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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! Free interactive and evidence based workforce development can be provided in your workplace or online. We tailor the session to suit your learning needs and the audience. 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. See our viral hepatitis resources here. For more information contact Mieken Grant (RN, MPH) 0407 865 140 or mieken.grant@svha.org.au. Upcoming Viral Hepatitis Education Training 2024 Free Liver and Hepatitis Lunchtime Webinars: February - April 2024 Free lunchtime webinars for general practitioners and practice nurses on liver disease and viral hepatitis. 11 weeks from Tues 20 Feb 2024 to Tues 30 April 2024. Online: 12:30pm - 1:30pm (40 minutes each) Week 1: Liver Cancer Screening. Tues 20 Feb 2024 - A/Prof Jessica Howell Week 2: Viral Hepatitis Serology Explained. Tues 27 Feb 2024 - Dr Jacqui Richmond Week 3: Hepatitis C Treatment. Tues 5 Mar 2024 - A/Prof Jacinta Holmes Week 4: Liver Cirrhosis 101. Tues 12 Mar 2024 - Prof Alex Thompson Week 5: Hepatitis B Treatment. Tues 19 Mar 2024 - Dr David Iser Week 6: Viral Hepatitis Mapping Project. Tue 26 Mar 2024 - Jennifer MacLachlan Week 7: Injecting practices that lead to poor health outcomes. Wed 3 Apr 2024 - Jane Dicka Week 8: Update on AOD and viral hepatitis. Tue 9 Apr 2024 - Dr Adam Pastor Week 9: Pregnancy & Viral Hepatitis. Tue 16 Apr 2024 - Dr Naomi Whyler Week 10: HIV and Viral Hepatitis Coinfection. Tue 23 Apr 2024 - Mieken Grant and Kirsty Owen Week 11: Innovative approaches to Viral Hepatitis. Tue 30 Apr 2024 - Anne Craigie Click here for more information and to register Hepatitis B Made Easy: Seminars 2024 Online webinars (1.5 hours) and face-to-face seminar (3 hours) for health, support and community workers who wish to learn the basics about hepatitis B and how best to talk about it. Tuesday 14 May 2024 10:00 am – 11:30am ONLINE: Register here Tuesday 30 July 2024 10:00 am – 13:00pm Face to Face: Register here Monday 9 September 2024 10am - 11:30am ONLINE: Register here Wednesday 27 November 2024 10:00am – 11:30am ONLINE: Register here Bloody Serious Facts: May and November 2024 St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne and Harm Reduction Victoria have partnered to provide interactive education workshops on hepatitis C, including diagnosis, treatments and strategies to increase awareness and support clients into health care. Face to Face (highly encouraged) or Online: 2.5 hours. Click here for flyer with more information. Wednesday 29 May 2024 10:00am to 12:30pm: register here Wednesday 20 November 2024 10:00am to 12:30pm: register here Leave a Message Name* - required Phone no. Email* - required Message* - required you have entered an invalid code refreshGet Audio Code Type the code from the image Mandatory field(s) marked with *