Promoting Continuity of Care after Federal Custody

Webinar Date: August 26, 2022 

Webinar Time: 11:00am - 12:30pm Pacific Time
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Cost: There is no fee for this training.

Credit: This training is approved for up to 1.50 nursing continuing education hours (see below). Certificates will be available approximately 12 weeks after the training.

Target Audience: This webinar is intended for public health nurses, nurse case managers, and other healthcare personnel to promote continuity of tuberculosis care for patients who pass through the correctional system or federal custody. This training opportunity is available to a national audience.

Description: This presentation will cover different types of custody, including federal custody. We will discuss tools and tips for locating patients within the system, and provide tips to promote continuity of care on transfer or release. Case studies will illustrate some of the challenges faced in ensuring continued continuity of care. We will discuss possible ways to address these issues. This webinar is part of a collaborative Nurse Education Series. The 4 Tuberculosis Centers of Excellence for Training, Education, and Medical Consultation (TB COEs)  have partnered with the National Tuberculosis Nursing Coalition (NTNC) to offer a tuberculosis nurse case conference series.

Learning Objectives:

By the end of the training, participants will be able to:

• distinguish between different types of custody and correctional facilities
   
• utilize resources to locate TB patients based on different custody status
   
• identify appropriate questions to ask in order to promote continuity of care for TB
  patients passing through the correctional system or Federal custody
   
• describe common challenges in the continuity of care for this population
   
• list some tips for promoting continuity of care for this population
   

Training Format: resource discussion, case study, and Q&A/discussion

Presenters:

Cherie Stafford, MSN, MPH
  Nurse Coordinator
  Tuberculosis Control Program
  Arizona Department of Health Services
  Phoenix, AZ

Sonia Montiel
  CureTB Referral Manager
  Cherokee Nation Operational Solutions
  Division of Global Migration and Quarantine
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  San Diego, CA

Carlos Vera-Garcia, MD
  CureTB Coordinator
  US-Mexico Unit
  Division of Global Migration and Quarantine  
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  San Diego, CA

Edith R. Lederman, MD, MPH, FACP, FIDSA, USPHS

   Lead, Infectious Disease Program/Clinical Services Support Unit
   ICE Health Service Corps
   Enforcement and Removal Operations
   U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
   San Diego, CA

Letaya N. Robinson, MSN, NP-C, RN
   LT U.S. Public Health Service
   Regional Infection Prevention Supervisory Nurse, Public Health, Safety, and 
   Preparedness Unit
   ICE Health Service Corps
   Enforcement and Removal Operations
   U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Facilitator:

  Ann Raftery, RN, PHN, MS
  Associate Medical Director
  Curry International Tuberculosis Center
  University of California, San Francisco
  Berkeley, CA

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The Curry International Tuberculosis Center is approved as a provider of continuing education by the California State Board of Registered Nurses, Provider Number CEP 12308. This training is approved for up to 1.50 continuing education hours. Board requirements prevent us from offering CE credit to people who arrive more than 15 minutes after the start of the training, or leave the training early. Therefore, partial credit will not be awarded.

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The Curry International Tuberculosis Center is designated as a Tuberculosis Center of Excellence for Training, Education, and Medical Consultation (TB COE) via a funded cooperative agreement with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Curry International Tuberculosis Center prioritizes learners from the western region of the United States which consists of seventeen jurisdictions: Alaska, Arizona, California (including Los Angeles, San Diego, and San Francisco), Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming, and the U.S. Pacific Island Territories.