Module 5: Infectiousness and Infection Control

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These educational modules are designed to provide basic information about tuberculosis (TB) in a self-study format for new TB Disease Intervention Specialists. After completion of this module, the staff will be able to:

  • Describe the factors that determine the infectiousness of a TB patient. 
  • Describe the main goals of a TB infection-control program. 
  • Describe the three levels of control measures that are the basis of an effective infection-control program. 
  • Describe the purpose and the characteristics of a TB airborne infection isolation room. 
  • Describe the circumstances when personal respirators should be used.

Instructions:

  1. Please review the PowerPoint presentation “Infectiousness and Infection Control.” You can find the PowerPoint embedded on the course homepage (see below).
  2. Complete the quiz with a passing grade of 70% or higher.

Deadline: The course should be completed within the first 6 months of employment.

Module 4: Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection and Tuberculosis Disease

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These educational modules are designed to provide basic information about tuberculosis (TB) in a self-study format for new TB Disease Intervention Specialists. After completion of this module, the staff will be able to:

  • List the groups of people who should receive high priority for LTBI treatment. 
  • Describe treatment regimens for LTBI. 
  • Describe treatment regimens for TB disease. 
  • Describe the principles of preventing drug resistance. 
  • Describe patient monitoring during LTBI and TB disease treatment.
  • Describe TB treatment adherence strategies.
  • List the common adverse reactions to the drugs used to treat LTBI and TB disease.

Instructions:

  1. Please review the PowerPoint presentation “ Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection and Tuberculosis Disease.” You can find the PowerPoint embedded on the course homepage (see below).
  2. Complete the quiz with a passing grade of 70% or higher.

Deadline: The course should be completed within the first 6 months of employment.

Module 3: Targeted Testing and the Diagnosis of Latent Tuberculosis Infection and Tuberculosis Disease

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These educational modules are designed to provide basic information about tuberculosis (TB) in a self-study format for new TB Disease Intervention Specialists. After completion of this module, the staff will be able to:

  • Identify high-risk groups for targeted testing. 
  • Describe how to interpret an interferon-gamma release assay. 
  • Describe how to place, read, and interpret a Mantoux tuberculin skin test. 
  • Discuss considerations for using either an interferon-gamma release assay or the Mantoux tuberculin skin test for diagnosing latent TB infection.
  • Describe the components of a medical evaluation for diagnosing TB disease.

Instructions:

  1. Please review the PowerPoint presentation ” Targeted Testing and The Diagnosis of Latent Tuberculosis Infection and Tuberculosis Disease.” You can find the PowerPoint embedded on the course homepage (see below).
  2. Complete the quiz with a passing grade of 70% or higher.

Deadline: The course should be completed within the first 6 months of employment.

Module 2: Epidemiology of Tuberculosis

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These educational modules are designed to provide basic information about tuberculosis (TB) in a self-study format for new TB Disease Intervention Specialists. After completion of this module, the staff will be able to:

  • Describe how the number of TB cases reported in the United States has changed over the last 65 years.
  • List five factors that contributed to the increase in the number of TB cases between 1985 and 1992.
  • List three improvements TB programs were able to make with increased federal, state, and other funds and resources that have contributed to a decrease in TB cases since 1993. 
  • List the groups of people who are more likely to be exposed to or infected with M. tuberculosis.
  • List the groups of people who are more likely to develop TB disease once infected with M. tuberculosis.

Instructions:

  1. Please review the PowerPoint presentation “ The Epidemiology of Tuberculosis.” You can find the PowerPoint embedded on the course homepage (see below).
  2. Complete the quiz with a passing grade of 70% or higher.

Deadline: The course should be completed within the first 6 months of employment.

Onboarding Training Depot

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Welcome to the RADR Fundamentals Training Depot, where you can find resources to support onboarding and refresher training for Public Health and DIS Fundamentals and other support for training and navigating our public health system.
If you would like a record of your learning progress in this course, here’s what you need to know:
Once you have completed your onboarding or refresher training, you can upload an image of your completed certificates, screen shots, and learning to the Training Record Upload tab lesson found at the end. Additional instructions can be found within the lessons.

Table of Contents

  1. Getting Started and Intro to SFDPH-RADR
  2. Public Health Fundamentals
  3. DIS Fundamentals
  4. Links to Other Training Resources
  5. Training Record Upload – Track Your Progress

Medical Dental Integration for People with Developmental Disabilities (slide presentation)

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Description

This session will provide dental providers, and their support personnel with a comprehensive demonstration of medical dental integration to improve overall quality of life for individuals with special health care needs. It will also help learners understand how to plan and implement a patient-centered health home for people with physical, developmental, and cognitive disabilities.

Learning Objectives

  • Learn about Interprofessional Education for budding dentists.
  • Learn about improved clinical collaboration in a Federally Qualified Health Center setting.
  • Learn about scope of Integrated Health Information Technology in implementing a patient-centered health home.
  • Learn about Integrated Financing to cater needs of people with special health care needs.
  • Ravenswood Model to improve the overall health of people with special needs.

Directions

There is no recording of this webinar. Please review the slides below and complete the quiz and evaluation to receive credit.

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Hospital Dentistry and Exemplary Models for People with Special Health Care Needs across their Lifespan (recorded webinar)

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Date: May 31, 2023

Time: 5:30PM

Description:

This session will give dental providers and their support personnel a better understanding of hospital dentistry. It will highlight the indications and contraindications of dental treatment under anesthesia. The experts will also demonstrate the real-time working models of hospital dentistry centers catering to people with special health care needs across their lifespans.

Learning Objectives:

  • Learn about the basics of hospital dentistry.
  • Learn about indications and contraindications of performing dental treatment under general anesthesia.
  • Learn about improved clinical outcomes through hospital dentistry models.
  • Learn about the Pediatric Dental Initiative (PDI) to improve the overall health of Children with Special Health Care Needs.
  • Learn about the Bay Area Dental Surgery Center to improve the overall health of adults with Special Health Care Needs.

Directions: You must watch the entire video and submit your answers to the poll questions in order to receive credit. After answering the questions, a screen will pop up asking you to “submit answers”. Please remember to click on “submit answers.” You must also fill out an evaluation.

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Integrating PrEP and PEP into Partner Services

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This course is designed to give Disease Intervention Specialists (DIS) the tools they need to offer HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to their clients by reviewing what PrEP is, how it differs from post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) how to assess whether a patient is eligible for PrEP, and PrEP counseling. This course also provides a new job aid, the PrEP Counseling Checklist, that DIS can utilize during patient encounters.

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Staying Resilient and Delivering Patient Care

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Learning objectives:

In this virtual learning session with Robin Mattheis, MSW, participants will learn about the following:

  1. Adverse childhood experiences
  2. Trauma-informed care
  3. Building resilience
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Boots on the Ground Part 1: Foundational Epidemiology

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This course is an introduction to epidemiology. By the end of this course, learners will be able to:

  1. Define epidemiology
  2. Describe the key factors impacting the incidence and spread of disease, injury, or health outcome (i.e. agent, host, environment)
  3. Describe basic key terms in epidemiology
  4. Describe distribution of disease, injury, or health outcomes and understand bias, validity, and reliability in assessing public health problems
  5. Identify bias, validity, and reliability
  6. Identify research methods