TB Basics and Patient-Centered Care

Training Date: Wednesday, May 31, 2023  [virtual training offered via Zoom]

Training Time: 12:00 - 2:00 pm Pacific Time. (All of our virtual trainings are in Pacific Time. If you are unsure about the time zone differences, please use the Time Converter)

Cost: There is no fee for this training.

Credit: This training is approved for up to 2.0 nursing continuing education hours (see below). Certificates will be available approximately 12 weeks after the training to participants who complete the entire training and evaluation.

Target Audience: This training is an entry level session intended for nurses and other healthcare providers who are within their first year of providing TB case management services for active or latent tuberculosis.

This virtual training is part of the Curry Center’s Tuberculosis Case Management and Contact Investigation Intensive (CMCI) core training. The 2023 virtual CMCI series is designed for tuberculosis case managers and public health nurses who deliver case management services to patients with active or latent TB within the public health setting. For more information about this series, and other core training opportunities, please visit our website or email us at CurryTBCenter@ucsf.edu.

Training Objectives:

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

• list the three strategies that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends for public health agencies to implement in order to control and prevent tuberculosis (TB)
• identify several characteristics that distinguish active TB disease from latent TB infection (LTBI)
• appropriately apply the American Thoracic Society TB classifications
• apply insights gained upon hearing the journey through diagnosis and treatment from a TB survivor to improve delivery of TB care to patients in their setting
• provide information on peer support groups such as We Are TB for persons undergoing tuberculosis treatment in their setting

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

Presenters:

Cherie Stafford, MSN, MPH Nurse Coordinator TB Control Program Office of Disease Integration and Services Arizona Department of Health Services Phoenix, AZ

Jacqueline Cuen, MS Former TB Patient and Advocate New York, NY

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 2.00 continuing education hour. 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.

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.

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