Could It Be HIV? For General Practitioners

Details

Date & Time

Thursday 16th July @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Venue

Online, ZOOM

Event Category

General practice

Organiser

ASHM Health

More information

https://ashm.org.au/education/could-it-be-hiv-for-general-practitioners/

CPD details

Educational Activities 1.0 hours
Measuring Outcomes 00 hours
Reviewing Performance 00 hours
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Date

Thursday 16th July @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Venue

Online

ZOOM

Organiser

ASHM Health

Educational
Activities

1

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
CPD hours Sexual Health

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