ACOEM Member Price: Complimentary
Non-Member Price: $75.00
This webinar will provide occupational medicine professionals with the information necessary to describe the science of climate change to their workforce populations. Faculty will review the health-related problems associated with climate change from the perspective of the workforce and present a brief update on global efforts to reduce climate change. Participants will also learn how the occupational medicine physician can work with business organizations to reduce their carbon footprint. The webinar will conclude with a stimulating question and answer session.
Faculty:
William Brett Perkison, MD, MPH, FACOEM
Assistant Professor, Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health (SWCOEH)
University of Texas
Houston, TX
Ismail Nabeel, MD, MPH, FACOEM
Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Mt Sinai, New York, NY
Emily J. Senay, MD, MPH, FACOEM?
Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY
The following activity has been approved as an Enduring Material.
ACOEM Enduring Material - Preparing for Work Related Health Problems Associated with Climate Change (from Live Webinar of 01/22/2020)
Enduring Material: Valid – Valid April 20, 2020 – April 19, 2023
Credit Approval
Approved AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM: up to 1.0
Approved ABPM LLSA Credits: up to 1.0
Activity Format
This activity includes the following:
1. Educational Content
2. Comprehensive Post-test
The medium or combination of media used for this activity will be audio and video. Participants will view the pre-recorded webinar while listening to the audio. A self-assessment post-test will then be taken online, which will be submitted to ACOEM. Participants who answer at least 4 out of 5 questions correctly will be eligible to claim up to 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. This activity is an ABPM-approved LLSA/MOC Activity.
Learning Objectives:
1. Describe the risks workers face as a result of climate change.
2. Develop a rational approach towards reducing the effects of climate in a given industry.
3. Develop an approach towards advocating for preparing communities for the effects of climate change and education on advocating for a net negative carbon emissions.
Posting and Termination Dates
Original Posting Date: April 27, 2020
Estimate Time to Complete This Activity
Up to 1.0 hour
ACCME Accreditation Statement
The American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
AMA Credit Designation Statement
The American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
American Board of Preventive Medicine Maintenance of Certification (LLSA) Credit
This activity has been approved for 1.0 ABPM LLSA credit.
Disclosure Policy
As an ACCME-accredited provider of medical education, ACOEM must ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all of its educational activities. In accordance with the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education’s Standards for Commercial Support, all CME providers are required to disclose to the activity audience the relevant financial relationships of the planners, teachers, and authors involved in the development of CME content. An individual has a relevant financial relationship if they or their spouse/domestic partner has a financial relationship in any amount occurring in the last 12 months with a commercial interest whose products or services are discussed in the CME activity content over which the individual has control. Relationship information appears below. All faculty are reminded that in addition to their disclosures listed here, that they are to verbally announce their disclosures (or lack thereof) at the beginning of their presentation. All reported conflicts have been managed and resolved.
Faculty
* Nothing to Disclose:
William Brett Perkison, MD, MPH, FACOEM*
Ismail Nabeel, MD, MPH, FACOEM*
Emily J. Senay, MD, MPH, FACOEM*
Planning Committee
* Nothing to Disclose:
William Brett Perkison, MD, MPH, FACOEM*
Ismail Nabeel, MD, MPH, FACOEM*
Emily J. Senay, MD, MPH, FACOEM*
Marianne Dreger, MA*
Julie Ording, MPH*
Commercial Support
It should be noted that no commercial support was received for this program.