AGENDA

Thursday, October 22, 2015
8:30 am8:45 am              Registration
8:45 am9:00 am               Welcome
9:00 am9:15 am               Stop the Stigma
9:15 am9:45 am               Demographic Changes, Health Disparities and Tuberculosis
9:45 am10:15 am             Addressing Disparities through Cultural Competency
10:15 am10:30 am          BREAK
10:30 am11:00 am           Identifying Strengths and Weaknesses
11:00 am11:30 am           Resources for Cross Cultural Interactions
11:30 am12:45 pm          LUNCH
12:50 pm1:10 pm             Delivering Culturally Competent Patient Education Part 1: Contemplating                                          Your Client’s Perspective
1:10 pm1:45 pm               Delivering Culturally Competent Patient Education Part 2: Messages that                                          Resonate
1:45 pm2:00 pm             BREAK
2:00 pm3:00 pm              Group Exercise: Messages that Resonate
3:00 pm3:45 pm              Research in Educational Messages: Addressing Misperceptions                                                        Surrounding BCG Vaccination andRisk of TB
3:45 pm4:00 pm              Avoiding and Addressing Cultural Errors
4:00 pm4:15 pm              Working Effectively with Interpreters
4:15 pm4:30 pm              Course Evaluation
4:30 pm                           ADJOURN

Times/topics subject to change
 

Target Audience
This course is intended for TB nurses, TB nurse case managers and TB program and clinical staff who are actively engaged in the identification, case management, and treatment of patients with or at risk for TB infection.

Conference Goal
This interactive training will introduce participants to the issues of demographic changes and health disparities within the U.S. and will focus on the provision of culturally competent care and services within TB prevention and care. Through exercises and group discussion participants will have increased understanding of the role of providing culturally competentcare to TB clients.

Conference Objectives
Upon course completion, participants will be able to understand the rationale for providing culturally competent patient education and care to TB patients with or at risk for TB infection; describe available resources to facilitate the delivery of culturally competent patient education; formulate educational messages according to health education best practices; develop short and longterm goals to enhance the quality of culturally competent care and services delivered in each of the participants’ service areas; describe approaches to avoid cultural errors.

Format
The format for this course will be lecturestyle presentations,with group exercises. There will be ample time for questions and answers.