WA HIV s100 Prescriber Course

The HIV s100 Community Prescriber Course is designed to support clinicians in managing and treating HIV, providing them with the opportunity to establish relationships with local specialist services for ongoing mentoring and referral. 

Successful completion and assessment of online and face to face training will allow general practitioners and nurse practitioners to become accredited prescribers of s100 highly specialised drugs for the treatment of people living with HIV.  

 

Date, Time & Location

Date: 

• Session 1 – Saturday 17 February
• Session 2 – Sunday 18 February

Time: 

9:00am – 5:00pm (AWST)

• Registration time: 8:30am

Location: 

Aloft Hotels Perth – 27 Rowe Avenue, The Springs, Rivervale WA 6103

 

Click here to access the flyer.

 

Target Audience

General Practitioners and Nurse Practitioners.

 

Professional Development Bursary

For rural and remote workers that want to complement their training with a HIV s100 Prescriber accreditation, WA health has limited funds available to help people attend sexual health and/or blood-borne virus-related workforce education and training. This is only offered to those living in WA.

Click here to download a professional development bursary application form.

 

Learning Objectives

Following the course participants will be able to:  

• Describe the principles of initiation of antiretroviral therapy.  
• Evaluate the complexity of factors influencing patients’ treatment decisions.  
• Develop a clinical management plan for a patient on therapy, incorporating strategies for health promotion and harm minimisation. 
• Describe the contributing factors to the development of treatment toxicities and antiretroviral resistance.  
• Identify appropriate referral pathways for complex HIV issues including salvage therapy, women considering pregnancy and IRIS. 

 

Accreditation

This activity has been approved by the RACGP QI&CPD program as CPD Accredited Activity. RACGP Activity ID: 402344

• 13 Hours of Education Activity (EA)
• 6.5 hours of Reviewing Performance (RP)

This course and associated activities are accredited with ACRRM for 8 educational activity PDP units and 4 Performance review PDP units in the 2023 – 2025 triennium. ACCRM Activity ID: 31923

This course is endorsed by ACNP, and a certificate of attendance will be provided.

 

Funding:

This activity is funded by WA Health.

 

Registration T&C’s

Registration Cancellations: 

Registration cancellations and amendments must be notified in writing to ASHM. Cancellations received before 9 February 2024 will not incur a cancellation fee. Cancellations received in writing after 9 February 2024 will incur a $70 per day cancellation fee. This fee may be waived in exceptional circumstances at the discretion of ASHM. 

Substitutions:
As an alternative to cancellation, your registration may be transferred to another person without incurring any penalty. ASHM must be advised of the transfer in writing. Please email the name, position, phone and email address of the new delegate to education@ashm.org.au. 

 

For more information: 

Please contact ASHM Education at education@ashm.org.au or call 0431 320 429. 

 

Help us keep ASHM courses free! 

At ASHM, we are committed to developing a sustainable HIV, viral hepatitis, and sexual health workforce. We pride ourselves on the ability to offer high quality educational opportunities, that are free to attend. If you are unable to attend one of our courses, please let us know as soon as possible, high rates of non-attendance impacts ASHMs ability to continue providing free education. You can cancel your attendance by calling 0431 320 429 or emailing education@ashm.org.au.