PrEP & HIV Essentials for Primary Care - Geelong & Webinar

This informative and interactive training will aim to improve the confidence of general practitioners to effectively identify populations suitable for the use of PrEP and to confidently prescribe as a strategy for the prevention of HIV transmission.

Pre Exposure Prophyslaxis (PrEP) has been proven highly effective at reducing HIV transmission and there has been an increased  community demand for the prescription of PrEP.
On the 1st of  April 2018, PrEP was  listed on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS). GPs are now be able to prescribe PrEP, and community pharmacies  are able to dispense it. 

Presenter
This session will be facilitated by General Practitioner Dr Matt Penn who is a s100 HIV and s100 Hepatitis B prescriber who works at the Centre Clinic, PRONTO and North Richmond Community Health.

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. RSVP by Monday 20th May 2019

Accreditations:
RACGP 4x CAT 2 points
ACRRM 2x Core PDP points

Learning outcomes:

• Complete an accurate HIV risk assessment
• Interpret HIV tests
• Confidently initiate PrEP
• Monitor and manage ongoing PrEP usage