HCV Prescriber CME

HCV Prescriber Continuing Professional Development
In order to maintain HCV (s100) prescriber rights, community medical practitioners must participate in continuing professional development (CPD) relevant to the use of s100 drugs for the management of HCV. ASHM conducts a range of CPD activities which include HCV prescriber updates, other training courses in viral hepatitis, webcasts and online CPD activities.
The NSW HCV Reference Committee provides the following recommendations regarding HCV CPD points for s100 HCV community prescribers to ensure that doctors prescribing s100 drugs keep up to date with developments in the area: Download PDFMaintenance of HCV s100 prescriber accreditation in NSW and ACT.
This document includes the HCV CPD points award and accrual table for HCV community prescribers for the triennium 2011 - 2013 and details the many activities that attract prescriber CPD points. Prescribers or education providers can also apply to have individual programs of study or specific courses adjudicated for CPD points by ASHM- see below Adjudication of HCV CPD points.
 
  Adjudication of HCV CPD points
This section provides information for organisations and HCV s100 prescribers who wish to apply to ASHM for adjudication of HCV CPD educational activities.

HCV s100 prescribers are required to obtain their CPD points from a variety of activities. ASHM, on behalf of the NSW HCV Reference Committee, would like to actively encourage external providers to submit HCV CPD activities for HCV CPD Points adjudication. This provides additional opportunities for HCV s100 prescribers to achieve their required HCV CPD points and will also act as an incentive for HCV s100 prescribers to attend external courses. Please download the Provider adjudication form here and the Attendance form here for this purpose. Detailed instructions for completion are provided in these forms.

HCV s100 prescribers are encouraged by ASHM to refer to the table in the Maintenance of HCV s100 prescriber accreditation in NSW and ACT document and submit any activities completed by you that you believe warrant HCV CPD points. Please download the HCV CPD self-adjudication form here for this purpose and submit it on an ongoing basis to ASHM throughout each calendar year.  This form provides detailed instructions for completion. The ASHM clinical advisor will adjudicate each activity on behalf of the NSW HCV Reference Committee and award you HCV CPD points accordingly.
Links to webcasts from the 8th Australasian Viral Hepatitis Conference, 2012
Click here to access webcasts from the 8th Australasian Viral Hepatitis Conference held in Auckland NZ, 10-12 September, 2012.
  CPD activities for prescribers are available for some of these conference sessions. 
  Click here  to access these specific webcasts and CPD exercises
 
 
Links to webcasts from the Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases Annual Scientific Meeting, 2012
Webcasts from the ASID Conference 2012 are now available. Please click on the links below to access the sessions.
 
1. Levinia Crooks Introduction

2. Ed Gane Presentation Part 1 Current HCV Treatment

3. Ed Gane Presentation Part 2 Direct Acting Antiviral Therapy

4. Ed Gane Presentation Part 3 Future Developments in Therapy

5. Panel 1 Null Responders

6. Panel 1 Low Treatment Rates and Decision to Treat

7. Panel 1 Supporting Patients on Therapy

8. Panel 1 Treatment Lead In Times

9. Panel 1 Resistance

10. Panel 2 Treating Using the New Therapies

11. Panel 3 Practicalities of Managing Patients on New Therapies

CPD exercises are available for some of these sessions. Prescribers should contact education@ashm.org.au for details to be forwarded. Completion of these will attract one HCV CPD point.
Other CPD Options
  • Clinical Placements, Study groups, Supervision and Journal Clubs - examples include clinical meetings, hospital-based case meetings, clinical placements, (s100) relevant journal clubs and clinical study groups.
  • Clinical Care Options is an online CPD provider that offers presentations (with animated slides and synchronized voice-overs) on hepatitis, given by experts to keep you up-to-date on the ongoing developments in the field. Prescribers are reminded that there may be variations in available treatments and recommendations with those in the USA. InPractice has new online HCV Chapters available called Management of HCV and Hepatitis C Virus Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, and Natural History via the CCO website that include CPD activities. Prescribers are awarded up to 2 HCV CPD points for completion of an online CCO activity. CCO is a free online resource. If you are not already a CCO subscriber, you will be asked to register on your first visit.
  • Approved seminars, educational activities and conferences - these activities are adjudicated on a case by case basis and include international and national meetings as well as some pharmaceutical company activities, lectures and updates.
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