Welcome
to hepatitis C training for health department employees.
We will be talking about the current guidelines for diagnosis,
counseling, and clinical management of HCV infected patients.
We expect these guidelines to evolve as our knowledge increases
concerning the epidemiology, the natural history and treatment
of hepatitis C infection.
After
this program you should be able to:
 Assess
a client's risk's for hepatitis C infection. Diagnose
hepatitis C virus infection. Counsel
hepatitis C infected individuals. Understand
the clinical features of hepatitis C.
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How to
use this site
These web
pages are interactive training modules for the Florida Department
of Health Hepatitis Program. The menu is always shown
on the left side of the page which allows students to self-train
over multiple sessions and at their own pace. The pages
include text, photographs, exams, and videos. Obviously,
if your computer does not have speakers, you will not be
able to hear the video. However, the transcripts of
the conversations are shown so you won’t miss anything.
The menu
option “MMWR” contains most of the information
in the MMWR “Recommendations for Prevention and Control
of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Infection and HCV-Related Chronic
Disease”, October 16, 1998/Vol. 47/No. RR-19. The
remainder of the menu options are more user-friendly and
are more specific to the Florida programs.
To check
the effectiveness of the training, it is requested that you
complete the pretest before beginning the training. To
show that you have taken the training, you must complete
the test again when you complete the training.
If you have
questions or comments about the site, contact either:
Dawn
M. Hewitt, developer and site web manager.
King
Heberle, site webmaster.
Doctor Bonita
J. Sorensen, Doctor Syed B. Ahmed, and Peter D. Thornton
assisted with content
and editing. |
