Global & Local Tuberculosis: Updates Relevant to Your Practice

September 29, 2016

8:30 am – 4:30 pm Eastern

The purpose of this training is to strengthen providers’ knowledge of TB diagnosis, treatment, and management. The conference will provide an opportunity to discuss current and emerging issues in TB, as well as perspectives for the resolution of challenges in the management of complex TB cases. Topics will include local epidemiology, the diagnosis and treatment of TB infection, managing drug resistant TB, refugee health and TB, access to regional resources and a panel discussion of health department services. The format will include a combination of lectures and panel discussions.

This conference is designed for healthcare providers who are involved in the diagnosis, treatment and management of persons with latent TB infection and disease. Physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, public health nurses, and others working in TB prevention and care are welcome to attend.

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

• Interpret local and global epidemiological trends to better screen and treat groups at high risk for tuberculosis;
• Apply current recommendations for assessing risk, testing and treating TB infection to prevent development of disease
• Integrate principles for the diagnosis, treatment and management of TB disease to prevent transmission and drug resistance
• Discuss patient-centered care approaches for addressing the challenges of managing patients with complex clinical and social issues, such as refugees; and
• Describe available resources and best practices for the diagnosis, treatment and management of routine and complex TB cases.

Registration will close on Septembr 9, 2016 or when all slots have been filled.

The fee for this course is $25 and payment must be received by September 9th. Acceptable forms of payment are credit card, check, money order or purchase order. Check or money order can be made payable to Rutgers Global Tuberculosis Institute and mailed to:

Global Tuberculosis Institute

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

225 Warren Street, 2nd Fl., E. Wing

Newark, NJ 07103

Attention: Bernie Rodriguez

For additional program information, please contact Jennifer K. Campbell at (973) 972-1261 or send an email to jennifer.k.campbell@rutgers.edu.