2020 New York City World TB Day Webinar

Date: March 27, 2020
Time: 12:00 - 1:30 pm Eastern

RESOURCES
Handout - The State of TB: Essential Updates - Joseph Burzynski, MD, MPH

Please reach out to the TB Provider Hotline: (844) 713-0559 to report cases, refer patients, and get expert medical consultation.
Connect your patients with We Are TB through www.wearetb.com or email info@wearetb.com

The NYC TB Coalition meets quarterly, consider joining! Contact them by email at tboutreach@health.nyc.gov

COURSE DESCRIPTION & OVERALL GOAL
This webinar will address the TB prevention and elimination efforts in New York City, in the United States, and across the globe. Topics will include a review of local epidemiology, research findings and latest TB guidelines.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND
The webinar is open to physicians, nurses, public health staff, and other health care workers who manage patients at risk for or diagnosed with TB infection or disease.

WHY COURSE IS NEEDED
As the incidence of TB continues to decline, maintaining clinical expertise is particularly challenging especially as the cases are more complex to diagnosis and manage. Ongoing training and education are important for clinicians so they can develop and enhance skills in the diagnosis of TB, follow recommended treatment guidelines, and interact effectively with public health agencies.

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

• Recognize the epidemiology of tuberculosis in New York City to make informed decisions about outreach interventions and allocation of resources.
• Apply updated recommendations, research findings, and best practices for testing and treating TB disease
• Apply updated recommendations, research findings, and best practices for testing and treating latent tuberculosis infection with the goal of increasing treatment initiation and completion.

COURSE 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, this activity has been planned and implemented by Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences and New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. 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.

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

CANCELLATION INFORMATION
We reserve the right to modify the activity content, faculty and activities, and to cancel this activity, if necessary.

If you have any questions, please contact Rosaura Garcia at rg981@njms.rutgers.edu