National Webinar: Communicating about Public Health in Times of Crisis: Strategies for TB Programs and Staff during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Date:
Tuesday, June 23, 2020

Time:
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm Eastern
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Central
11:00 am - 12:30 pm Mountain
10:00 am - 11:30 am Pacific

WEBINAR DESCRIPTION
The webinar will look at risk communication around TB during the COVID-19 pandemic using a panel discussion format. Provision of TB care is changing, and staff and patients alike may be experiencing fear and anxiety, which present barriers to accessing and delivering appropriate TB services. This webinar will explore challenges faced by frontline staff and managers or supervisors when communicating with TB patients, contacts, and others. The panel will discuss strategies for developing messages and approaches to communication to help ensure that appropriate TB care can be provided. Panelists will include mental health professionals, communication experts, TB program staff, and clinicians.

TARGET AUDIENCE
This webinar is open to TB program and public health staff who are involved in the care and prevention of TB, including program managers, clinic managers, nurses, disease investigators, and outreach workers.

WHY THIS WEBINAR IS NEEDED
Provision of TB care is changing, and staff and patients alike may be experiencing fear and anxiety, which present barriers to accessing and delivering appropriate TB. As TB programs navigate maintaining continuity of services during the COVID-19 pandemic , resources are needed to help TB program managers and healthcare workers effectively address communication challenges with TB patients and staff about health and safety concerns.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Upon completion of this webinar, participants should be better able to:

• Recognize the emotional and psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on health workers and TB patients
• Apply risk communication principles to develop messages on TB and COVID-19 for front-line health workers, patients, and contacts
• Use tailored approaches for communicating with health workers, TB patients, contacts so appropriate TB care can be provided

WEBINAR REQUIREMENTS
In order to meet the learning objectives and receive continuing education credits, participants are required to attend the webinar and complete an evaluation.

CONTINUING EDUCATION INFORMATION

In support of improving patient care, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
CME: Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
CNE: This activity is awarded 1.5 contact hours (60 minute CH). Nurses should only claim those contact hours actually spent participating in the activity.
CHES: The Rutgers School of Public Health, Center for Public Health Workforce Development is designated as a multiple event provider of CECHs by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing. This course has been approved for 1.5 CHES / MCHES credits.

DISCLOSURE POLICY
All individuals who affect content of continuing education activities are required to disclose to the audience any real or apparent conflict of interest related to the activity. The activity faculty are further required to disclose discussion of off-label/investigational uses in their presentations. These disclosures will be made to the audience at the time of the activity.

REGISTRATION INFORMATION
There is no fee for this webinar.

Please click here to register.
Applicants will receive notification of their enrollment status via email.

Registration deadline is June 22, 2020.

There is limited space for the webinar and acceptance will be on a firstcome, first-serve basis. Participants at the same location are encouraged to view the webinar as a group. Each site must identify a contact person to register, receive webinar information, submit a sign-in sheet, and share the link to the online evaluation.

If you register and are unable to participate, we would appreciate you informing us so that others may be accommodated.

If you have any questions, please contact Olivia Dupont at od94@njms.rutgers.edu