#178 Tuberculosis Updates with Laila Woc-Colburn MD

Catch up on the latest guidelines and insights on tuberculosis with help from Dr. Laila Woc-Colburn, @docwoc71 (Baylor)! We cover new recommendations for screening health care workers, treatment of both latent and active TB, and best practices for counseling patients throughout the process. Listen to find out more… And say goodbye to the annual PPD?

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Credits

• Written and Produced by: Hannah R. Abrams
• Cover Art and Infographic by: Hannah R. Abrams
• Hosts: Hannah R. Abrams; Matthew Watto MD, FACP
• Editors: Matthew Watto MD, FACP; Emi Okamoto MD
• Guest: Laila Woc-Colburn, MD, FACP

Partners

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Tell us why you are I.M. Proud and enter the contest by visiting www.acponline.org/improud to submit your story today! Answer one of the three questions below and share your story on social media using the hashtags #IMProud #NationalInternalMedicineDay, and tag @acpinternists. Prizes will be given out 3 times through June of 2020. The first group of winners will be announced on the first ever National Internal Medicine Day October 28, 2019!

1. What makes you proud to practice internal medicine or one of the I.M. subspecialties? 
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3. How is internal medicine unique from other subspecialties?

See us at the CHEST 2019 Annual Meeting in New Orleans!

We’ll be doing two live interviews on stage, plus recording two rec