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Planning and Implementing the TB Case Management Conference: A Unique Opportunity for Networking, Peer Support, and Ongoing Training

This manual is a step-by-step guide for developing and conducting the Case Management Conference, a forum for networking, peer support, and on-going training to improve staff expertise in TB control interventions. It includes guidelines for the conference coordinator, presenters, and moderator in the form of to-do checklists, sample letters, presentation template, and evaluations.

Author:

Global Tuberculosis Institute at Rutgers The State University of New Jersey

Audiences:

Infection Control and Occupational Health Workers

Topic:

Case Management, Training

Country of Origin:

United States

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