Hepatitis B in Primary Care – Expression of Interest

Register your interest for 2023. You will be contacted when a course is available for your jurisdiction.

Primary care practitioners play a crucial role in ensuring improved health outcomes for people with hepatitis B, through testing, diagnosis, informed clinical management and support of individuals and families.

In 2020, an estimated 222, 559 people were living with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) in Australia, with 27% undiagnosed and 77.4% were not engaged in regular care (Viral Hepatitis Mapping Project: National Report 2020).

Guideline-based management and treatment of CHB can prevent liver cancer, with CHB being the primary cause of liver cancer worldwide. Primary care practitioners play a critical role in the diagnosis and management of CHB in the community, and in reducing preventable deaths from liver cancer.

Presenters are highly experienced General Practitioners with crucial knowledge and understanding of hepatitis B.

Learning outcomes

Through online learning and virtual teaching, participants will be able to:

• Identify priority populations for hepatitis B testing in Australia.
• Interpret hepatitis B serology results.
• Describe the role of primary care in the testing, diagnosis and management of patients with hepatitis B in the community.

Target Audience

General Practitioners, Nurses & other primary healthcare workers.

Accreditation

HBV s100 Prescribers will be allocated 1 HBV CPD point.

This education is a CPD Activity under the RACGP CPD Program. 3 points allocated.

For more information, contact HBVPrescriber@ashm.org.au