Continuing Medical Education (CME) opportunity: tuberculosis

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Advisory Alert

To: Local Health System Partners

October 20, 2025

York Region Public Health is hosting an accredited webinar on October 28, 2025 at 6:30 p.m., open to healthcare providers across Ontario. The webinar will focus on recognizing and diagnosing TB, infection prevention and control practices for TB, and TB screening. Participants will be eligible to earn up to 2 Mainpro+ credits.

Through this webinar, participants will

gain a comprehensive understanding of current TB epidemiological trends within York Region Public Health’s service area and understand the role of health care providers and public health in shifting these trends
improve their ability to recognize and diagnose TB and improve infection, prevention, and control practices in the office
gain an understanding of the Immigration Medical Screening (IMS) process from a patient’s perspective and understand the role of community health care providers and public health units regarding screening and follow-up

Featured speakers include:

Cheryl Young, Associate Medical Officer of Health, York Region Public Health
Jeya Nadarajah, Clinician and Medical Director of Infection Prevention and Control (IPAC), Microbiology Laboratory, Oak Valley Health
Client with lived experience navigating the IMS process
Debeka Navaranjan, Manager, Tuberculosis Prevention and Control Team, York Region Public Health

Sincerely,

Original Signed By

Dr. Emily Groot, MD, MPH, FRCPC
Acting Associate Medical Officer of Health

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This item was last modified on October 20, 2025