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Course Description
This 3 day course provides a concise review of the clinical and public health aspects of managing TB. It will be of particular interest to healthcare workers and trainees in Canada, or other low TB incidence countries, who are seeking to develop or strengthen their TB management skills. Topics will include TB epidemiology in Canada, latent TB infection (LTBI), the medical evaluation of potentially active TB, diagnosis and management of active TB, TB in children, contact tracing, and outbreak management. Emerging topics and controversies in TB diagnosis and treatment will also be discussed. The course format will be a combination of lectures and interactive case presentations. The course faculty are nurses, public health professionals, and clinicians with expertise in TB management within the Canadian context.
Learning Objectives
Course participants will:
- Learn to manage LTBI in adults and children, including indications for testing, diagnosis, treatment, and monitoring.
- Learn the approach to evaluate people with possible active TB.
- Learn how to manage active TB in adults and children, including diagnosis, treatment, and monitoring.
- Learn about emerging technologies in diagnosis, treatment and prevention of TB.
- Understand the basics of diagnosis and treatment of drug-resistant TB infection and disease.
- Develop an approach to contact tracing and management.
- Understand issues specific to clinical and public health aspects in special populations.
- Review legal aspects of TB control
- Understand infection control principles in healthcare settings
Expected practice outcomes:
- Improved skills in screening, diagnosis, treatment of active TB in adults and children
- Improved skills in TST planting, reading, interpretation
- Improved skills in contact tracing
Target Audience
Healthcare professionals or trainees (nurses, physicians, public health professionals) involved in screening, diagnosis, or treatment.
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Meet our Clinical TB Course Directors
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Faiz Ahmad Khan, MD FRCPC MPH
Faiz is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Medicine at McGill University, an Associate Director of the McGill International TB Centre, and works as a respirologist at the McGill University Health Centre and in Nunavik (the Inuit region in the province of Quebec). He is also the medical director of the TB Clinic at the Montreal Chest Institute. His clinical and research work includes a focus on TB and lung health in Quebec’s Indigenous populations. His first foray into lung health research in Nunavik was in 2009, and he has been providing clinical services in the region since 2012. He co-founded the RESP-NORTH remote consultation and triage service with Dick Menzies. Faiz is also co-leading research collaborations on TB and lung health in Karachi, Pakistan, as well as research initiatives evaluating software programs that analyze chest x-rays to detect TB, and collaborative studies assessing the effectiveness of shorter standardized regimens for MDR-TB.
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James Johnston, MD, FRCPC, MPH
Dr James Johnston is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Faculty of Medicine at UBC. He completed Internal Medicine training at McGill before moving to UBC for his Respiratory Medicine Fellowship. He completed postdoctoral TB research training at the BC Centre for Disease Control, and has a Master’s in Public Health from Harvard School of Public Health. His clinical and research interests include tuberculosis in migrants and new technologies to address challenges in TB elimination
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Course Faculty
Gonzalo Alvarez, MD, MPH – University of Ottawa
Marcel Behr, MD, MSc – McGill University
Sarah Brode, MD, FRCPC, MPH – University of Toronto & TB Program, West Park Healthcare Centre
Latoya Campbell, MDCM – Ungava Tulattavik Health Center, Kuujjuaq & Kangiqsuluajjuaq
Ryan Cooper, MD, FRCP, MPH – University of Alberta & Provincial TB Program, Alberta Health Services
Claire Crépeau, Inf. BScN – Nunavik Regional Board of Health and Social Services
Amrita Daftary, PhD, MPH – McGill University
Sandy Finn, RN, BN, MA – Department of Health, Government of Nunavut
Denis Francis, B.Sc. Inf. – Montreal Chest Institute
Richard Long, MD, FRCPC, FCCP – University of Alberta, TB Program Evaluation & Research Unit
Linette McElroy, RN – TB educator and resource development consultant
Dick Menzies, MD, MSc – McGill University
Lavanya Narasiah, MD, MSc, CCFP – Clinique des Réfugiés CSSS Champlain & McGill University
Elizabeth Rea, MD, MSc, FRCPC – Toronto Public Health & University of Toronto
Marie Rochette, MSc, FRCPC – Director of Public Health, Nunavik Regional Board of Health and Social Services
Amélie Tchabo Fosso, B.Sc. Inf. – Montreal Chest Institute
David Zielinski MD, FRCPC, FCCP – McGill University
Faculty are still being confirmed and there may be changes to the above list
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Week 1: June 10-14, 2019
- TB Research Methods • Monday-Friday
- Humanitarian Action in the 21st Century: Challenges and Dilemmas • Monday-Wednesday - New Course!
- Global Health Diagnostics • Monday-Wednesday
- Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) • Wednesday-Friday
Week 2: June 17-21, 2019
- Advanced TB Diagnostics • Monday-Wednesday morning
- Clinical TB: A Focused Clinical & Public Health Review for Healthcare Workers • Monday-Wednesday morning
- Short Course on Qualitative Methods in Global Infectious Diseases Research • Wednesday afternoon-Friday
- Quality of TB Care • Wednesday afternoon-Friday - New Course!
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TB Research Methods
June 10-14, 2019
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An intensive course on methods of operational research, molecular epidemiology, randomized controlled trials, systematic reviews and meta-analyses, qualitative / community based research, decision analyses and modeling. Format will include lectures, debates, panel discussions and small group work.
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Humanitarian Action in the 21st Century:
Challenges and Dilemmas - New course
June 10-12, 2019
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This unique three-day course will explore four key challenges confronting humanitarian action today: forced migration, climate change, access to medicines and attacks on humanitarian aid. Through a combination of inspiring lectures and interactive case studies, the course will explore emerging ethical dilemmas and current controversies around these issues.
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Global Health Diagnostics
June 10-12, 2019
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This workshop on global health diagnostics focuses on cross-cutting issues affecting diagnostics for TB, HIV, sexually transmitted and blood borne infections (STBBIs), acute febrile illnesses, and selected neglected tropical diseases (NTDs).
NOTE: Global Health Diagnostics and the Antimicrobial Resistance course will be taught together on Wednesday, June 12th.
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Antimicrobial Resistance
June 12-14, 2019
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The focus of this 3-day workshop is on understanding the complex causes underlying the emergence and spread of AMR, and on practical approaches to tackle antibiotic misuse in different settings.
NOTE: Global Health Diagnostics and the Antimicrobial Resistance course will be taught together on Wednesday, June 12th.
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Advanced TB Diagnostics
June 17-19, 2019
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This advanced course will cover advanced topics in TB diagnostics research and implementation, including critical pathways for new TB tests, impact of new tests on clinical decision-making and therapeutic choices, cost-effectiveness in routine programmatic settings, and impact on patient-important outcomes.
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Clinical TB: A focused clinical & public health review for healthcare workers
June 17-19, 2019
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This 3 day course provides a concise review of the clinical and public health aspects of managing TB. It will be of particular interest to healthcare workers and trainees in Canada, or other low TB incidence countries, who are seeking to develop or strengthen their TB management skills.
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Short Course on Qualitative Methods in Global Infectious Diseases Research
June 19-21, 2019
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A short-course course focused on the principles and rigorous application of qualitative methods in formative, operational, evaluation and policy research in infectious diseases.
Note: the 2019 course is an abbreviated version of the previous two qualitative method courses which were week-long.
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Quality of TB Care - New Course
June 19-21, 2019
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Poor quality TB care is widespread and is a key driver of the TB epidemic. This course will address the critical need to go beyond coverage and improve quality of TB care in low and middle-income countries.
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