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Preparedness and Emergency Response Learning Center

2016

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Tuberculosis First (Field Investigator Response And Surveillance Training), Center For Leadership In Public Health Practice Jan 2016

Tuberculosis First (Field Investigator Response And Surveillance Training), Center For Leadership In Public Health Practice

Preparedness and Emergency Response Learning Center

  • Develop interviewing and communication skills needed to assist in eliciting health information to assist in a tuberculosis disease outbreak investigation.
    • Course skills are adaptable to other health settings.
  • Review fundamentals of nonverbal and verbal communication.
  • Understand fundamentals of Interviewing Techniques:
    • Concepts of Bias.
    • Importance of Identifying Unusual Occurrences.
    • Importance of Maintaining Cultural Sensitivity, Confidentiality and Ethics during interviewing.


Tuberculosis: Fundamentals And Response Planning, Center For Leadership In Public Health Practice Jan 2016

Tuberculosis: Fundamentals And Response Planning, Center For Leadership In Public Health Practice

Preparedness and Emergency Response Learning Center

  • Brief History of Tuberculosis and Current Epidemiology
  • Tuberculosis Transmission and Pathogenesis
  • Latent Tuberculosis Infection
  • Drug Resistant Tuberculosis
  • Methods for Detecting Tuberculosis Infection-U.S.
  • Diagnosis of Tuberculosis Disease
  • Reporting a Tuberculosis Case
  • Tuberculosis Contact Investigation
  • Core Steps of a Tuberculosis Outbreak Investigation