HEPATITIS C: MANAGING PATIENTS WITH ADDICTIVE BEHAVIOURS (30 CREDITS AT LEVEL 3)
COURSE INFORMATION
This education unit has been developed for health or social care professionals involved with hepatitis C
patients/clients. It aims to help these professionals understand the management of adults with addictive
behaviours who are at risk of hepatitis C infection or who have the infection.
Stage 1 distance learning includes exploration of attitudes to and assumptions about addictive behaviours,
theoretical perspectives, preventing HCV transmission, concept of motivation and its relevance to helping drug/alcohol
users change risk behaviours. It requires about 15 hours of study.
Stage 2 is a locally delivered workshop which involves watching and discussing some case studies about people
who have hepatitis C infection and an addictive behaviour. The workshop lasts about two hours and there is a follow-up
activity lasting about two hours.
Stage 3 includes practical issues of self-management, assessing impact of treatment on stable drug habit, issues
concerning methadone maintenance programmes, adherence issues, improving access to hepatitis C services, managing challenging
behaviour and multiagency collaboration.
Stage 3 requires about 140 hours of study involving on-line learning activities and a formal assessment at the end.
The assessment comprises a practice-based written assignment, 3000 words in length.
Participants can choose to work through Stage 1 (distance learning) and Stage 2 (workshop and follow-up activities) only, and use the study hours for the purposes of PREP/CPD. They can also opt to complete all three stages, in which case the study hours they accumulate will far exceed the minimum PREP (CPD) requirement of 35 hours in three years.
Successful completion of the whole education unit means you will be awarded 30 credits at level 3. Credits can be submitted to the University of Greenwich for advanced standing towards one of its awards, or to any other higher education institution that recognises such credits.
The credits gained for successful completion of this Masterclass plus unit are higher education credits that can be used towards a diploma or degree.
COURSE TUTOR
ANNE-LOUISE MIDDLETON MA (Ethics and Law in Healthcare Practice), Postgrad Dip in Drug and Alcohol Dependence, Dip Nursing Sciences, ENB 998 and 934, D32/D33 TDLB NVQ Assessor Award, NVQ Health and Safety at Work, Cert in Health Promotion, Cert in Counselling, Cert in Health Service Management, RN (Adult)
Anne is Nurse Consultant (Hepatitis) and Co-Chair of the National Hepatitis Nurse Specialist Forum. She is also an expert peer reviewer for the journal Professional Nurse.
Anne has specialised in hepatitis since 2000 and during that time has taught about viral hepatitis to a variety of groups.
For her MA dissertation research Anne chose to explore the legal and ethical implications of Department of Health guidelines related to occupational health screening for HIV and HCV amongst healthcare workers.
Supported with an unrestricted education grant from
