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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. Viral Hepatitis Education Training 2025 FREE lunchtime webinars on liver disease & viral hepatitis Running weekly February - April 2025 at 12:30 to 1:15pm on Tuesdays (except Week 10 is on a Wednesday). Please see the flyer with more details and registration here Week 1: Basics of Viral Hepatitis Week 2: How do I start the conversation about testing for hepatitis C? Week 3: Innovative incentivisation for HCV testing and treatment Week 4: The intersection of mental health and viral hepatitis Week 5: Liver Cancer screening in General Practice Week 6: Viral hepatitis in pregnancy & care in the postnatal period Week 7: Management of stable hepatitis B in general practice Week 8: Cirrhosis assessment and management Week 9: Abnormal LFTs - what could it be? Week 10: Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) Hepatitis B Made Easy: Seminars 2025 (commencing March 2025) Online webinars (1.5 hours) for health, support and community workers who wish to learn the basics about hepatitis B and how best to talk about it. Starting in March 2025, further details to be advised. Bloody Serious Facts: Dates for 2025 to be advised 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. 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 *