Puget Sound Occupational and Environmental Medicine Grand Rounds - Archived Presentations

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Doubt is Their Product:
Manufactured Uncertainty and Public Health


David Michaels, PhD, MPH
Presented Thursday, OCTOBER 2, 2008

Disclosure: This course has been planned and implemented in accordance with ACOEM. This speaker has no significant financial interest or other relationship with any commercial products mentioned in this presentation.

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This presentation has been approved by the ACOEM for CME credit until December 31, 2009. 
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Learning Objectives:

  • Understand he strategy known as “manufactured
    uncertainty” and its implications for public health
    science and policly
  • Recognize the application of the “manufactured
    uncertainty” strategy
  • Understand the impact of financial conflict of
    interest on the production and interpretation of
    scientific information

David Michaels, PhD, MPH
Research Professor of Environmental Health, Department
of Environmental and Occupational Health Services,
George Washington University, Washington, DC

 

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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 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.  Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.