Registration for this training ended on Fri, 04/01/2022 - 19:00
Start Time: 1:00 pm Pacific Time
- Day 1 (Tuesday, May 10): 1:00 pm - 3:30 pm
- Day 2 (Tuesday, May 17): 1:00 pm - 3:30 pm
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Cost: There is no fee for this training.
Credit: This training is approved for up to 5.00 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 intended for public health investigators, public health nurses, and other public health staff who conduct and/or oversee/manage TB contact investigations in California.
Description: This training will cover the basics of TB contact investigations (collecting patient information, determining an infectious period, prioritizing contacts, etc.) and interviewing (communication, preparation, re-interviews, etc.). Participants will apply what they learn in small group discussions to reinforce contact investigation and interviewing skills.
Training Objectives:
By the end of the training, participants will be able to:
Day 1
- Describe how the infectious period for TB is determined and its relevance to the investigation
- Describe the characteristics of the TB patient, contacts, and exposure sites that should be considered when prioritizing a TB contact investigation
- List two reasons why the investigator would recommend to expand the contact investigation
Day 2
- Describe the three objectives of a TB interview
- Describe how to prepare for a TB patient interview
- Develop three specific questions an interviewer might ask to elicit the identification of contacts and/or potential sites of transmission
- List three ways to effectively communicate during a TB interview
Virtual Training Format: lecture and breakout rooms
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Presenters:
Michael Joseph
Program Liason
TB Control Branch
California Department of Public Health
Ann Raftery, RN, PHN, MS
Associate Medical Director and Nurse Consultant
Curry International Tuberculosis Center
University of California, San Francisco
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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 5.00 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.
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