Hepatitis B Clinical Update for Nurses & Midwives – Expression of Interest

Register your interest for 2024!

You will be contacted when a course is available for your jurisdiction.

ASHM is pleased to provide this new course that dives deep into core elements of a nurse and midwife’s scope of practice relating to hepatitis B. This course will provide nursing and midwifery professionals with in-depth, practical and person-centred hepatitis B care information, and will focus on a different topic each session.

Course Components

The online course is structured as 2 hours of facilitated interactive education via webinar. A mix of learning methods will be used including: 

• Presentation of content 
• Interactive quiz 
• Case studies 
• Panel discussions 
• Group discussion 

Interaction between the course speaker, facilitator and attendees will be encouraged, enabling attendees to speak to their experience working in the hepatitis B/viral hepatitis field and fostering an information exchange.  

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course participants will be able to:    

• Describe the importance of inclusive, person-centred and culturally safe care in the management of hepatitis B patients    
• Discuss the role of the nurse and midwife using evidence-based care for people living with hepatitis B     
• Identify opportunities for quality improvement activities within practice with regards to hepatitis B management

Target Audience

Nurses and midwives working in Australia who see patients living with HBV or from high-prevalence populations and have previous experience and knowledge of hepatitis B.  

CPD

This activity is equivalent to 2 CPD hours.    

Participants may also complete the recommended pre-course learning module, which is independently endorsed for 1hr of CPD. Please access this pre-course learning module here.   

For More Information

Please contact HBVprescriber@ashm.org.au