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

Module 1: Transmission and Pathogenesis of Tuberculosis

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This educational module is 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 ways in which tuberculosis (TB) is spread; 

•     Describe the pathogenesis of TB;

•     Identify conditions that increase the risk of TB infection progressing to TB disease;

•     Define drug resistance; and

•     Describe the TB classification system.

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.

Additional Resources

Download Self-Study Guide

Dental Care Coordination for People with Developmental Disabilities (recorded webinar)

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Course Description

This session will provide dental providers and their support personnel with an understanding of dental care coordination in SF Bay area for people with special health care needs. Learners will learn about the barriers to effectively implementing care coordination for this vulnerable population. Learners will also learn about the existing lists of dental providers used by Child Health and Disability Prevention Program (CHDP). You will hear about the dental care coordination system used by the Alameda County Public Health Department, Office of Dental Health. The session will highlight some real-time stories from a wonderful parent of on self-advocate’s accessing dental care journey.

Roxana M. Lopez & Jake Lopez

Roxana Lopez is a Bilingual Case Manager at Support for Families. In her role she support other families with children with disabilities through information and education. She is also a mother of 3 wonderful boys. One with Autism and my other son has a Sensory Processing Disorder and Dyslexia. Her youngest son suffers from anxiety when attending any medical appointment. As parents they also face their own challenges. She has Fibromyalgia and her husband was born with a condition called congenital deformity of bilateral legs. They have overcome many challenges for their kids to start receiving dental care. They understand they still have long way to go, but with the support of dental providers that are willing to serve families like theirs she is hopeful that one day kids and adults with special needs will have the care they deserve.

May Bosco

May Bosco is a registered dental hygienist in Alternative Practice. She been in dentistry for over 20 years and practicing dental hygiene for 15 years. May completed registered dental hygienist in alternative practice (RDHAP) program at University of Pacific, in 2010. Since then, she has provided services to a wide spectrum of patients including patients with dementia, and intellectual disability. May also provides oral health training as Child Health and Disability Program dental hygienist with Department of Public Health. Her both personal and professional goal is to improve access to oral care for everyone.

Dr. Shakalpi Pendurkar

Dr. Shakalpi Pendurkar is the current Dental Health Administrator for Alameda County Public Health Department’s Office of Dental Health. Prior to joining us, Dr. Pendurkar provided leadership on oral health in two Bay Area counties. For over 19 years, Dr. Pendurkar has worked as Lead Supervising Dentist at Gardner Health Services, an FQHC in the heart of downtown San Jose. She is committed to improving access to care and the overall health of her patients and has successfully advocated for the fluoridation of San Jose’s drinking water. She is the Founder and Chair of the Collaborative for Oral Health and Chief Advisor to Santa Clara County Oral Health Program. She is part of Santa Clara County’s Coalition Against Sugar-Sweetened Beverages.

Dr. Karen Raju

 Dr. Karen Raju is a foreign-trained dentist from India who has credentialed with a Master of Public Health from the University of California, Berkeley, and received her residency certificate in Dental Public Health from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). She is passionate about identifying and addressing vulnerable and underserved communities’ oral and public health problems across the lifespan through education, research, and service. Her research work includes a critical appraisal of the available evidence on pregnant women, people with special health care needs, and older adults’ oral and public health issues. She has published and presented her work both at national and International platforms.

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**Please fill out the evaluation after you have completed the course in order to receive CDE credits.

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