Environmental Topics and Course Registration

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For more information and access to the ATSDR GREM page, please visit https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/emes/health_professionals/grem.html.

ATSDR offers additional course resources accessible via Web stream. These courses include:

A Story of Health

When disease strikes, people often ask their doctors “how did this happen to me?" As a health professional or scientist, you know the causes of a specific case are often difficult to determine. At the same time you want to keep up with current research about the interactions between genes and environmental conditions that can influence good health or disease.

A Story of Health, a new illustrated multi-media eBook that offers continuing education credits, provides the latest research on several diseases in a fictional case-based format. The first installment describes the lives of three characters and their families - Brett, a young boy with asthma; Amelia, a teenager with developmental disabilities; and toddler Stephen, recently diagnosed with leukemia. Each story features the latest scientific research about disease origin and helpful facts about disease prevention.

A Story of Health was developed through collaboration among the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), the Collaborative on Health and the Environment (CHE), the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, California Environmental Protection Agency (OEHHA), the Science and Environmental Health Network (SEHN), and the University of California, San Francisco, Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit (UCSF PEHSU).

The following stories are available online for free continuing education:
A Story of Health: Asthma- Brett’s Story
A Story of Health: Learning/Developmental Disabilities- Amelia’s Story
A Story of Health: Leukemia- Stephen’s Story

Download the individual stories from the Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit web site at http://coeh.berkeley.edu/ucpehsu/soh.html

After reading each story, please return to the following links to register for free CE and take the CE test.

A Story of Health: Asthma- Brett’s Story CE registration
A Story of Health: Learning/Developmental Disabilities- Amelia’s Story CE registration
A Story of Health: Leukemia- Stephen’s Story CE registration

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Continuing Education Module

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis is a rapidly progressive neuro-degenerative disease. It belongs to a group of disorders known as motor neuron diseases, which are characterized by the gradual degeneration and death of motor neurons. These diseases cause loss of ability to trigger specific muscles, which results in the muscles becoming weak and ultimately leading to paralysis. This educational module provides

• A clinical overview on ALS
• Current clinical practice recommendations for diagnosis, treatment, and management of patients with ALS, including communication strategies
• Information on the importance of standard diagnostic coding procedures for diagnosis of ALS patients in clinical practice
• Information on the new National ALS Registry and the importance of ALS patient self enrollment in the registry

For more information and access to the ATSDR ALS Continuing Education Module page, please visit https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/emes/ALS/.

For more information and access to the ATSDR ALS Continuing Education Course Registration and Posttest, please visit http://www2a.cdc.gov/TCEOnline/registration/detailpage.asp?res_id=2471.

Pediatric Environmental Health Toolkit Training Module

ATSDR Pediatric Environmental Health Toolkit Training Module is an environmental health anticipatory guidance training module that introduces pediatric health care providers to the Pediatric Environmental Health Toolkit and provides instruction on environmental health and use of toolkit materials.

For more information and access to the ATSDR Pediatric Environmental Health Training page, please visit https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/emes/health_professionals/pediatrics.html.

For more information and access to the ATSDR Pediatric Environmental Health Toolkit Training Course Registration and Posttest, please visit http://www2a.cdc.gov/TCEOnline/registration/detailpage.asp?res_id=1996.

Surviving Field Stress for First Responders

Developed in collaboration with the Environmental Protection Agency.

For more information and access to the Surviving Stress for First Responders page, please visit https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/emes/health_professionals/surviving_field_stress.html

Emergency Risk Communication

Developed in collaboration with the Pan American Health Organization. This course is obtainable in English, Spanish, and Portuguese.
Available at: http://www.bvsde.ops-oms.org/tutorial6/i/.

Assessment of Chemical Exposures Training

The Assessment of Chemical Exposures (ACE) training introduces how to perform an epidemiologic assessment after a chemical incident. It also describes the ACE Toolkit, which contains surveys, consent forms, databases, and training materials that are useful in responding to or preparing for a chemical release.

Available at: http://cdc.train.org/DesktopModules/eLearning/CourseDetails/CourseDetailsForm.aspx?courseId=1060828

ACE is part of the National Toxic Substance Incidents Program (NTSIP), a federal program at the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR).

Continuing education is available free of charge for all ATSDR environmental medicine education course work.

For more information and access to continuing education offerings, please visit the ATSDR Continuing Education Site at https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/csem/conteduc.html.

Disclaimer

The state of knowledge regarding the treatment of patients potentially exposed to hazardous substances in the environment is constantly evolving and is often uncertain. In developing its educational products ATSDR has made a diligent effort to ensure the accuracy and the currency of the presented information. ATSDR, however, makes no claim that the environmental medicine and health education resources discussed in these products comprehensively address all possible situations related to various substances. The products are intended for educational use to build the knowledge of physicians and other health professionals in assessing the conditions and managing the treatment of patients potentially exposed to hazardous substances. The products are not a substitute for a health-care provider’s professional judgment. Please interpret the environmental medicine and the health education resources in light of specific information regarding the patient and in conjunction with other medical authorities.

Use of trade names in ATSDR products is for identification purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry or the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Disclosure

In compliance with continuing education requirements, all presenters must disclose any financial or other associations with the manufacturers of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services, or commercial supporters as well as any use of unlabeled product(s) or product(s) under investigational use. CDC, our planners, and the presenters for this seminar do not have financial or other associations with the manufacturers of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services, or commercial supporters. This presentation does not involve the unlabeled use of a product or product under investigational use. There was no commercial support for this activity.