The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Division of Tuberculosis Elimination (DTBE) is pleased to announce the release of the 5th edition of the Core Curriculum on Tuberculosis: What the Clinician Should Know. The Core Curriculum is intended for use as a self-study guide or reference manual for clinicians and other public health professionals caring for people with or at high risk for TB disease or infection. In addition, the Core Curriculum includes a slide set designed to be useful in developing educational programs.
Originally developed in 1989 and last updated in 2000, the Core Curriculum required further revisions to reflect new guidelines for TB prevention, treatment, testing, diagnosis, and patient management and public health practice. The Core Curriculum includes the following chapters:
Chapter 1 – Overview of TB Epidemiology in the United States
Chapter 2 – Transmission and Pathogenesis of TB
Chapter 3 – Testing for TB Infection and Disease
Chapter 4 – Diagnosis of TB Disease
Chapter 5 – Treatment of LTBI
Chapter 6 – Treatment of TB Disease
Chapter 7 – TB Infection Control
Chapter 8 – Community TB Control
To view the Core Curriculum, please visit:
http://www.cdc.gov/tb/education/corecurr/default.htm [1]
To view or download the Core Curriculum slide set, please visit:
http://www.cdc.gov/tb/publications/slidesets/corecurr/default.htm [2]
Continuing education (CE) credits are offered free of charge for various professions. More information about CE credits is available at http://www.cdc.gov/tb/education/CE/default.htm [3]
Print copies of the Core Curriculum will be available for ordering by the end of October.