Update (January 2023)

Please be aware that the dates for the September diet of the DHIV OSCE have been rescheduled to take place in October. The new dates for the OSCEs are listed below. The Best of 5 date remains the same:

February 2023

BO5 - Tuesday 14 February 2023 / OSCE Thursday 23 February 2023 and/or Friday 24 February 2023

October 2023

BO5 - Tuesday 12 September 2023 / OSCE Thursday 5 October 2023 and/or Friday 6 October 2023

Established 2002

In response to a perceived need from clinicians, and in consultation with BHIVA and BASHH, the Society instituted a Diploma in HIV Medicine. It is also recognised that a significant number of HIV Medicine practitioners come from a non-genitourinary medicine background, and care has been taken to design both the syllabus and examination to reflect only core knowledge in specialist areas that all HIV physicians should be able to demonstrate. This may include practitioners working in gastroenterology, genitourinary medicine, infectious diseases, thoracic medicine etc.

The examination is designed for registered medical practitioners who have had substantial, regular and continued clinical experience with HIV medicine over at least a 2-year period (or part-time equivalent) at Specialty Trainee level or equivalent.  This should include practice within the last 5 years to ensure currency of knowledge, incorporating experience of both inpatient and outpatient care.

The examination is based on the Specialty Training Curriculum for Genitourinary Medicine which was implemented on 1 December 2016.