2013 Training Course Descriptions

Regional

Course / Description

5k Fun Run/Walk: Please Fax/Email the disclosure form - details are on the brochure

World TB Day « hide description
Location(s) and date(s):
  • March 22, 2013: San Antonio, TX

Contact Investigation

This course is an interactive, skill-building program designed to improve the knowledge and skills of staff who conduct contact investigation as part of their TB responsibilities. The goal of the course is to assist staff in conducting appropriate and thorough contact and outbreak investigations in a culturally appropriate manner. The course covers updated information on the new contact investigation guidelines released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention including: decisions to initiate a contact investigation; investigating the index patient and sites of transmission; assigning priorities to contacts; medical treatment for contacts with Latent TB Infection (LTBI); when to expand a contact investigation; communicating through the media; data management and evaluation of contact investigations; confidentiality and consent in contact investigations; staffing and training for contact investigations; contact investigation in special circumstances; and source-case investigations. « hide description
Location(s) and date(s):
  • January 14-15, 2013: San Antonio, TX
  • March 26-27, 2013: San Antonio, TX

Contact Investigation Interviewing Skills

Not available « hide description
Location(s) and date(s):
  • April 30-May 3, 2013: Harlingen, TX

TB Intensive

This course is designed for physicians and nurse experts who are actively engaged in the management of patients with, or at risk, of tuberculosis. « hide description
Location(s) and date(s):
  • May 7-10, 2013: San Antonio, TX

TB Nurse Case Management: An Online Course

ncm « hide description
Location(s) and date(s):
  • February 14-March 7, 2013: Online,

TB Nurse Case Management

ncm « hide description
Location(s) and date(s):
  • April 9-11, 2013: San Antonio, TX

TB Nurse Case Management: An Online Course

ncm « hide description
Location(s) and date(s):
  • May 30-June 20, 2013: Online,
  • September 5-26, 2013: Online,

TB Update: On-Site

tbu « hide description
Location(s) and date(s):
  • March 22, 2013: San Antonio, TX

Tuberculin Skin Test (TST) Practicum

This training targets nurses and other allied health care workers responsible for the administration and interpretation of the tuberculin skin test. « hide description
Location(s) and date(s):
  • March 27, 2013: San Antonio, TX
  • April 11, 2013: San Antonio, TX

Webinars

Course / Description

Language and Person Centered Approaches in Tuberculosis Care

This course is designed for health care workers and non-medical staff who work with patients with, or at risk of, tuberculosis. « hide description
Date(s):
  • May 23, 2013

MDR-ENM, A case of XDR

Not available « hide description
Date(s):
  • August 22, 2013

TB Update: Live Webcast

This course is designed for physicians, nurses, and health care professionals who work with patients with or at risk of tuberculosis. « hide description
Date(s):
  • March 22, 2013

Texas

Course / Description