Slide 1: Medical Update TB Technical Instructions for Panel Physicians: Implications for US-Practitioners November 28, 2012 There is the logo of the New Jersey Medical School Global Tuberculosis Institute. There is a photo of an immigration officer with an airplane in the background. Sponsored by the New Jersey Medical School Global Tuberculosis Institute Slide 2: Objectives Upon completion of this seminar, participants should be able to: Describe the purpose and use of the TB technical instructions in the medical evaluation of persons emigrating to the United States (US) List the changes to the TB technical instructions to clarify their use in the examination of immigrants and refugees Explain how to implement the TB technical instructions to appropriately provide related medical consultation Apply the TB technical instructions to the medical follow-up of immigrants and refugees arriving in the US Slide 3: Faculty Phil Lowenthal, MPH Tuberculosis Control Branch California Department of Public Health Sundari Mase MD, MPH Field Services and Evaluation Branch Division of Tuberculosis Elimination Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Drew L. MD, MPH Immigrant, Refugee, and Migrant Health Branch Division of Global Migration and Quarantine Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Slide 4: Agenda Background and Overview of Technical Instructions Mase, MD, MPH —Sundari Implementation and Roll Out of Technical Instructions —Drew Posey, MD, MPH Case Presentations Sundari Mase, MD, MPH Discussion
Slide 1: Medical Update TB Technical Instructions for Panel Physicians: Implications for US-Practitioners November 28, 2012 There is the logo of the New Jersey Medical School Global Tuberculosis Institute. There is a photo of an immigration officer with an airplane in the background. Sponsored by the New Jersey Medical School Global Tuberculosis Institute Slide 2: Objectives Upon completion of this seminar, participants should be able to: Describe the purpose and use of the TB technical instructions in the medical evaluation of persons emigrating to the United States (US) List the changes to the TB technical instructions to clarify their use in the examination of immigrants and refugees Explain how to implement the TB technical instructions to appropriately provide related medical consultation Apply the TB technical instructions to the medical follow-up of immigrants and refugees arriving in the US Slide 3: Faculty Phil Lowenthal, MPH Tuberculosis Control Branch California Department of Public Health Sundari Mase MD, MPH Field Services and Evaluation Branch Division of Tuberculosis Elimination Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Drew L. MD, MPH Immigrant, Refugee, and Migrant Health Branch Division of Global Migration and Quarantine Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Slide 4: Agenda Background and Overview of Technical Instructions —Sundari Mase, MD, MPH Implementation and Roll Out of Technical Instructions —Drew Posey, MD, MPH Case Presentations Sundari Mase, MD, MPH Discussion
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