EFFECTIVE INTERVIEWING AND
CONTACT INVESTIGATION
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March 2 - 4, 2010
CNE Certified Activity
Course Location
New Jersey Medical School Global Tuberculosis Institute
225 Warren St. 1st Floor
Newark, New Jersey
Provided By
University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ),
New Jersey Medical School Global Tuberculosis Institute, and
UMDNJ-Center for Continuing and Outreach Education
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This activity is supported by an educational grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Tuberculosis Elimination
The New Jersey Medical School Global Tuberculosis Institute is the Tuberculosis Regional Training and Medical Consultation Center for the northeastern United States
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| The purpose of this interactive three-day course is to provide healthcare workers who interview tuberculosis patients with the necessary knowledge and skills to conduct an interview for contact investigation. The course covers the principles of effective communication, interviewing, and contact investigation related to tuberculosis. The format includes lectures, group discussions, exercises, role playing and standardized patient interviews. |
| This workshop is designed for health care workers who interview TB patients for the purpose of contact investigation. |
| Contact investigation is an essential function of TB prevention and control in the U.S. This workshop will provide information and strategies for developing knowledge and skills to help increase the effectiveness of healthcare workers’ contact investigation interactions. |
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Upon completion of this course participants will be able to:
- Demonstrate fundamentals of effective communication and structuring interviews
- Appropriately verbalize TB concepts for patient education
- Apply principles of TB transmission to contact investigation process
- Identify critical components of contact investigation
- Describe techniques and approaches that can be used to achieve effective cross-cultural communication when interviewing TB patients
- Identify strategies for working with interpreters
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In order to meet the course objectives, individuals should attend the entire course, participate in individual and group exercises, complete the program evaluation form at the end of the course, and a post-course follow up evaluation within 2 months of the course.
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8:30 am Registration
9:00 am Welcome – Dr. Reichman
9:15 am Warm Up Exercise
9:30 am Ice Berg Exercise
10:00 am Review of Communication Skills
10:30 am Break
10:45 am Active Listening Exercise – Facilitators
11:15 am Fundamentals of TB Interviewing
12:30 pm Lunch
1:30 pm Infectious Period Exercise
1:45 pm TB Interviewing Resource Guide & TB Interviewing Checklist
2:45 pm Break
3:15 pm TB Interviewing Video Excerpt and Discussion
4:30 pm Adjourn
8:30 am Review
8:45 am TB Interviewing Strategy Exercise
10:00 am TB Interviewing Strategy Exercise Feedback
10:15 am Break
10:30 am TB Interviewing Structure Exercise
11:45 am TB Interviewing Structure Exercise Feedback
12:00 pm Lunch
1:00 pm Simulated Patient Exercise
4:00 pm Adjourn
9:00 am Discussion of Simulated Patient Exercise
10:00 am Interviewing Contacts
10:45 am Break
11:00 am Interviewing Contacts Exercise
12:00 pm Lunch
1:00 pm Cultural Competency & Using Interpreters in TB Control
2:00 pm Congregate Settings Investigations
2:45 pm Break
3:00 pm Congregate Settings Exercise
3:30 pm Post-Course Knowledge and Skills Assessment
4:00 pm Course Evaluation
4:30 pm Adjourn
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UMDNJ-Center for Continuing and Outreach Education is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by NJSNA, an accredited approver, by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. Provider Number P173-11/09-12. Provider Approval is valid through November 30, 2012.
This activity is awarded 17.75 contact hours. (60 minute CH)
Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP 13780.
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Please complete a course application, and return it by February 23rd to:
NJMS Global Tuberculosis Institute
PO Box 1709
225 Warren Street
Newark, NJ 07101-1709
Attention: Diane Lucas
Notification of acceptance and additional course information will be sent via email. Please be sure to provide a valid email address on the application form.
A $75.00 fee is required prior to the start of the workshop. Acceptable forms of payment are check or money order made payable to NJMS Global Tuberculosis Institute.
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The Hampton Inn & Suites- Newark Riverwalk - in Harrison, NJ.
CALL: 973-483-1900 to make a reservation. Mention code ‘TBM’ to get group rate. Group rate: $129.00/night plus 15% state and local taxes ($148.35).
Complimentary bus transportation will be provided between the hotel and the conference site.
The Hampton Inn has free airport shuttle service to and from Newark Liberty International Airport. When boarding the shuttle, make sure to specify that the Hampton Inn – Newark Riverwalk is your destination.
UMDNJ reserves the right to modify the activity content, faculty and activities, and reserves the right to cancel this activity, if necessary.
Participants who are unable to attend may cancel up to 2 weeks prior to the course.
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NJMS Global TB Institute
Newark, NJ
- Mark Wolman, MA, MPH
Program Manager, TB Control
- Diane Lucas, MDiv, MPH
Teaching & Consultation Specialist
- Ramona Valentin, BSHA, CSW
Public Health Representative II
- June Hare
Public Health Representative II
New Jersey Department of Health & Senior Services
- J. Al Cortes
Public Health Representative I
Northern Regional Office
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NJMS Global TB Institute
Newark, NJ
ACTIVITY DIRECTOR
- Nisha Ahamed, MPH
Director of Education and Training
MEMBERS
- Diane Lucas, MDiv, MPH
Training & Consultation Specialist
- DJ McCabe, RN, MSN
Trainer & Consultant, Clinical Programs
- Mark Wolman, MA, MPH
Program Manager, TB Control
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If you require an accommodation because of a disability, or if you have any additional needs, please contact Diane Lucas at (973) 972-1261 or email at lucasde@umdnj.edu
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