HCV ECHO Curriculum

 Date               Topic

12/9/2016           HCV screening + HCV diagnostic testing

12/16/2016         Counseling for prevention of acquisition and transmission            

12/30/2016         Acute HCV infection       

1/6/2017            Chronic HCV initial evaluation    

1/13/2017           Counselling patients with chronic HCV infection

1/20/2017           Open Topic Questions  

1/27/2017           Evaluation and staging of liver fibrosis    

2/3/2017             Co-Infection HepC/HIV

2/10/2017          CANCELED

2/17/2017           Co-Infection HepC HepB

2/24/2017           Monitoring during and after treatment

3/3/2017             Treatment of genotype 1 + 2

3/10/2017           Treatment of genotype 3

3/17/2017           Treatment of genotype 4

3/24/2017           Treatment of genotype 5 + 6

3/31/2017          CANCELED

4/7/2017             Evaluation and management of cirrhosis: Hepatic Encephalopathy

4/14/2017            Evaluation and management of cirrhosis: Varices

4/21/2017            Evaluation and management of cirrhosis: Ascites

4/28/2017            CANCELED

5/5/2017              Extrahepatic manifestations of HCV infection

5/12/2017            Referral for liver transplantation

5/19/2017            Cost and access to direct acting antiviral agents

5/26/2017            Addressing anticipated adherence problems prior to treatment

6/2/2017             Resistance testing in management of HC