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2.00

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9

Start Date

1 Sep 2023

Last Review Date

11 Aug 2024

Expiration Date

31 Aug 2026

Estimated Time To Finish

120 Minutes


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Activity Description

Tuberculosis (TB) is a significant global health challenge; the World Health Organization has set an ambitious goal to reduce TB incidence by 90% between 2015 and 2035. However, TB diagnosis, treatment, and prevention present considerable difficulties. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, TB was the most prevalent infectious disease worldwide. Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative agent of TB, has plagued humanity for millennia. Diagnostic approaches include the Mantoux skin test and the interferon-gamma release assay, which have diagnostic and predictive limitations. Advances such as molecular nucleic acid amplification tests have improved diagnostic accuracy but remain inaccessible in many high-prevalence regions. The ongoing development and implementation of new diagnostic tests aim to enhance TB detection further.

This activity introduces the epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnostic approaches, treatments, and prevention of latent and active TB. The treatment of TB involves complex regimens that are challenging to administer. The primary anti-TB antibiotics, developed in the mid-20th century, are essential, but recent approvals of 2 new antibiotics mark a significant advancement. Effective TB prevention and management require a coordinated effort among public health officials, primary care clinicians, and specialists, emphasizing the need for robust public health infrastructure and interprofessional collaboration to achieve global TB control and elimination goals.


Target Audience

This activity has been designed to meet the educational needs of physicians, physician associates, nurses, pharmacists, nurse practitioners, dentists, and social workers.

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this activity, the learner will be better able to:

  • Screen high-risk populations for tuberculosis infection using evidence-based screening tools and protocols.

  • Implement current World Health Organization guidelines for the diagnosis of tuberculosis.

  • Assess the effectiveness of tuberculosis treatment by monitoring patient progress and response to therapy.

  • Collaborate with an interprofessional healthcare team to ensure timely reporting and treatment of tuberculosis cases.

Disclosures

StatPearls, LLC requires everyone who influences the content of an educational activity to disclose relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies that have occurred within the past 24 months. Ineligible companies are organizations whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. All relevant conflict(s) of interest have been mitigated. Hover over contributor names for financial disclosures. Others involved in planning this educational activity have no relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Commercial Support: This activity has received NO commercial support.

Continuing Education Accreditation Information

In support of improving patient care, StatPearls, LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

 

Physicians and Physician Associates: StatPearls, LLC designates this enduring material for a maximum of 2.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians and PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

American Board of Anesthesiology: This activity contributes to the CME component of the American Board of Anesthesiology’s redesigned Maintenance of Certification in AnesthesiologyTM (MOCA®) program, known as MOCA 2.0®. Please consult the ABA website, www.theABA.org, for a list of all MOCA 2.0 requirements.

American Board of Internal Medicine: Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 2.00 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery: Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME and Self-Assessment Examination requirements of the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery’s (ABOS) Maintenance of Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABOS credit.

American Board of Pathology: Successful completion of this Continuing Certification activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 2.00 Lifelong Learning (CME) credits in the American Board of Pathology’s Continuing Certification Program.

American Board of Pediatrics: Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn up to 2.00 MOC points in the American Board of Pediatrics’ (ABP) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABP MOC credit.

American Board of Surgery: Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME and Self-Assessment requirement(s) of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit.

American Board of Thoracic Surgery: Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME and Self-Assessment in Practice requirements of the American Board of Thoracic Surgery’s Maintenance of Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABTS credit.

Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada: Through an agreement between the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, medical practitioners participating in the Royal College MOC Program may record completion of accredited activities registered under the ACCME’s “CME in Support of MOC” program in Section 3 of the Royal College’s MOC Program.

Please consult your professional licensing board for information on the applicability and acceptance of continuing education credit for this activity.

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Unlimited Physician CME

Stay up to date on the latest medical knowledge with 6828 CME activities. In these online self-assessment activities, read our reference articles and test your knowledge with more than 8110.5 hours of CME.

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