COE Learning Network: Hepatitis Testing and Treatment

May 17, 2023

The webinar will educate the healthcare team on the need for increased hepatitis screening and the options for treatment
and the connection with substance use disorder.

Agenda: 

  1. Welcome, introductions, training objectives.
  2. Agency History
  3. Overview of viral hepatitis
    1. Transmission routes
    2. Strategies for reducing the risk of HCV transmission among people who use drugs.
  4. The relationship between substance use and HCV infection
    1. Risk factors for HCV infection
  5. Strategies for harm reduction
    1. The relationship between sex and drugs
    2. Hepatitis prevention strategies
  6. Overview of HCV treatment
    1. Treatment options
    2. Treatment process
    3. Communicating HCV results
  7. Follow-up care
    1. Considerations for care
    2. Reinfection
  8. Discussion
  9. Questions

Target Audience

Nurse

Physician

Social Worker

Learning Objectives

• Define hepatitis.
• Describe the relationship between substance use and hepatitis infection, including transmission routes and risk factors.
• List strategies for harm reduction, including screening for and treating other infectious diseases (such as HIV) and
addressing injection drug use behaviors.
• Describe the importance of ongoing follow-up care, including monitoring for reinfection and liver disease progression,
and providing ongoing support and resources for patients.
 

Additional Information

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Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
  • 1.25 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 1.25 ASWB
  • 1.25 Attendance
Course opens: 
05/17/2023
Course expires: 
08/31/2023
Event starts: 
05/17/2023 - 12:00pm EDT
Event ends: 
05/17/2023 - 1:30pm EDT
Add to calendar: 

The webinar will educate the healthcare team on the need for increased hepatitis screening and the options for treatment
and the connection with substance use disorder.

Agenda: 

  1. Welcome, introductions, training objectives.
  2. Agency History
  3. Overview of viral hepatitis
    1. Transmission routes
    2. Strategies for reducing the risk of HCV transmission among people who use drugs.
  4. The relationship between substance use and HCV infection
    1. Risk factors for HCV infection
  5. Strategies for harm reduction
    1. The relationship between sex and drugs
    2. Hepatitis prevention strategies
  6. Overview of HCV treatment
    1. Treatment options
    2. Treatment process
    3. Communicating HCV results
  7. Follow-up care
    1. Considerations for care
    2. Reinfection
  8. Discussion
  9. Questions
Zoom Meeting
Pittsburgh, PA
United States

Michael Palladini

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the University of Pittsburgh and The Jewish Healthcare Foundation. The University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, University of Pittsburgh is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. University of Pittsburgh maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 1.25 continuing education credits.

Physician (CME)
The University of Pittsburgh designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nursing (CNE)
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 1.25 contact hours.

Social Work (ASWB)
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Social Work Education activity is 1.25 contact hours.

Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.

Available Credit

  • 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
  • 1.25 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 1.25 ASWB
  • 1.25 Attendance
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