Cancer Council Victoria is providing scholarships to Nurse Practitioners and GPs who work in priority Local Government Areas to become accredited to prescribe s100 highly specialised drugs for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B.
Successful applicants will be funded $1350 to complete the Hepatitis B s100 Prescriber Course delivered by the Victorian HIV and Hepatitis Integrated Training and Learning program (VHHITAL) in February 2025.
Applications are now closed.
The s100 Prescriber Course Scholarships are being delivered with funding from the Victorian Department of Health.
Course overview
VHHITAL’s Hepatitis B s100 Prescriber Course provides training to Victorian GPs and Nurse Practitioners to effectively diagnose, manage and treat chronic hepatitis B in the primary care setting. VHHITAL will facilitate applications for accreditation upon successful completion of the training and assessment. Once accredited, practitioners will be able to prescribe s100 highly specialised drugs for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B.
Format: Online – three sessions over three weeks. (Please note: This course is currently under review. Participants will be advised of any changes prior to commencement.)
Presenters: Professor Ben Cowie, Dr Nicole Allard and Dr Lester Mascarenhas
Accreditation: This activity is approved for CPD purposes. Please refer to the HBV prescriber manual for further information.
Learning outcomes:
- Outline the critical role of primary care in the diagnosis, management and treatment of people living with chronic hepatitis B
- Plan long-term care, including guideline-based monitoring and hepatocellular carcinoma screening, for patients with chronic hepatitis B
- Select and prescribe first-line antiviral treatment when clinically indicated
- Identify situations where specialist advice or referral is required
- Integrate principles of person-centred and culturally competent care into hepatitis B management.
Who can apply?
20 scholarships will be provided to registered healthcare practitioners in Victoria, who work in areas with low availability of s100 prescribing practitioners.
Applicants must:
- be an AHPRA Registered Nurse Practitioner or General Practitioner, and
- work in Bass Coast, Baw Baw, Boroondara, Casey, Greater Dandenong, Monash, Mildura, Shepparton, Swan Hill, West Wimmera, Whittlesea, Wodonga, Wyndham or surrounding Local Government Areas.
Key dates
| Key stages |
Timings |
| Applications close |
8 December 2024 |
| Review process |
9 December – 14 December 2024 |
| Notification of successful applicants |
16 December 2024 |
| Date of course enrolment |
No later than 31 January 2025 |
| Course attendance (date to be confirmed) |
Through February 2025 |
| Application for accreditation due |
31 May 2025 |
How to apply
Applications are now closed.
More information
For more information about the scholarships or application process please contact Cat Hone, Primary Care Engagement Coordinator at certification@cancervic.org.au
For more information about the course, visit the VHHITAL website.