HEALTHCARE PROVIDER TRAINING
This training is designed to help the provider better understand how to work with all patients infected with or at risk for Hepatitis C, including high-risk populations such as those who currently use or formerly used drugs, members of the LGBTQ community, those co-infected with HIV, youth and young adults, and women of child bearing age. While other Hepatitis C trainings exist, the perspective they provide is from that of the clinician, leaving the patient feeling disconnected, misunderstood and stigmatized. HCMSG comes directly from the experiences of a patient who was cured of Hepatitis C and a mother who lost her son to overdose.
What type of provider should attend?
Any clinician who treats or wants to treat patients with Hepatitis C, in any type of setting, including:
How is the training structured?
Tailored to fit each organization and individual as needed.
The training provides:
For healthcare providers wanting to start an educational support group, we use the training model from The Hepatitis C Education and Support Group Assistance Program. http://www.hepatitiscmsg.org/patient-assistance-programs.html
This training is designed to help the provider better understand how to work with all patients infected with or at risk for Hepatitis C, including high-risk populations such as those who currently use or formerly used drugs, members of the LGBTQ community, those co-infected with HIV, youth and young adults, and women of child bearing age. While other Hepatitis C trainings exist, the perspective they provide is from that of the clinician, leaving the patient feeling disconnected, misunderstood and stigmatized. HCMSG comes directly from the experiences of a patient who was cured of Hepatitis C and a mother who lost her son to overdose.
What type of provider should attend?
Any clinician who treats or wants to treat patients with Hepatitis C, in any type of setting, including:
- GI
- Infectious disease (HIV/AIDS)
- Primary care, IM
- Liver specialist
How is the training structured?
Tailored to fit each organization and individual as needed.
The training provides:
- Learning about Hepatitis C and co-infection with HIV, and how the diseases affect your patients and your practice.
- Recognizing the impact social determinants of health have on different communities.
- Helping patients manage their health, as well as their emotional and non-medical issues.
- Identifying stigma and negative stereotypes used in your practice, understanding the negative impact they have on the clinical outcomes of your patients, and learning how to eliminate them.
- Understanding why and how patients who do not abstain from drug or alcohol use can and should be treated for Hepatitis C.
- Explaining ways for helping patients understand the transmission risks of injection drug use and learn effective harm reduction strategies.
- Identifying best practices for effectively working with high risk populations.
- Empowering patients to be in charge of their own health, resulting in better health outcomes.
For healthcare providers wanting to start an educational support group, we use the training model from The Hepatitis C Education and Support Group Assistance Program. http://www.hepatitiscmsg.org/patient-assistance-programs.html