Environmental Public Health Threats in the 21st Century

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Join us for the next EH Nexus webinar on Wednesday, September 18, 2024, from 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET! Subject matter experts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry will serve as presenters for this webinar.

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Sep 18, 2024

12:00 PM - 4:00 PM ET

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Description

Environmental health exposures are a risk to patients every day. Therefore, it is imperative for clinicians to have a strong understanding of the different illnesses patients can present with following different kinds of environmental exposures. During this webinar, the audience will be able to learn to:

  • Identify innovative strategies to improve asthma management.
  • Recognize the signs and symptoms of extreme heat.
  • Summarize how patients are exposed to environmental and occupational contaminants.
  • Identify the various roles clinicians can assume around disasters to plan their response efforts.
  • Describe the importance of collaborative practice across the public healthcare team in responding to environmental public health threats.

This webinar is ideal for healthcare professionals looking to expand their expertise. See continuing education information here.

Disclaimer‎

The content and conclusions in these presentations are those of the authors and presenters and do not necessarily represent the views of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Featuring

Hatice S. Zahran, MD, MPH | Speaker
Asthma Surveillance Team Lead
Asthma and Air Quality Branch (AAQB), Division of Environmental Health Science and Practice (DEHSP), National Center of Environmental Health (NCEH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
www.cdc.gov
Joy Hsu, MD, MS, FAAAAI | Speaker
Senior Medical Officer
AAQB, DEHSP, NCEH, CDC
www.cdc.gov
Paul J. Schramm, MS, MPH | Speaker
Activity Chief
Climate and Health Program, DEHSP, NCEH, CDC
www.cdc.gov
Michael Yeh, MD, MS | Speaker
Medical Officer
DEHSP, NCEH, CDC
www.cdc.gov
Andrea Winquist, MD, PhD | Speaker
Medical Officer
DEHSP, NCEH, CDC
www.cdc.gov
CAPT Arthur Wendel, MD, MPH, FAAFP | Speaker
Physician
Environmental Medicine and Health Systems Intervention Section, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
www.cdc.gov
Arthur Chang, MD, MS | Speaker
Chief Medical Officer
DEHSP, NCEH, CDC
www.cdc.gov

Continuing education information

Accreditation statements

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In support of improving patient care, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
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CME: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention designates this live activity for a maximum of (3.25) AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

CNE: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention designates this activity for (3.25) nursing contact hours.

CECH: Sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is designated for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES®) and/or Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES®) to receive up to (3.5) total Category I continuing education contact hours. Maximum advanced level continuing education contact hours available are (3.5). Continuing Competency credits available are (3.5). CDC provider number 98614.

For Certified Public Health Professionals (CPH)

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is a pre-approved provider of Certified in Public Health (CPH) recertification credits and is authorized to offer (4) CPH recertification credits for this program.

DISCLOSURE: In compliance with continuing education requirements, all planners and presenters/moderators must disclose all financial relationships, in any amount, with ineligible companies over the previous 24 months as well as any use of unlabeled product(s) or products under investigational use.

  • CDC, our planners, and presenters/moderators wish to disclose they have no financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
  • Content will not include any discussion of the unlabeled use of a product or a product under investigational use.

CDC did not accept financial or in-kind support from ineligible companies for this continuing education activity.

Instructions for Obtaining Continuing Education (CE)

To receive continuing education (CE) for WC4879 - Environmental Public Health Threats in the 21st Century– A Primer for Clinicians, please visit CDC TRAIN and search for the course in the Course Catalog using WC4879-091824. Follow the steps below by 10/18/2024.

  1. Register for and complete the course.
  2. Pass the post-assessment at 80%.
  3. Complete the evaluation.
  4. Visit Your Learning to access your certificates and transcript.

FEES: There are no fees for CE.

To receive continuing education (CE) for WD4879-Environmental Public Health Threats in the 21st Century– A Primer for Clinicians], please visit CDC TRAIN and search for the course in the Course Catalog using WD4879-091824. Follow the steps below by [10/18/2026].

  1. Register for and complete the course.
  2. Pass the post-assessment at [80]%.
  3. Complete the evaluation.
  4. Visit Your Learning to access your certificates and transcript.

FEES: No fees are charged for CDC's CE activities.

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