NORTH CAROLINA--A RURAL MODEL FOR LIFE LONG TB EDUCATION

结核病学术奖是一种机制， 在目标美国医疗中心的结核病教育计划。 的 杜克大学医学中心的一项提案表明， 地理区域的结核病总发病率值得 关注 此外，我们表明，结核病是一个以农村为基础的问题， 北卡罗来纳州，并提出更相关的教育计划， 在我们这样的大部分农村地区执业的医疗保健提供者。 最后，我们证明了杜克有基础设施， 致力于制定和维持结核病教育计划。 我们 我相信这样的计划可以作为一个模式，为国家类似 人口模式、医疗保健短缺和结核病发病率。 我们在杜克结核病学术奖的目标是：a）提高 现有的杜克课程，使临床实习生在杜克医疗 中心将在完成培训后：知道如何预防， 管理和控制结核病;明确知道在哪里寻求继续治疗 在职业生涯中接受有关结核病的医学教育;以及 了解当地卫生部门在管理中的作用 结核病感染和疾病; B）制定课程和教育 可定制的干预措施，并在世界类似地区使用 提高杜克的教学实践效果 我们地区的结核病临床医生，并为他们提供有效的生活- 长期教育资源; d）使用协调和 这一教育举措的跨部门性质，以改善 在杜克，通过建立一致的诊断和 e）开发和教授基于计算机的远程 学习方式是通用的，简单的更新，可以 纳入目前正在制定的课程和战略。

The TB Academic Award is a mechanism for achieving strong programs of TB education in targeted U.S. Medical Centers. The proposal from Duke University Medical Center demonstrates that our geographic region has an aggregate incidence of TB worthy of attention. Furthermore, we show that TB is a rural-based problem in North Carolina and propose educational programs more relevant to health care providers practicing in a largely rural region such as ours. Finally, we demonstrate that Duke has the infrastructure and commitment to develop and sustain a program of TB education. We believe such a program could serve as a model for states with similar population patterns, healthcare shortages, and incidence of TB. Our goals for the TB academic award at Duke are: a) to improve existing Duke curricula so that clinical trainees at Duke Medical Center will, upon completion of their training: know how to prevent, manage and control TB; know specifically where to turn for continued medical education about TB during their professional lives; and understand the role of local health departments in the management of TB infection and disease; b) to develop curricula and educational interventions that can be customized and used in similar regions of the U.S; c) to improve Duke's effectiveness in teaching practicing clinicians about TB in our region and provide them with effective life- long educational resources; d) to use the coordinated and interdepartmental nature of this educational initiative to improve the care of TB patients at Duke by establishing consistent diagnostic and therapeutic practices; e) to develop and teach computer-based distance learning modalities that are versatile, simple to update and can be integrated into currently developing curricula and strategies.