Dates: November 6, 2008, February 5, March 5, April 2, May 14, 2009
This series of evening dinner and lecture sessions focuses on issues facing the occupational and environmental medicine community.
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Registration
- $50 - Please register by the Friday before
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Location
University of Washington Club, Seattle campus
directions: http://depts.washington.edu/uwclub/directions.htm
Networking 6:00 - 6:45pm
Dinner 6:45
Presentation 7:30 - 8:30pm
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Laura S. Welch, MD
Medical Director, CPWR - The Center for Construction Research and Training
Silver Spring, MD
Occupational Medicine in the Construction Industry: Intersection of Work with Chronic Disease and Aging
Learning objectives:
- Understand the magnitude of attributable risk for chronic respiratory and musculoskeletal disease from occupational exposures in construction
- Assess the likelihood of early retirement among construction workers with chronic respiratory and musculoskeletal disease
- Discuss programs and interventions designed to keep construction workers with chronic respiratory and musculoskeletal disease at work
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Joel D Kaufman, MD, MPH
Professor, Departments of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences, Epidemiology, and Medicine
School of Public Health and Community Medicine
University of Washington
Does Air Pollution Cause Cardiovascular Disease?
Learning objectives:
- List and describe major kinds of outdoor, indoor, and occupational air pollutants
- Describe the recent evidence linking fine particulate air pollution with cardiovascular disease
- Discuss controversies in understanding how air pollutants might impact cardiovascular health
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Robert J. Harrison, MD, MPH
Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California San Francisco
Chief, Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program
California Department of Health Services
San Francisco, CA
The Flavor of Heat - Forging Occupational Health Policy
Learning objectives:
- Understand the value of Sentinal Case studies to Public Health
- Identify stakeholders involved in standard setting
- Describe the convergence of science and politics in policy-making
- Learn about the recent examples of Heat Stress and Diacetyl
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Roel Vermeulen, PhD
Institute of Risk Assessment Sciences
Utrecht University & Julius Center, Health Sciences and Primary Care
University Medical Center Utrecht
The Netherlands
Occupational Health Research in China: Past and Future Research on Benzene Exposure and Risk
Learning objectives:
• Understand the changes in workforce and workplaces and their impact on health research in the last decade
• Learn about benzene exposure in China
• Recognize the health effects of benzene
Accreditation
The Puget Sound Occupational and Environmental Medicine Grand Rounds are jointly sponsored by the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM) and the Northwest Association of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (NAOEM).
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint sponsorship of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine and NAOEM. The American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1 category 1 credit toward the AMA Physician’s Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those credits that he/she actually spent in the activity.
Provider Approved by the California Board of Nursing. Karen Bowman, MN, RN, COHN-S Provider Number CEP13941 for 6 Contact Hours.
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