Apologies for Cross Posting
Meeting Announcement:
Royal College of General Practitioners
6th Annual HIV / AIDS Conference
"HIV Testing in the Community"
Friday 11th December, 1998
Venue: RCGP, 14 Princes Gate, Hyde Park, London
The Royal College of General Practitioners will be hosting the Annual
Conference run by the HIV / AIDS Working Group to explore and discuss
how HIV testing in the community can be implemented taking into account
recent intercollegiate guidelines on testing the antenatal period.
The day will comprise of talks and small group discussions centred
around how a team approach to enhanced testing for HIV in the community
can be implemented. Draft Programme as follows:
10:00 Chairman's Welcome and Opening Address: 'Why we need to
test'
Dr Chris Ford MRCGP
The Pros and Cons of HIV Testing in the
Community
Panel:
10:15 1. Why we need to test in General Practice - Dr Hilary
Curtis - BMA Foundation for AIDS
10:25 2. The Case for Caution - Glen Monks, Camden &
Islington Health Promotion Service
10:35 3. Normalising of testing - blocks to General Practice
Testing - Dr Philipa Matthews MRCGP tbc
10:45 4. Pros and Cons of testing for patients in General
Practice - Representative from UK Coalition
10:55 Discussion
11:15 COFFEE
11:30 Workshops
1. Antenatal Testing - Caroline Roth - South
Bank University
2. Who to test - Dr Sara Madge
3. How to deal with a positive test - Brian
Whitehead
4. Cultural Sensitive HIV Testing - Yasmin
Montola - AIDS Treatment Project
5. How to develop an HIV testing proforma for
use in Primary Care - Dr Ewen Stewart MRCGP
12:30 Plenary
1:00 LUNCH
2:00 Chairman's Introduction to Afternoon Session
Dr Surinder Singh MRCGP
2:15 The Effects of the Insurance Industry on HIV Testing in
General Practice
Dr Peter Greenhouse - Consultant in Sexual
Health Medicine, Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust
2:30 What is 'Good' HIV Test Counselling?
Riva Miller - AIDS Counselling and Social Care
Unit, Royal Free Hospital
2:45 Discussion
3:00 Workshops with the topic of 'Practice Issues of Testing'
1. Antenatal Testing - Caroline Roth - South
Bank University
2. Who to test - Dr Sara Madge
3. How to deal with a positive test - Brian
Whitehead
4. Cultural Sensitive HIV Testing - Yasmin
Montola - AIDS Treatment Project
5. How to develop an HIV testing proforma for
use in Primary Care - Dr Ewen Stewart MRCGP
4:00 Plenary
4:30 Chairman's Closing Remarks
TEA & CLOSE
For further details of the above events please contact:
RCGP Courses Unit, 14 Princes Gate, London SW7 1PU.
Tel: 0171 823 9703 Fax: 0171 589 1428 Email: [log in to unmask]
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