Essential Components of a TB Program: An Overview

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Date: February 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 pm Pacific

WEBINAR DESCRIPTION
The purpose of this webinar is to increase knowledge of strategies for the prevention, control, and elimination of TB with the goal of strengthening priority efforts at state and local levels. The webinar will outline the rationale for updating the previously published recommendations and provide an overview of the core functions and essential services that fall within the scope of responsibility of the TB program. The format will include didactic presentations followed by a moderated discussion. 

WHY COURSE IS NEEDED
As TB rates continue to decline, TB programs are faced with the challenge of maintaining TB prevention and control and accelerating the decrease in incidence necessary for TB elimination. Healthcare providers and public health staff should be aware of the essential components of a TB control program in order to prioritize strategies for the identification and treatment of individuals with TB disease, conducting contact investigations to find and evaluation potentially exposed persons, and risk-based screening, testing, and treatment of persons with latent TB infection. In addition, TB programs need new approaches for diagnosis, surveillance, treatment, and prevention, including collaborating with partners in the public and private sector, engaging patients and community groups, and ensuring ongoing training and education for staff. This webinar will outline the roles and responsibilities of TB programs within the public health framework.

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be better able:

• Explain recent updates to the Essential Components of a Public Health TB Prevention, Control, and Elimination Program report.

• Outline implications of the report as part of an overall framework for the core functions of TB programs.

CONTINUING EDUCATION INFORMATION
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences, Heartland National TB Center, and the National Tuberculosis Controllers Association. 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 each 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 hour (60 minute CH). Nurses should only claim those contact hours actually spent participating in the activity.

REGISTRATION INFORMATION
There is no charge to attend this webinar but pre-registration is mandatory.

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Applicants will receive notification of their enrollment status via email.

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.

For additional information, please contact Delphina Sanchez at delphina.sanchez@uthct.edu