Post-TB: from evidence to action

[webinar]

Date: Monday, Ocotber 28, 2024

Time: 12:00 - 1:30pm Pacific Time. (All of our virtual trainings are in Pacific Time. If you are unsure about the time zone differences, please use the Time Converter)

Cost: There is no fee for this training.

Credit: This training is approved for up to 1.5 continuing education hour (see below). Certificates will be available approximately 12 weeks after the training to participants who complete the entire training and evaluation.

Target Audience: This training is intended for healthcare professionals, tuberculosis survivors and anyone impacted by tuberculosis.

Description: This webinar will provide an overview of what happens to people after they complete TB treatment, with an emphasis on the morbidity and mortality they may face. This session will also discuss potential strategies to help support people post-treatment.

Training Objectives:

By the end of the training, participants will be able to:

• describe the morbidity and mortality experienced by people with TB disease after treatment completion
• describe evidence to support interventions to mitigate post-TB morbidity and mortality

Webinar Format: lecture and Q&A

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Presenters:

James 'Jay' Johnston, MD, MPH, FRCPC
Clinical Professor (Medicine)
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
 

Kamila Romanowski, PhD, MPH
Research Epidemiologist
Provincial TB Services, BC Centre for Disease Control,
Vancouver, Canada

Moderator:

Lisa Chen, MD
Medical Director/TB COE Principal Investigator
Curry International Tuberculosis Center
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA

The Curry International Tuberculosis Center is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. This training is approved for up to 1.50 continuing education hour.

The Curry International Tuberculosis Center designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit^TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

The Curry International Tuberculosis Center is approved as a provider of continuing education by the California State Board of Registered Nurses, Provider Number CEP 12308. This training is approved for up to 1.50 continuing education hour. Board requirements prevent us from offering CE credit to people who arrive more than 15 minutes after the start of the training, or leave the training early. Therefore, partial credit will not be awarded.
 

The Curry International Tuberculosis Center is designated as a Tuberculosis Center of Excellence for Training, Education, and Medical Consultation (TB COE) via a funded cooperative agreement with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Curry International Tuberculosis Center prioritizes learners from the western region of the United States which consists of seventeen jurisdictions: Alaska, Arizona, California (including Los Angeles, San Diego, and San Francisco), Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming, and the U.S. Pacific Island Territories.

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