Date
Cost
Available to
Medical Specialist
Continuing Professional Development
RACGP - 4x CAT 2 points; ACRRM - 2x Core PDP points
Event Location
Level 6, 737 Bourke Street
Docklands VIC 3008
Australia
The case discussion session will be designed to suit GPs who treat patients with Hepatitis C or clinicians/primary care practitioners who are interested in increasing their knowledge of Hepatitis C treatments. Attendees are encouraged to bring their own cases to the session and/or submit questions or topics to be discussed.
This interactive case discussion session will be facilitated by:
Associate Professor Joe Sasadeusz
An Infectious Diseases Physician at the Hepatitis Clinic at The Royal Melbourne Hospital, with cross appointments at the Alfred Hospital and Melbourne Sexual Health Centre.
A/Prof Sasadeusz is a medical virologist with a specific interest in viral hepatitis and is head of the Hepatitis Clinic at the Royal Melbourne Hospital and conducts HIV-hepatitis coinfection clinics at the Alfred Hospital and the Melbourne Sexual Health Centre. He has been involved in multiple clinical trials in viral hepatitis.
Further Details:
Dinner will be provided.
Dinner and registration for those attending face to face: 6:30 - 7:00 pm
Training session : 7:00 - 9:00 pm
Registrations are essential.
RACGP 4x CAT 2 points
ACRRM 2x Core PDP points
Learning outcomes:
- Know when to test for hepatitis C and how to interpret results
- Develop appropriate treatment plans for complex cases
- Develop an effective plan for ongoing monitoring including identifying appropriate treatment changes as necessary
- Identify appropriate referral pathways for patients - who to contact and where to look for relevant information
- Know how to monitor patients on direct acting antiviral treatment and assess if treatment has been curative