Management of a TB Contact Investigation for Public Health Workers
Albuquerque, New Mexico
October 1, 2014
8:30am - 5:00pm
Being held at
Location to be announced
Sponsored by:
Heartland National TB Center
in Collaboration with:
New Mexico Department of Health
FACULTY
Rose Bramble, RN, BSN
New Mexico Department of Health
Diana Fortune, RN, BSN
New Mexico Department of Health
Deborah Isaacks, RN, BSN
New Mexico Department of Health
Jessica Quintero, BAAS
Heartland National TB Center
Janine Waters, BSW
New Mexico Department of Health
Additional faculty to be announced
CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Continuing education for this activity is pending. See final announcement for details.
LEAD EDUCATOR
Delfina Sanchez
Delfina.Sanchez@uthct.edu
210-531-4528
OUR VISION
The vision of Heartland National TB Center is to provide excellence, expertise, and innovation in training, medical consultation, and product development to reduce the impact of tuberculosis in our region.
OUR MISSION
The mission of the Heartland National TB Center is to build capacity with our partners. We will share expertise in the treatment and prevention of tuberculosis by: developing and implementing cutting-edge trainings, delivering expert medical consultation, providing technical assistance, and
designing innovative educational and consultative products.
NO commercial support was given to Heartland National TB Center or UT Health Northeast for this educational program.
Wednesday, October 1, 2014
8:00 am Registration
8:15 am Welcome & Introductions
8:35 am Tuberculosis: Just the facts
9:35 am Break
9:40 am A Case Study: How it all started
10:40 am Break
10:45 am Contact Investigation Overview and Guidelines
11:45 am Lunch (provided)
12:30 pm Contact Investigation Tabletop Exercise
1:45 pm Break
1:50 pm Contact Investigation Tabletop Exercise
2:50 pm Break
2:55 pm Contact Investigation Tabletop Exercise
3:55 pm Break
4:00 pm Tabletop Exercise Review
4:45 pm Questions and Answers, Evaluations
5:00 pm Adjourn
*Times and/or topics are subject to change
This course is designed for disease prevention specialists, epidemiologists, infectious disease nurses and other public health workers who would be anticipated to become directly involved in a contact investigation.
Conference Goal
The goal of this training is to is to build capacity with disease prevention specialists, epidemiologists, infectious disease nurses and other public health workers by developing skill sets necessary in managing a TB contact investigation in a congregate setting.
Conference Objectives
Using interactive lectures and tabletop exercises, participants will be able to: review epidemiologic features of TB disease trends and risk factors within the United States, identify the components and guidelines of a TB contact investigation, and identify the essential elements to TB contact investigation in a congregate setting from initiation to completion.
Format
The format for this course will be lecturestyle presentations with tabletop exercises. There will be ample time for questions and answers.
To be announced
REGISTRATION
There is no charge to attend this workshop but pre-registration is mandatory.
Deadline to register is:
September, 22, 2014
Origination Date: October 7, 2014
Expiration Date: October 7, 2016
Space is limited to 60 participants.
www.heartlandntbc.org/training.asp
Applicants will receive notification of their enrollment
status via e-mail (unless otherwise requested).
