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A 54-minute self-study module, this online tool allows learners to listen as CITC's medical director, Lisa Chen MD, presents the basics of how to read chest radiographs: covering basic anatomy, disease patterns, and tuberculosis specific presentations. Learners can listen or read along at their own pace.

Target Audience

• Clinicians and healthcare professionals

Presenter

The animated teaching slide-set (adapted and used for the audio-visual presentation above) is available here in a version first developed as part of a set of teaching modules for the International Standards for Tuberculosis Care (ISTC).

The teaching notes are more detailed than in the self-study version to help prepare the presenter with background information for training as well as offering interactive teaching suggestions and slide-show animation cues.

Date of Release: June 2011

The animated teaching slide-set (adapted and used for the audio-visual presentation above) is available here in a version first developed as part of a set of teaching modules for the International Standards for Tuberculosis Care (ISTC).

The teaching notes are more detailed than in the self-study version to help prepare the presenter with background information for training as well as offering interactive teaching suggestions and slide-show animation cues.

Date of Release: June 2011

The Basics of MDR-TB Clinical Care: Online Video Series is comprised of a series of short, online lectures presented in easy to digest segments. The first five installments are now available and the complete series will cover major topics pertaining to epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment regimens, monitoring and case management, side-effects, prevention and isolation, treatment of contacts, and special situations. 

Date of Release: December 2017 -  March 2020

California Tuberculosis Risk Assessment is a product developed jointly by the Tuberculosis Control Branch at the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), the California Tuberculosis Controllers Association (CTCA), and the Curry International tuberculosis Center (CITC).  The tool is designed to help clinicians select adults for LTBI testing who are at high-risk for TB exposure or progression to TB disease.

The CITC caliper is a cardboard tool to read the Mantoux Tuberculin Skin Test (TST). 

The caliper has a ruler to measure the induration of an individual's reaction to the TST.

The caliper includes tips to read a TST in English and Spanish. 

Date of original release: June 2019

This TB training and education toolbox provides users with tools and step-by-step implementation guides to develop and implement TB trainings for clinicians and other health workers. Users will learn how to:

Developed in collaboration with CDC, National Health Care for the Homeless Council, US Interagency Council on Homelessness, and many other health and social service organizations, the Homelessness and TB Toolkit contains guidelines, forms, signs, educational materials, and other resources collected from many sources in the United States and Canada. The forms are presented as templates that can be modified or edited for a given site’s needs.

Latent TB Videos for Healthcare Providers is a series of three videos designed to help providers talk to their patients about latent TB infection testing and treatment. The two-minute videos, produced by TB Free California in collaboration with CITC, cover the topics: Why Should I Get Testing for Latent TB?  Why Do I Need Treatment for Latent TB? and I Received the BCG Vaccine: Do I Still Need Latent TB Testing and Treatment?

This product was developed as part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and TB Centers of Excellence, U.S. Affiliated Pacific Island initiative. The flipbook is designed as a guide and teaching tool for healthcare personnel to use when providing patient education to persons at risk for TB infection, or newly diagnosed with LTBI. It contains basic information on latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI), its diagnosis, transmission, treatment benefits and potential side effects. 

Video (29 minutes):

This video serves as an introduction to working with interpreters by addressing skills that help TB Control staff successfully facilitate interpreted sessions. 

Skills include:

• Conducting pre-sessions
• Employing three styles of interpreting
• Using a variety of tools to promote accuracy and completeness
• Demonstrating telephone interpreting in the field

Viewer’s Guide (PDF):

This slide presentation with streaming audio provides information on how to manage treatment of tuberculosis (TB). A question and answer session, a printable PowerPoint slide file, and other useful resources are also included as supplemental materials.

Target Audience

• Clinicians and healthcare professionals

Presenter
Karen Smith, M.D., M.P.H.
Public Health Officer
Napa County Public Health
Napa, California

The Model Tuberculosis (TB) Outbreak Response Plan (ORP) is a customizable template to help ensure comprehensive and timely response to a TB outbreak.

The ORP includes the following sections:

Nursing Guide for Managing Side Effects to Drug-resistant TB Treatment is a collaborative project between CITC and the International Council of Nurses (ICN). The guide was developed by nurses with experience in the clinical care and programmatic management of tuberculosis (TB) and drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) in both high- and low-resource settings.

The guide is designed as a reference and job aid, so nurses can quickly: 

This is an online resource that helps clinicians determine when to use and how to conduct the Gastric Aspirate procedure. This resource includes:

• Step-by-step guide
• Brief demonstration video clip

In addition, this tool also provides helpful tips, a list of tools and supplies needed for the procedure, and reading materials for healthcare providers and families.

Date of Release: 2003

UPDATE: This video is undergoing an update and the new version will be posted when complete

This 5-part video presentation (50 minutes total) provides information to strengthen the diagnostic and treatment skills of clinicians working with children with latent TB infection (LTBI) or active TB disease. This course also includes extensive additional resource materials, including provider fact sheets, instructions for families, monitoring forms, dosing tables, and algorithms.

Target Audience

This 60-minute presentation with streaming audio and interactive questions provides information on how to determine whether your TB patient is infectious and demonstrates practical ways that you can prevent TB transmission in your clinic, in transit, and in the patient's home.

• Healthcare workers who interact with TB patients, who supervise staff working with TB patients, or who manage clinics that provide services to TB patients.

Using a self-study format, this publication presents the physical principles of plain chest radiography, enabling clinicians to:

Using a self-study format, this publication presents the physical principles of plain chest radiography, enabling clinicians to:

Designed for homeless shelter staff, Shelters and TB: What Staff Need to Know is an 18-minute training video about how to prevent the spread of TB in homeless shelters.

After viewing this video and accompanying viewer’s guide, the user will be able to describe:

The Tuberculosis Program Manual Template is a set of fully editable Word 
files that provides standardized guidance to public health staff in 
a low-incidence region.

Created from the latest Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines, expert opinion, and input from an advisory panel of representatives from the four states (Idaho, Montana, Utah, and Wyoming), the Tuberculosis Program Manual Template covers a comprehensive range of topics designed to meet the needs of low-incidence states/jurisdictions.

An open-access resource library of radiographic images of tuberculosis. Individuals may use these images to gain an appreciation for the broad spectrum of radiographic manifestations of tuberculosis. The images are free to download and share for non-commercial educational purposes. This product was produced in collaboration with the Firland Northwest Tuberculosis Center.

To contribute radiographs and help us grow this site, submit images to the editors at CurryTBcenter@ucsf.edu

These brief, interactive self-study case studies allow clinicians to practice locating areas of radiographic abnormalities using real-life clinical scenarios. This product was produced in collaboration with the Firland Northwest Tuberculosis Center.

Date of Release: August 2014