TY - JOUR
T1 - A postgraduate qualification in tuberculosis—Message in a bottle
AU - Tiberi, S.
AU - Zumla, A.
AU - Raviglione, M.
AU - Lipman, M.
AU - Kon, O.M.
AU - Griffiths, C.
AU - Migliori, G.B.
N1 - Cited By :1
Export Date: 10 November 2020
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - The TBCert is a distance-learning course, launched in 2019 and hosted by QMUL. The course is open to doctors, nurses, and public health workers who wish to subspecialize in TB. The course was established to elevate TB medicine to a subspecialty. We feel it is imperative to educate health practitioners from different sectors to deliver the most advanced level of care and control activities, standardisze training, reduce clinical variability, and instil best practice. The courses main objectives are to provide a relevant syllabus delivered through high quality teaching from world-class experts using an innovative interactive online platform. The curriculum is based on current internationally accepted (including WHO) guidelines and recommendations. Students are taught with pre-recorded lectures and regular live online webinar discussions delivered by experts in the field. Online discussion groups, one to one teaching-to-one teaching, and mentorship are organiszed to promote a shared as well as a tailored experience that helps students attain the learning outcomes and achieve their expectations. (C) 2020 Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of International Society for Infectious Diseases.
AB - The TBCert is a distance-learning course, launched in 2019 and hosted by QMUL. The course is open to doctors, nurses, and public health workers who wish to subspecialize in TB. The course was established to elevate TB medicine to a subspecialty. We feel it is imperative to educate health practitioners from different sectors to deliver the most advanced level of care and control activities, standardisze training, reduce clinical variability, and instil best practice. The courses main objectives are to provide a relevant syllabus delivered through high quality teaching from world-class experts using an innovative interactive online platform. The curriculum is based on current internationally accepted (including WHO) guidelines and recommendations. Students are taught with pre-recorded lectures and regular live online webinar discussions delivered by experts in the field. Online discussion groups, one to one teaching-to-one teaching, and mentorship are organiszed to promote a shared as well as a tailored experience that helps students attain the learning outcomes and achieve their expectations. (C) 2020 Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of International Society for Infectious Diseases.
U2 - 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.02.023
DO - 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.02.023
M3 - Article
VL - 92
SP - S100-S102
JO - International Journal of Infectious Diseases
JF - International Journal of Infectious Diseases
SN - 1201-9712
ER -