This webinar series has been developed to increase clinician awareness and use of ASHM’s Could It Be HIV? tool in primary and non-HIV specialist care.
It will build confidence among GPs and medical specialists to integrate indicator-guided HIV testing into routine clinical practice.
In the webinar you will learn about evidence-based HIV testing, who you should be testing, how to start the conversation on HIV in your practice and understanding clinical indicator conditions.
Presenters:
- Clinical Professor Louise Owen| Sexual Health Physician | Director of Statewide Sexual Health Service | Clinical Professor at the School of Medicine UTAS | President of the Australasian Chapter of Sexual Health Nurses
- Sara Whitburn| General Practitioner | Medical Director and Senior Lecturer at Sexual Health Victoria
Learning Outcomes:
On completion of this course and its components, participants will be able to:
- Explain the importance of testing for HIV
- Identify and discuss behavioural and clinical indications for HIV testing
- Consider strategies for confidently discussing sexual health with patients
