For more information about this course, please contact Misty Johnson at misty.johnson@vcuhealth.org.

This training program provides guidelines and skill-building opportunities for professionals who implement prevention counseling and HIV antibody testing. This workshop incorporates recommendations and strategies from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for personalizing prevention counseling sessions before and after testing for HIV. The Facts course is a pre-requisites for this course

The Fundamentals of Prevention Counseling is provided on the following days:

January 24th, 25th and 26th from 9am to 1pm.

Certificate of Completion

Certificates will be provided upon completeion of this program which confirm 11.5 hours of training.

Intended Audience:

Ryan White Medical and Non-Medical Case Managers working in Virginia.

Requirements and Pre-requisites:

1)   All attendees must have attended Prevention Counseling Series: Facts within the state of Virginia in the past 12 months in order to attend this Fundamentals course, as the information provided in this course builds upon Facts. 

2)   Attendees are required to attend all three sessions and complete all learning assessments in order to receive a certificate of completion at the close of the third session. The certificate of completion will show a total of 11.5 hours of contact hours completed. 

Prior to registering, please ensure that your schedule is blocked off on the dates and times listed above. Participants who are not present for the entirety of the three sessions will not receive a certificate.

3) Working webcams and microphones are required for all three sessions as this is a highly interactive course. Participants must remain on camera for the duration of all three sessions, and must use their microphones when answering questions or other interacting with the course. 

4) The course will take place over Zoom. You will receive all zoom instructions in a separate email. Please use the same zoom link to log in each day.