Could it by HIV? For Emergency Department and Urgent Care Settings

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.

This series will build confidence among medical professionals 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 

Dr Thomas Haskell | Emergency Medicine Specialist at Launceston General Hospital

Time zones:

• NSW, VIC, ACT, TAS, QLD: 7pm – 8pm (AEST) 
• SA: 6:30pm– 7:30pm (ACDT) 
• NT: 6:30pm– 7:30pm (ACST) 
• WA: 5pm – 6pm (AWST) 

For more information:

• Please contact ASHM Education at education@ashm.org.au or call 0431 320 429.

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