[webinar]
Date: Wednesday, June 18, 2025
Time: 12:00 pm - 1:00 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)
Application Deadline: Tuesday, June 17, 2025
Cost: There is no fee for this webinar.
Credit: This training is approved for up to 1.00 continuing education hour (see below). Certificates will be available approximately 12 weeks after the training.
Target Audience: This webinar is intended for physicians, nurses, and other licensed medical care providers who manage patients at risk for tuberculosis (TB).
Description: This webinar will highlight the updates made to The Online TST/IGRA Interpreter and demonstrate how to use this tool to support preventive treatment decisions for TB.
Webinar Objectives:
By the end of the webinar, participants will be able to:
- Demonstrate the modeling studies and other evidence underlying the new TSTin4D online decision aid to improve TB diagnosis.
- Discuss new options for TB preventive treatment (TPT) currently being evaluated to inform clinicians about other diagnostic tools that can support clinical decision-making.
Webinar Format: Lecture and Q&A
Presenter:
Richard 'Dick' Menzies, MD
Director, McGill International TB Centre &
WHO Collaborating Centre in TB Research
McGill University
Montreal, QB, Canada
Moderator:
Lisa Chen, MD
Medical Director/Principal Investigator
Curry International Tuberculosis Center
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
The Curry International Tuberculosis Center is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. This training is approved for up to 1.00 continuing education hour.
The Curry International Tuberculosis Center designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
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 1.00 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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