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REGIONAL TB CONFERENCE - WORLD WITHOUT BORDERS
MARCH 20, 2008
8:30 AM – 3:15 PM
WALTHAM, MA
This program is an activity of
 
Course Description
This regional update conference will focus on new developments and pressing issues in TB including: overseas screening, TB cases among immigrants and refugees, XDR-TB, culture monitoring and HIV testing.

Target Audience
Nurses and physicians who care for patients with tuberculosis

Objectives

Upon completion of this course participants will be able to:
• Describe a pandemic
• Describe new recommendations for screening Immigrants and Refugees
• Identify one high risk population
• Describe TB treatment for active disease
• Describe Extensively-Drug Resistant TB ( XDR-TB)

Faculty

Massachusetts State Department of Health

Mary Gilchrist, PhD

Janice Boutotte, PhD, RN
Director of Case Managementt

Jennifer Cochran, MPH
Director of Immigrant & Refugee Health

John Bernardo, MD
TB Medical Consultant

Marie Turner, MD
TB Medical Consultant

CDC

Mark Lobato, MD
New England TB Medical Consultant

Course Requirements
Course is open to nurses, physicians and public health program staff in the Northeastern region.

Registration Process
Please call: Carolyn Harris or Dyesha Johnson at (781)774-6737

Fee
No fee is required for this course.

Training Location

Children’s Hospital Boston at Waltham
9 Hope Ave.
Waltham, MA 02453

Planning Committee

NJMS Global TB Institute

Nisha Ahamed, MPH
Director of Education & Training

Erin Howe, MPH
New England Health Educator

New England State Departments of Health

Sue Etkind, MS, RN
Massachusetts TB Controller

Kathy Hursen, MSN, RN
Massachusetts Director of Education & Training

Lisa Roy, MSW
New Hampshire Health Educator

Lisa Roy, MSW
New Hampshire Health Educator

Lloyd Friedman, MD
Connecticut TB Medical Consultant

John Bernardo, MD
Massachusetts TB Medical Consultant

Marilyn DelValle
Massachusetts Patient Education Coordinator


Continuing Education Credits
For Physician (CME):
The Bureau of Communicable Disease Control, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, designates this educational activity for a maximum of 5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

The Bureau of Communicable Disease Control, MA Department of Public Health is accredited by the Massachusetts Medical Society to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

For all other types of continuing education credits:
This program has been offered by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Bureau of Communicable Disease Control. A maximum of 5 contact hours for this program will be provided in accordance with the regulations governing continuing education requirements for the following Boards of Registration:

Board of Registration in Nursing (CMR 244 5.00), Board of Registration of Social Workers (258CMR 31.00et seq), Board of Mental Health Professions (262CMR 7.00), Board of Certification of Health Officers (241CMR 4.03), Board of Registration of Sanitarians (255CMR 5.02).

 

For more information, please contact Carolyn Harris or Dyesha Johnson at (781) 774-6737.