This 6-credit hour course provides meaningful content intended to educate participants on the prevalence and incidence of TB and common STDs, testing methods, treatment, transmission prevention, infection control in healthcare facilities, and special populations affected by TB and common STDs. Target audiences for this training are addiction professionals, residential treatment providers, health professionals, including nurse practitioners, nurses, behavioral health technicians, and social workers.

From this 6-credit course, you will be able to:

Explain a brief history of TB, the difference between TB infection and disease, and how TB infection and TB disease develop
List risk factors for the development of TB disease
Describe how HIV infection affects TB
Describe social trends and risks for minority demographics
Explain the purpose and process of the TB skin test and process of diagnosis
Describe the symptoms of TB disease and list the groups of people who should receive high priority for preventive therapy
Describe the usual preventive therapy regimen, the regimen of children and HIV infected persons
Describe the factors that determine the infectiousness of a TB patient and the main goal of an infection control program
Describe transmission, signs, symptoms, and types of common STDs
Explain testing and treatment process for common STDs
Explain the interaction of HIV and STDs and list prevention methods, disease control measures, and testing requirements for STDs

This is a self-paced online course you can start any time. Clicking the link will take you to the course homepage.

TB and STD Online Training (Self-Paced)