Basic HIV Counselling

About the course

This course is ideal for you if you are a social worker, psychologist, nurse, research worker, community health worker, lay counsellor, and any cadre of staff working in the HIV field.

Course Content

This course is offered online and contains +/- 6 hours of content. Participants will receive the content prior to the course for their own perusal. The content is then consolidated during an synchronous online session, where participants will be encouraged to ask questions and participate in supervised role-plays.

• Overview of HIV / AIDS Disease Process
• Overview of Counselling process and effective communication skills
• Legal and ethical issues including testing in children
• The contents of HIV pre- and HIV post-test counselling sessions
• Looking after yourself as the counsellor

Registration

There are no entry requirements. However, preference will be given to candidates working in a health- or social sciences-related field.

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Basic HIV Counselling

 

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