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CDC - CDC Learning Connection - In the Spotlight

   
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Dear Colleague:  
  
In support of World TB Day March 24th, this month’s CDC LC spotlight focuses on tuberculosis (TB). This spotlight features learning products and resources designed to educate and assist health care professionals and others with an interest in TB.
Learning products featured on the spotlight include the following:
Self-Study Modules on Tuberculosis: Modules 1-5 [ce]

Series of five print-based modules covering epidemiology, transmission, pathogenesis, diagnosis, infection control, and treatment of TB infection and disease for health professionals, nurses, outreach workers, and clinicians     

Core Curriculum on Tuberculosis: What the Clinician Should Know [ce]

Intended for use as a self-study reference for clinicians and other public health professionals caring for persons with or at high risk for TB disease or infection     

Includes a slide set designed to be useful in developing educational programs     

Resources featured in the spotlight include:
CDC Division of Tuberculosis Elimination: Links to consultation centers, organizations, and other related sites   

Regional Training and Medical Consultation Centers (RTMCCs)    

State TB Control Offices   

Stop TB USA   

In addition to the learning products and resources in the spotlight, social media tools are available to share information with your colleagues and others about TB and World TB Day 2012.
Tuberculosis E-cards   

World TB Day 2012 Web Buttons   

Do you have a question or comment? We look forward to hearing from you, please contact at learning@cdc.gov.
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Learning Products on TB

Basic Chest Radiology for the TB Clinician (Self Study Module)

• Provides the basics of how to read chest radiographs and covers basic anatomy, disease patterns, and TB specific presentations

Core Curriculum on Tuberculosis: What the Clinician Should Know

• Intended for use as a self-study reference for clinicians and other public health professionals caring for persons with or at high risk for TB disease or infection
• Includes a slide set designed to be useful in developing educational programs

Effective TB Interviewing for Contact Investigation

• A series of four modules, including an overview of the TB interview for contact investigations, basics of communication and patient education, cultural competency, and special interview circumstances

ID 202: Tuberculosis (TB) Training Program

• Designed to educate health care workers about how to safely care for patients who have been exposed to or have TB disease
• Places special emphasis on protecting the health of the health care worker

Introduction to the TB Cohort Review Process

• Provides TB program leaders, managers, and clinicians with the necessary knowledge and skills to lead TB cohort reviews in their program areas

Latent Tuberculosis Infection (LTBI) Webinar and Case Studies

• Provides information about LTBI, treatment issues, toxicities, and HIV/TB co-infection

Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR TB) and Extensively-Drug Resistant (XDR) TB Webinar

• Provides information on the epidemiology, prevention, diagnosis and treatment of MDR and XDR TB

Self-Study Modules on Tuberculosis: Modules 1-5

• Series of five print-based modules covering epidemiology, transmission, pathogenesis, diagnosis, infection control, and treatment of TB infection and disease for health professionals, nurses, outreach workers, and clinicians

TB 101 for Health Care Workers

• Designed to educate health care workers about basic concepts related to TB prevention and control in the United States

TB Prevention in the HIV-infected Patient: Screening, Testing, and Treatment of Latent TB Infection

• Includes slides, audio narration, and interactive questions, and provides information on how to screen, test, and treat human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI)

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Resources

TB Resources

• American Thoracic Society (ATS)
  • Education
  • International Standards for Tuberculosis Care
• CDC
  • Division of Global Migration and Quarantine (DGMQ
    • Tuberculosis Screening and Treatment Technical Instructions for Panel Physicians, 2007
    • 2008 Tuberculosis Technical Instructions for Civil Surgeons
    • Tuberculosis Screening for International Adoptees - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
  • Division of Tuberculosis Elimination
    • Guidelines
    • Health Care Providers and TB Program Materials by Topic
    • New 12-dose treatment regimen for latent TB infection products
    • New Treatment Regimen for Latent Tuberculosis Infection Video (04:53)
    • Patient and General Public Materials
    • State TB Control Offices
    • World TB Day 2012
  • National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
    • Workplace & Health Topic: Respirators
    • Workplace & Health Topic: Tuberculosis
• Evidence-based Tuberculosis Diagnosis
• Find TB Resources.org
• International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (IUATLD)
• National Prevention Information Network (NPIN): Tuberculosis
• National TB Controllers Association
• Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA): Tuberculosis
• Regional Training and Medical Consultation Centers (RTMCCs)
  • Curry International Tuberculosis Center
  • Heartland National Tuberculosis Center
  • New Jersey Medical School Global Tuberculosis Institute
  • Southeastern National Tuberculosis Center
  • RTMCC TB Training and Education Products Webpage
• Stop TB USA (formerly National Coalition for the Elimination of Tuberculosis)
• Stop TB
  • Advocacy, Communications, and Social Mobilization to Fight TB
  • World TB Day
• World Health Organization (WHO)
  • Treatment of Tuberculosis: Guidelines for National Programmes
  • Training modules: Managing TB at the Raion Level
  • Tuberculosis and Air Travel
  • Extensively Drug-Resistant TB (XDR TB)
• WHO Updates Guidelines for Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis

Social Media on Emerging Infectious Diseases

Share information with your colleagues and others about TB with the following Social Media tools.

• Tuberculosis E-cards
• World TB Day 2012 Web Buttons

 

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Information regarding training products and resources featured in the Spotlight was provided by

• TrainingFinder Real-time Affiliate Integrated Network (TRAIN), a free service of the Public Health Foundation
• Division of Tuberculosis Elimination