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Education and Training You are here:HomeHealth ProfessionalsSpecialist ClinicsGGastroenterology Ask us about bespoke hepatitis B and hepatitis C training for your team or workplace! Interactive and evidence based workforce development can be provided in your workplace or online. Tailored to suit your learning needs. Workplace F2F sessions on request as COVID 19 allows. Suitable for a range of health professionals throughout Victoria including; primary care, nurses, refugee health, midwives, GPs, allied health, health students, aged care, Aboriginal health workers, mental health, community health, dentists, pharmacists, Needle & Syringe Program and AOD workers. Funded by Department of Health and Human Services, Victoria. Why The fastest rising cause of cancer death is from liver cancer, primarily caused by untreated chronic hepatitis B & C. Understanding the need for long term management of hepatitis B and C is essential to reduce rapidly increasing rates of cirrhosis and liver cancer. Hep C treatments are curative, effective, taken for short duration and have few unwanted effects. Hep B treatments reduce the risk of liver cancer. Upcoming sessions 2021 Navigating Hepatitis C Care Workshops View Navigating Hepatitis C Care Workshops Hepatitis B made easy - Online 2021 A partnership between St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne and Centre for Ethnicity Culture and Health. Increase understanding of basic facts about hepatitis B testing, transmission & treatment. Explore strategies that meet the needs of affected communities. Increase knowledge on how to deliver appropriate health literate and culturally competent care to people affected by hepatitis B. Learn about resources, supports and websites that assist health workers and the affected communities to seek help. Nurses – Gain 1 CPD point Wed 10 March 10am – 11.15. Book here Tues 27 April 10am – 11.15. Book here Wed 23 June 10am – 11.15. Book here Mon 16 August 10am – 11.15. Book here Tues 12 October 10am – 11.15. Book here Limited numbers – book now. Hepatitis C - Bloody Serious Facts. Online 2021 The basics of Hep C : Transmission, testing and diagnosis. Treatments – curing hepatitis C: Keep up to date with the anti-viral tablets that are curing hepatitis C and changing people's lives. The impact of living with hepatitis C: An insight into living with Hep C and the treatment journey told by a person with lived experience. Why is injecting such high risk? : A practical demonstration of the risks of transmission during the mixing up and injecting process. Nurses earn 1 CPD points. Tues 23 March 10am – 11.15am Wed 19 May 10am – 11.15am Thurs 15 July 10am – 11.15am Mon 6 Sept 10am – 11.15am Tues 16 Nov 10am - 11.15am Limited numbers. Book now HERE. See our viral hepatitis resources here. For more information contact Gabrielle Bennett (RN, RM, MPH, Grad. Dip. CHN) 0407 865 140 or gabrielle.bennett@svha.org.au Leave a Message Name* - required Phone no. Email* - required Message* - required refreshGet Audio Code Type the code from the image Mandatory field(s) marked with *