Form 0920-0974 Mtuberculosis Course Survey

2018 Mycobacterium tuberculosis Diagnostic Principles and Procedures Course
Learner Feedback Survey
Welcome

Thank you for taking this voluntary survey to help us understand how well the Mycobacterium
tuberculosis Diagnostic Principles and Procedures course held April 24-27, 2018 at the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention's training laboratory has been serving the needs of our learners.
The feedback you provide will also inform updates to this course and future course development.
The survey questions will take approximately 10 minutes to complete. Your responses will be
anonymous and no unique identifying information will be sought or kept. The feedback we receive
will be used by our programs in aggregate only.
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Learner Feedback Survey
Mycobacteriology Testing Algorithm

* 1. To what extent have you applied the course information to your facility's overall mycobacteriology testing
algorithm?
I recommended or initiated changes to the algorithm
I reviewed the existing algorithm and determined no changes were necessary
I improved my awareness or understanding of mycobacteriology testing algorithms
This topic was not relevant or useful

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Growth-Based Methods for Isolation and Identification

* 2. To what extent have you applied the course information to your personal or your facility's laboratory
practices related to growth-based ISOLATION and IDENTIFICATION (ID) of mycobacteria?
I recommended or
I reviewed my
initiated changes
personal or my
I improved my
to my personal or facility's practices
awareness or
my facility's
and confirmed they understanding of
practices
are up-to-date
this topic
Media hold time
ID method(s) used
ID algorithm
Interpretation and reporting of ID results
Quality control / quality assurance

This topic was not
useful or relevant

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Molecular Methods for Detection and Identification

* 3. To what extent have you applied the course information to your personal or your facility's laboratory
practices related to MOLECULAR methods used to DETECT and IDENTIFY mycobacteria?
I recommended or
I reviewed my
initiated changes
personal or my
I improved my
to my personal or facility's practices
awareness or
my facility's
and confirmed they understanding of
practice
are up-to-date
this topic
Procedure for direct detection of mycobacteria in
clinical specimens
Interpretation and reporting of direct detection
molecular methods
Molecular methods for identification of AFB positive
cultures
Whole genome sequencing
Interpretation and reporting of molecular results
from AFB positive cultures
Quality control / quality assurance
Troubleshooting of molecular methods

This topic was not
useful or relevant

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Drug Susceptibility Testing

* 4. To what extent have you applied the course information to your personal or your facility's practices
related to mycobacteriology DRUG SUSCEPTIBILITY TESTING (DST) ?
I recommended or
I reviewed my
initiated changes
personal or my
to my personal or facility's practices
I improved my
my facility's
and confirmed they
awareness or
practices
are up-to-date
understanding of
this topic
Growth-based DST methods for MTBC
Interpreting and reporting of DST results for MTBC
using growth-based methods
Algorithm for identifying drug resistance mutations
by DNA sequencing, pyrosequencing, or molecular
beacons
Interpretation and reporting results of drug
resistance mutations by DNA sequencing,
pyrosequencing or molecular beacons
Quality control / quality assurance
Use of the DST Reference Center

This topic was not
relevant or useful

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Safety and Quality Management

* 5. To what extent have you applied the course information to your personal or your
facility's mycobacteriology SAFETY and QUALITY MANAGEMENT practices?
I
recommended
or initiated
changes to my
personal or my
facility's
practices
Risk assessment
Safety practices in BSL-2/BSL-3
Biosafety cabinet practices
Monitoring of performance
Assessment of laboratory data and practices
Validation / Verification of assays

I reviewed my
personal or my
facility's
I improved my
practices and awareness or This topic was
confirmed they understanding not relevant or
are up-to-date
of this topic
useful

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6. Please share examples, challenges or comments related to how you may have applied the course
information to your personal or facility's laboratory practices in these areas of diagnostic mycobacteriology:
Overall mycobacteriology
testing algorithm
Growth based isolation
and identification methods
Molecular methods to
detect and identify
mycobacteria
Whole genome
sequencing
Mycobacteriology drug
susceptibility testing
Safety and quality
management

7. Additional comments or suggestions for future training courses or products:

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