Emerging Issues in Occupational, Environmental and Preventive Medicine Conference

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Add to Calendar Emerging Issues in Occupational, Environmental and Preventive Medicine Conference 6/24/2022 7:00:00 AM 6/24/2022 5:00:00 PM America/Chicago For More Details: https://uthct.cloud-cme.com/EmergingIssuesConf2022 Description: The bi-annual Emerging Issues in Occupational, Environmentaland Preventive Medicine Conference. Ornelas Academic Amphitheater false MM/DD/YYYY


Date & Location
Friday, June 24, 2022, 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM, Ornelas Academic Amphitheater

Target Audience
Specialties - Occupational Medicine
Professions - Licensed Professional Counselor, Non-Physician, Nurse, Nurse Practitioner, Pharmacist, Physician, Physician Assistant -C, Social Worker

Credits
AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (5.50 hours), Ethics Continuing Education (1.00 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (5.50 hours)

Overview
The bi-annual Emerging Issues in Occupational, Environmental and Preventive Medicine Conference.

Objectives
At the conclusion of this activity, learners will be able to:

  1. Describe the incidence of cancer cases in the Florida firefighter workforce, discuss mechanisms of carcinogenic exposures among firefighters, discuss how basic and applied firefighter cancer projects translated into workers compensation and State-level cancer education policy
  2. Discuss Total Worker Health topics that are relevant to the COVID-19 response, consider how a Total Worker Health model can influence future workplace testing for infectious disease, see inside ‘black box’ of qualitative data coding, describe key principles of social marketing, apply principles of social marketing to COVID testing and other OSH areas, recognize companies’ differences in barriers to testing for COVID-19, discuss what companies’ actions are for future outbreaks, discuss key differences in responses by industry and company size
  3. Increase awareness of current, emerging, and re-emerging issues in occupational safety and health and the role of state-based public health surveillance, review reportable occupational conditions in Texas and the reporting process, discuss challenges and opportunities to improve occupational health surveillance capacity
  4. Discuss the after-action review of the pandemic public health response in Smith and surrounding counties, describe public health intervention measures and barriers to their implementation, discuss ethical dimensions of decision-making for stakeholders involved in the response
  5. Discuss AgriSafe’s Total Farmer Health? model, apply the Total Farmer Health? model to communicate mental health risk factors for agricultural producers and workers, identify AgriSafe’s mental health resources and professional development opportunities in health professionals to improve healthcare in agricultural communities,
  6. Identify our positionality as researchers, discuss community based participatory research (CBPR) and how it can move occupational health research forward, apply the CBPR model to existing projects

Registration

$125 Physicians

$75 ACOEM/TXCOEM Members, ACPM/Preventive Medicine

$50 Non-Physicians

$50 Virtual Attendance-TEAMS

$25 Residents, Students

Conference Address:

11937 U.S. Hwy. 271

Tyler, TX 75708

The campus map is attached under the brochure tab. The TxCOEM meeting will be in the H Building, H105, and the Emerging Issues Conference will be held in Building G, 3rd floor Ornelas Amphitheater. There will be someone to direct you; no visitor passes are needed.

Room H105 will have tables, chairs, and connectivity for Microsoft TEAMS.


Accreditation
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler is accredited by the Texas Medical Association to provide continuing medical education for physicians. 
The University of Texas at Tyler Health Science Center designates this live activity for a maximum of  5.5 AMA PRA Category 1 credits TM.   Participants should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.   This program is also designated for 1.0 hour of medical ethics and/or professional responsibility credit.


Additional Information

Cancellation Policy

Cancellations received in writing no less than 20 days before the course will be refunded, less a 20% administrative fee. No refunds will be made on cancellations received after that date. Please send cancellation requests to University of Texas at Tyler, [email protected].

University of Texas at Tyler reserves the right to cancel or postpone this program if necessary; in the event of cancellation, course fees will be fully refunded. We are not responsible for other costs incurred such as non-refundable airline tickets or hotel penalties.

Accessibility Statement
 
University of Texas at Tyler is committed to ensuring that its programs, services, goods and facilities are accessible to individuals with disabilities as specified under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Amendments Act of 2008.  If you have needs that require special accommodations, including dietary concerns, please contact the CME Conference Coordinator.