You are invited to take part in a UCONN-wide event on Climate Change that is part of the National “Focus the Nation” program.
Karim Ahmed, Ph.D.
from the National Council for Science and the Environment
will present
“Climate Change & Public Health: Mitigation and Adaptation”
at the
Occupational and Environmental Medicine Colloquium Series
Date: Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Time: 12:00pm-1:00pm.
Location: Disabilities Conference Room., Suite 173, The Exchange, Bldg 4
Bring your lunch.
The colloquium Series is sponsored by the University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Office of Continuing Education, and Division of Occupational & Environmental Medicine.
Target Audience: Physicians training or in practice in Occupational and Environmental Medicine (OEM); the series is also useful to a wide variety of other professionals in occupational health including nurses, industrial hygienists, toxicologists, and safety professionals. Content of the series is also appropriate to the needs of medical (MD) and public health (MPH) students who need a thorough grounding in OEM.
Objectives: Participants will be able to:
a. Recite the evidence or expert opinion associated with the potential public health consequences of climate change and global warming.
b. Identify one or more barriers to implementing the evidence or expert opinion in occupational and environmental health practice
c. Describe one or more public health or preventive strategies necessary either to implement the evidence or overcome barriers to implementation
Accreditation: The University of Connecticut School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The University of CT School of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Conflict of Interest Policy: All faculty participating in CME activities sponsored by the University of CT School of Medicine are required to disclose to the program audience any actual or apparent conflict of interest related to the content of their presentations. Program planners have an obligation to resolve any actual conflicts of interest and share with the audience any safeguards put in place to prevent commercial bias from influencing the content. Dr. Ahmed does not have a financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organizations that could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest in the context of the subject of described presentations. Dr. Ahmed will not be discussing the use of any off-labeled products. This CME activity has no commercial support associated with it.
An addition, medical, dental and graduate students who would like to join a discussion with MPH Environmental Health students on Climate Change on the evening of January 30 should contact me Paula Schenck at 860-679-2368 or schenck@nso2.uchc.edu .