine and infectious diseases. METHODS: Between July 2024 and April 2025, at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Infectious Diseases fellows designed and delivered in-person presentations on HIV health to medical trainees, including third-year medical students and second-year categorical Internal Medicine residents. Pre- and postpresentation, the trainees completed an eight-question survey, which was developed in accordance with recommendations from the Association for Medical Education in Europe. Using a 5-point Likert scale, seven survey questions measured self-reported knowledge of HIV care; one measured subspecialty interest in HIV medicine and/or infectious diseases. After converting participants' Likert scale responses to continuous variables on a 1-to-5 numeric scale, the pre- and postpresentation survey responses of trainees and trainee subgroups (medical students, residents) were compared using Wilcoxon signed rank tests. Survey responses also were stratified by trainee type using a two-way mixed effects analysis of variance. CONCLUSIONS: Among medical trainees at a single-site medical center in the southeastern United States, delivering a fellow-led educational presentation on HIV health was associated with increased self-reported knowledge of HIV care and subspecialty interest. This intervention may promote interprofessional education and recruitment.