Tuberculosis Program Manager's Intensive

This is an in-person training, with no remote participation option.

Dates: August 18-21, 2025

Location: Oakland, CA

Time: 8:30 am - 4:00 pm, days 3 & 4 end earlier [Registration: 8:00 - 8:30 am]

• Day 1   Monday, August 18^th..............8:30 am - 4:00 pm
• Day 2   Tuesday, August 19^th.............8:30 am - 4:00 pm
• Day 3   Wednesday, August 20^th........8:30 am - 3:45 pm
• Day 4   Thursday, August 21^st............8:30 am - 3:00 pm

AGENDA: Click here to view (subject to change)

Application Deadline: Friday, May 30, 2025

Enrollment is limited and pre-registration is required. To apply, please click the Apply button at the top of this screen and then complete the questions on the enrollment form. Note that you will be asked to log in if you haven't already done so. Applicants will be informed of their registration status within a few days of the application deadline. Directions will be included with acceptance letters.

Cost: There is no fee for this training.

Credit: This in-person training is approved for up to 20.50 continuing education hours (see below).

Target Audience: This in-person training is intended for nurses, physicians, and other health professionals working as tuberculosis program managers.

Topics covered include (partial list):

• Role of the program manager
• Epidemiology of tuberculosis (TB)
• Treatment completion strategies
• TB outbreaks
• Working with the laboratory
• Case management
• Partnering to identify and treat persons with latent TB infection (LTBI)
• Legal and ethical issues in TB control
• TB contact and source case investigation
• Infection control
• Program planning
• Program evaluation

Training objectives (partial list):
By the end of the training, participants will be able to describe:

• Role of program manager in preventing and controlling TB
• Key components of a TB surveillance system
• Strategies for treatment completion
• Steps of case management
• Legal options for managing TB patients
• Basic principles of infection control
• Program planning process: Developing an evaluation plan, budget, and timeline

Training Format:
Includes lecture, discussion and case presentations. Individuals must participate in all four days of the training.

Presenters (partial list):

Barbara Cole, RN, MSN, PHN
Director, Disease Control
Riverside County Department of Public Health
Riverside, CA

Varvara Kozyreva, PhD
Chief, Mycobacterial, Mycotic & Parasitic Disease Section
Microbial Diseases Laboratory Branch (MDL)
California Department of Public Health
Richmond, CA

Matthew Sylvester, PhD, PHM
Research Scientist Supervisor I
Microbial Diseases Laboratory Branch (MDL)
California Department of Public Health
Richmond, CA

Amy Tang, MD
Director, Immigrant Health Program
North East Medical Services
San Francisco, CA

Susannah Graves, MD, MPH
Director, Tuberculosis Prevention and Control 
San Francisco Department of Public Health
San Francisco, CA

Ann Scarpita, MPH, MSN, BSN, RN 
TB Nurse Consultant, Tuberculosis Program
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
Denver, CO

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 20.50 continuing education hours.

The Curry International Tuberculosis Center designates this educational activity for a maximum of 20.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^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 20.50 continuing education hours. 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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Important: For your application to be considered, we require completion of the enrollment questions. Please follow these steps:

1. Click Apply. The enrollment questions will appear.

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2. Complete the enrollment questions and click Submit.
3. An automatic email confirming receipt of your application will be sent to you.

*If you need any assistance, please email us at: CurryTBcenter@ucsf.edu.

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