Download HIV-ed new 2 day course

Who is this course for?
Doctors & nurses from primary care, family planning, district nurses, health advisers etc.
Aim of this Course
To equip the participants with the basic knowledge, skills, attitudes & confidence for the
effective discussion of HIV & HIV testing in primary care, &, where appropriate; to
manage the primary care aspects of their health.
Learning Objectives - by the end of the course you should:
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Have basic knowledge of epidemiology of HIV
Understand the consequences of late diagnosis
Be aware of important drugs – drug interactions in the HIV infected patient
Be aware of the issues relating to confidentiality, partner notification
Basic knowledge of symptoms & presentations of HIV illness
Understand principles of when & how to refer on
Be aware of local services
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Feel competent & capable taking a sexual history & raising the subject
of HIV testing
Be able to make a risk assessment of patients wanting an HIV test
Be able to advise patients how to reduce their risk of HIV infection
Be able to optimise care pathways for newly diagnosed & chronic HIV infection
Feel competent to manage co-morbidity for those patients who are HIV positive or feel
comfortable in getting help & support in their management
Attitudes
 Have an appreciation of the lifestyle & circumstances of others & how this may reflect on
their presentation & impact on their management
 Develop an appreciation & acceptance of the range of human sexuality, lifestyles, cultures
& the impact these have on the transmission/presentation of HIV & how these impact on
prevention counselling
 Have an understanding of how one’s personal beliefs & culture can affect consultations
How to book a place
Please return the tear off slip below along with a cheque for £200.00 made payable to
“BSUH CHARITABLE FUND 80072”
Cost includes course manual, coffee, tea & lunch for 2 days. Course to be held at the Audrey Emerton
Building, Eastern Road, Brighton BN2 5BE.
All applications should be returned to Anita Bransbury, The Lawson Unit, Royal Sussex County Hospital, Eastern
Road, Brighton, BN2 5BE
Morley Street, Brighton, BN2 9RE
Royal Sussex County Hospital, Eastern Road, Brighton, BN2 5BE
Sussex House, 1 Abbey Road, Brighton BN2 1ES
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Application Form HIV-ed Course 23 /24
February 2017
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HIV-ed: The diagnosis and management in primary care of people with HIV
Thursday 23rd February 2017
Registration and coffee
8.45-9.00
Introduction & plan for the two days: Dr Gillian Dean – Consultant HIV/GU Medicine
9.00-9.05
Lecture – “HIV 1984 to 2016” – Duncan Churchill, Consultant HIV/GU Medicine
9.05-09.50
Lecture – Principles of anti-HIV therapy – Dr Yvonne Gilleece, Consultant HIV/GU Medicine
09.50-10.30
Coffee
10.30-11.00
HIV Testing in Primary Care – Sarah Trotman – Health Adviser
11.00-11.45
Workshop 1 - Gastroenterological presentations in HIV – Dr Deborah Williams, Consultant HIV/GU
11.45-12.30
Medicine
Workshop 2 How to spot HIV seroconversion – Amanda Clarke, Consultant HIV/GU Medicine
12.30-13.15
Lunch
13.15-14.00
Workshop 3– Respiratory presentations in HIV - Dr Daniel Richardson, Consultant HIV/GU Medicine
14.00-14.45
Workshop 4 – HIV and Mental Health - Dr Philip Henshaw, Consultant Clinical Psychologists
14.45-15.30
Tea
15.30-15.50
Local Services for HIV Patients: Jason Warriner - Sussex Beacon, Gary Pargeter – Lunch Positive, THT,
15.50-16.30
HIV Community Team
Close
16.30
Friday 24th February 2017
Registration and coffee
8.45-9.00
“PEP Talk” – Dr Gillian Dean, Consultant HIV/GU Medicine
9.00-09.45
Co-prescribing for the HIV patient - do’s and don’ts: Mark Shaw, Specialist HIV Pharmacist
9.45-10.30
Coffee
10.30-11.00
Workshop 5 – Cardiovascular and neurological disease– Dr Duncan Churchill, Consultant HIV/GU
11.00-11.45
Medicine
Workshop 6 – HIV, women, contraception & pregnancy – Dr Yvonne Gilleece, Consultant HIV/GU Medicine
11.45-12.30
Lunch
12.30-13.15
Workshop 7 – Confidentiality & disclosure – what you can & can’t say – Dr Jenny Whetham
13.15-14.00
Workshop 8 - Dermatological presentations in HIV – Dr Gillian Dean, Consultant HIV/GU Medicine
14.00-14.45
Tea
14.45-15.00
HIV testing and the Martin Fisher Foundation – Dr Gillian Dean
15.00-15.15
Patient Panel: Patient perspective of Primary Care – Lawson Unit patients
15.15-16.15
Closing remarks – Evaluation – Certificates
16.15-16.20
Close
16.20