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July
Grand Rounds - The Global Control of TB: Implications for TB Elimination in the U.S.
Date: 7/9/2009 - 7/9/2009
Time: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Location: Online webinar and on location at A.G. Holley Hospital
Format: Webinar
Dr. Ken Castro, Director of the CDC's Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, will provide an overview of post-resurgent TB trends and current epidemiologic and technical challenges for TB elimination in the US and worldwide. A discussion about new tools will focus on how these will improve global TB control.
TB Morbidity and Mortality Review - July 2009
Date: 7/9/2009 - 7/9/2009
Time: 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Location: Online webinar and on location at A.G. Holley Hospital
Format: Both
Join online or on location as Dave Ashkin, MD leads A.G. Holley Hospital's staff in conducting a quarterly Morbidity and Mortality (M&M) Review. These conferences focus on some of the most complex and challenging cases of patients with TB.
August
Contact Investigation Skills - August 2009
Date: 8/18/2009 - 8/19/2009
Time: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Location: Montgomery, Alabama
Format: On Location
This two-day course covers the core material essential to those who conduct TB contact investigations. Content includes interviewing and education skills, establishing the need for a contact investigation (CI), managing a CI, and conducting site and contact interviews. Registrants will receive pre-work materials in July that must be completed prior to the course.
September
Comprehensive Clinical TB Course - September 2009
Date: 9/14/2009 - 9/17/2009
Time: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Location: A.G. Holley Hospital
Cost: $300.00
Format: On Location
This four-day training program will familiarize the clinician with all aspects of tuberculosis infection, disease and clinical care using an interdisciplinary and interactive approach. Course objectives are accomplished through a combination of didactic lectures and interactive case management discussions. The course is conducted at A.G. Holley Hospital, one of the last free-standing TB sanatoriums in the U.S.
Tuberculin Skin Test Train-the-Trainer Course - September 2009
Date: 9/18/2009 - 9/18/2009
Time: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Location: A.G. Holley Hospital
Cost: $50.00
Format: Train-the-trainer
This one-day skill-building course provides the knowledge needed to plan, teach, and evaluate a Mantoux Tuberculin Skin Test (TST) course. The course content includes skills for planning and conducting a TST training including adult learning principles and teaching strategies. The curriculum is provided through lecture and participatory activities, including practicum in TST administration and reading and instructional skills demonstration.
December
Comprehensive Clinical TB Course - December 2009
Date: 12/7/2009 - 12/10/2009
Time: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Location: A.G. Holley Hospital
Cost: $300.00
Format: On Location
This four-day training program will familiarize the clinician with all aspects of tuberculosis infection, disease and clinical care using an interdisciplinary and interactive approach. Course objectives are accomplished through a combination of didactic lectures and interactive case management discussions. The course is conducted at A.G. Holley Hospital, one of the last free-standing TB sanatoriums in the U.S.
Tuberculin Skin Test Train-the-Trainer Course - December 2009
Date: 12/11/2009 - 12/11/2009
Time: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Location: A.G. Holley Hospital
Cost: $50.00
Format: On Location
This one-day skill-building course provides the knowledge needed to plan, teach, and evaluate a Mantoux Tuberculin Skin Test (TST) course. The course content includes skills for planning and conducting a TST training including adult learning principles and teaching strategies. The curriculum is provided through lecture and participatory activities, including practicum in TST administration and reading and instructional skills demonstration.