Class description
Current Topics and Best Practices in Occupational and Environmental Medicine in Agricultural Communities is a two-day continuing education event in collaboration with the Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences, Pacific Northwest Agricultural Safety & Health Center (PNASH), NW Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit (PEHSU), COHE at UW Medicine Harborview, the COHE Community of Eastern Washington, and Migrant Clinicians Network.
Health care providers and public health professionals in rural and agricultural areas have expertise in their fields of specialty, but often desire networking opportunities and greater knowledge in current occupational and environmental health issues.
View the full agenda on the Course Flyer. View the PNASH Video here.
Join us for two half-day sessions individually or together:
February 27th, 2015: Day 1 of the course will offer an overview of occupational and environmental health research and surveillance on topics such as respiratory disease in both children and adults, birth defects, pesticide poisoning, sexual harassment, and heat-related illnesses. Workshops will provide current medical trends and preventive activities that are used to address emerging risk factors and treat new diseases.
February 28th, 2015: Day 2 will cover more in-depth training for the clinician on the anticipation, recognition, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of occupational and environmental illnesses associated with pesticide exposures and musculoskeletal injuries of the lower lumbar spine. Returning injured workers to the workplace through the collaboration of employee, employer, and health provider via the Washington Centers for Occupational Health and Education (COHEs) will be a recurring theme.
Class details
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.