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

结核病学术奖是一种实现强有力的 目标美国医疗中心的结核病教育项目。这个 杜克大学医学中心的提案表明，我们的 地理区域的结核病总发病率值得注意 请注意。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 医疗保健提供者在我们这样一个以农村为主的地区执业。 最后，我们证明了杜克大学拥有基础设施和 致力于发展和维持结核病教育项目。我们 我相信这样的计划可以作为类似州的典范 人口模式、医疗保健短缺和结核病发病率。 杜克大学结核病学术奖的目标是：a)改进 现有的杜克大学课程使杜克大学医学院的临床实习生 中心将在完成培训后：知道如何预防， 管理和控制结核病；明确知道在哪里可以继续 在职业生涯中接受有关结核病的医学教育；以及 了解地方卫生部门在疾病管理中的作用 结核病感染和疾病；b)制定课程和教育 可在类似地区定制和使用的干预措施 美国；c)提高杜克大学实践教学的有效性 临床医生了解我们地区的结核病，并为他们提供有效的生活- 长期的教育资源；d)使用协调一致的 这一教育倡议的跨部门性质，以改善 在杜克大学通过建立一致的诊断和治疗来护理结核病患者 治疗实践；e)开发和教授计算机远程 多才多艺、易于更新且可以 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.