HIV Prevention and Management Course

This course is for nurses and doctors working in WC Primary Health Care facilities. It covers basic theory and clinical updates to support the provision of quality care to adults, and is CPD accredited for 12 CEU's- level 1.

Eligibility for this course:

Professional Nurse or Medical Officer/Doctor, registered with SANC or HPCSA
Completed Introduction to PACK online course with certificate no older than 2 years
Work in Western Cape

If you meet the eligibility criteria, apply to start:

Your supervisor and mentor details are required

Apply to enroll

Course curriculum

1. Welcome and overview
2. Download PACK Adult 2023 Western Cape
3. Evolving health policies and clinical protocols
4. Course notes
5. Additional resources
6. Link to Resource Library - How to series
1. Pre-evaluation- HIV Prevention and Management
1. Epidemiology, phases, transmission
1. VMMC, PEP( HIV, Hep B&C), PrEP, TasP (U=U)
2. So what's stopping us from ending the AIDS epidemic?
3. Instructions for activities and cases
4. Anton - Providing HIV PrEP
5. Summary
1. HIV testing, consent, managing different results, linkage to care, WHO Clinical stages
2. Instructions for clinical stages activity
3. Clinical stages activity
1. Part 1-Tuberculosis- latent vs active, prevention(TPT), TB Screening (TUTT)
2. Part 2-Respiratory, CNS and GIT with nutrition. Screening, prophylaxis(CPT) and management.
1. A refresher of HIV replication
2. Drug classes, side effects and drug interactions
1. Baseline assessment and initiating ART, TB-HIV coinfection
2. Instructions for ART activity
3. ART activity (Start/delay/refer)
1. Routine care at follow up, VL categories, managing unsuppressed VL, virological failure
2. ABCDE activity
3. ABCDE approach summary
4. Switching clients to DTG, client returning after interruption and ART resistance
5. Instructions for HIV management activity
6. HIV Management Activity- Treatment interruption and switching ART
1. NCDs, HIV related cancers and nutrition
1. Assessment, ART initiation and VL monitoring in pregnant client, and the importance of breastfeeding.
2. Management of HIV, TB, syphilis and Hepatitis B exposed infant.
3. Hepatitis B screening in pregnant women
4. Tamryn - Preventing Vertical Transmission after pregnancy
5. Summary
1. Integration of family planning and ART services, planning safe conception and suitable contraception.
1. Monitoring and evaluation
1. Take home messages
2. Quiz
3. Conclusion
1. Feedback and Post-evaluation questionnaire
2. Post-evaluation- HIV Prevention and Management

About this course

Enrolment based on eligibility
CPD accredited
Around 12 hours to complete

HIV Prevention and Management Course

Eligibility for this course:

If you meet the eligibility criteria, apply to start:

Course curriculum

Welcome and overview

Pre-evaluation questionnaire

Chapter 1: Basics of HIV infection

Chapter 2: HIV prevention

Chapter 3: HIV diagnosis and staging

Chapter 4: Prevention and Management of Opportunistic Infections

Chapter 5: ARV pharmacology

Chapter 6: Management of client with HIV

Chapter 7: Managing the client on ART

Chapter 8: HIV and comorbidities

Chapter 9: Vertical Transmission Prevention - Overview

Chapter 10: HIV contraception and safe conception

Chapter 11: Monitoring and evaluation

Conclusion

Feedback

About this course

This course was developed by the Knowledge Translation Unit (KTU) of the University of Cape Town and The Health Foundation South Africa (THF).