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Course Information
Target Audience
This conference was designed for occupational and environmental physicians,
dermatologists, occupational hygienists, laboratory researchers and policy-makers
who are interested in learning more about the science, knowledge gaps
and policy opportunities related to occupational and environmental exposures
of the skin to chemicals.
Educational Objectives
After attending respective sessions, attendees should have been able to
describe:
Session 1 - A range of scenarios
in which dermal exposures can lead to significant health impairments
Session 2 - Approaches that
have been applied to identify chemicals capable of causing adverse local
and systemic effects by the dermal route
Session 3 - Advantages and
disadvantages of several approaches that are commonly used to measure
or predict dermal exposures
Session 4 - Approaches that
can be applied to control dermal exposures and to determine the efficacy
of those controls, and
Session 5 - Regulatory approaches
that have been applied to reduce the burden of dermal exposures.
Disclosure Policy
In accordance with the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education
requirements on disclosure, information about relationships of presenters
with commercial interests (if any) were included in materials distributed
at the time of the conference.
Course Credit
This activity was planned and implemented in accordance with the Essentials
and Standards of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education
through the partnership of the WVU School of Medicine Office of CME, the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health. The WVU School of Medicine Office of CME and Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention are accredited by the ACCME to provide
continuing medical education for physicians. The WVU Office of CME takes
responsibility for this CME activity.
The WVU Office of CME designated
this educational activity for a maximum of 19 hours in category 1 credit
towards the AMA Physician's Recognition Award. Each physician claimed only
those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.
The American Board of Industrial
Hygiene awarded this program 3.5 total Industrial Hygiene CM points. The
ABIH CM approval number is 02-2087.
This activity was approved
for 1.9 ceus.
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