Free CME course helps physicians identify and care for patients with liver disease

The American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD), in collaboration with ACP, Project ECHO, the CDC, and the Department of Veterans Affairs, has developed ACT-First, a free, online CME course that will help clinicians improve their knowledge and clinical skills in hepatology.

After completing the course, physicians will know which patients to screen for liver diseases, how to screen, and what to do for a patient with positive serologies, including what to tell the patient and how to decide who is a candidate for therapy.

Two units—on hepatitis C and hepatitis B viruses—are available now, with additional units on other liver diseases to be released soon. Each teaching unit includes 7 to 8 short (20-minute) presentations addressing every aspect of the disease state.

Viral hepatitis is the leading cause of liver cancer and the most common reason for liver transplantation. The CDC recommends screening for everyone in the demographic group that is most likely to be infected—people born between 1945 and 1965.

To learn more, visit the program website.