Event Details
Details of the training session:
In partnership with HepB.TV and Gilead Sciences, APAMSA is bringing you a spectacular training session. It is strategically planned during the same time as the Association of American Study of Liver Diseases Annual Liver Meeting (AASLD). The Nation's leading hepatologists will be present, and many of them have been invited to conduct portions of our training, including Anna Lok, of the University of Michigan, one of this nation's most prominent hepatologists.
The purpose of this training is to provide you with the knowledge and resources you will need to conduct successful Hepatitis B outreach events in your local communities.
Tentative Schedule:
9:30AM Opening
10AM-11AM: Dr. Lok--Hep B pathophys, epidemiology, intro to public health
11AM-12: Dr. Karen Kim--HepB: Culture and Medicine
12-2 PM:
--Lunch
--Performance Piece
--Physician/med student break out sessions.
--HepBTV presentation
2-3PM
Kathy, Dr. Kim, and Dr. Lok-- APAMSA’s HepB Planning Session
--Educational Resources (ALF)
--Screening Protocol
--Access to Health Care issues
--Chapter feedback on HepB events
--Defining of our National Goals
3-3:30PM: Closing
