Educational Activities
The Department of Gastroenterology has a strong commitment to education and demonstrates a strong history of excellence and fostering knowledge through our advanced gastroenterology training programs and research fellowships.
The Department of Gastroenterology has a strong commitment to education and demonstrates a strong history of excellence and fostering knowledge through our advanced gastroenterology training programs and research fellowships.
Educational Activities
The Department of Gastroenterology hold regular education sessions for nurses, gastroenterology trainees and Gastroenterologists. This includes smaller interest group meetings for prison based care, endoscopy, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and viral hepatitis. These will be updated as they occur.
Upcoming education sessions
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National symposia
The Gastroenterology department also hold national symposia in hepatitis, inflammatory bowel disease, functional gut and advanced endoscopy. Please follow this link to find out more information.
Viral Hepatitis Education Service
About our service
Our Victorian Viral Hepatitis Education Service is available for education sessions on Hepatitis B and hepatitis C education in your workplace. Interactive and evidence based workforce development can be provided in your workplace and are tailored to suit your learning needs.
This service is suitable for a range of health professionals throughout Victoria including; primary care, nurses, refugee health, midwives, GPs, allied health, health students, aged care, Aboriginal health workers, mental health, community health, dentists, pharmacists, Needle & Syringe Program and AOD workers.
Funded by Department of Health and Human Services, Victoria.
Why is this service important?
In Australia, liver cancer is the fastest rising cause of cancer death. This is primarily caused by untreated chronic hepatitis B & C infections. Understanding the need for long-term management of hepatitis B and C is essential to reduce rapidly increasing rates of cirrhosis and liver cancer.
The new Hepatitis C treatments are highly effective in curing patients, are taken for short duration and have few unwanted side effects. Hepatitis B treatments reduce the risk of liver cancer.
For resources, please follow this link.
For more information on this service to to book an education session, please contact:
Ms Gabrielle Bennett (RN, RM, MPH) 0407 865 140 or email gabrielle.bennett@svha.org.au
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