Best Practices for Clinical Care in the World Trade Center Health Program – Webinar Series

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The World Trade Center (WTC) Health Program presents a free webinar series to highlight best practices in the diagnosis and treatment of 9/11-related conditions. This is an effort to promote and maintain high quality medical care within the Program.

Each webinar in this “Best Practices for Clinical Care” series is based on a peer-reviewed paper that was published in the Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health.

The webinars will help you:

  1. Identify the epidemiologic evidence that supports an association between September 11 exposures and various medical conditions.
  2. Describe how to diagnose patients with conditions associated with exposure to the September 11 terrorist attacks and its aftermath.
  3. Identify where World Trade Center (WTC) Health Program diagnostic and treatment coverage information can be found.
  4. Describe two or more ways that this educational activity will improve the attendee’s contribution as a team member.

Webinar presenters include clinicians affiliated with the WTC Health Program, including those employed either by the WTC Health Program Clinical Centers of Excellence (CCEs), the WTC Health Registry of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, or the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).

The views expressed in these Best Practices webinars do not necessarily reflect the official policies or views of the Department of Health and Human Services, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), or NIOSH; nor does the mention of trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.

Continuing Education credit is available for select webinars.

Upcoming Webinars

Tracking diseases related to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001

November 30, 2023, from 12pm-1pm ET

The World Trade Center (WTC) Health Program invites you to the 2nd of 13 upcoming webinars on clinical best practices in relation to 9/11-related care: Tracking diseases related to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001

This next webinar will:

  • Describe methods of tracking 9/11-related illnesses despite no public health disease reporting requirements specifically mentioning 9/11;
  • Describe the 9/11-exposed cohorts that are utilized to identify health effects possibly related to 9/11 exposures; and
  • Discuss efforts to track the health experience of 9/11-exposed cohorts, including record linkages to various data registries (e.g., statewide cancer registries and the National Death Index).

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Free Continuing Education Credits will be available.

Presenter

Photograph of Dr. Geoffrey Calvert

Geoffrey M. Calvert, MD, MPH, FACP.
Dr. Calvert is the Associate Director for Clinical Quality at the WTC Health Program.

Previous Webinars

The WTC Health Program: An Introduction to Best Practices

Recorded: October 12, 2023

The WTC Health Program invites you to the first of 13 upcoming seminars on clinical best practices in relation to 9/11-related care.

This first seminar:

  • briefly reviewed the events of September 11, 2001,
  • described the World Trade Center (WTC) Health Program and the eligibility requirements for Program enrollment, and
  • explained the process for identifying the high-quality Clinical Practice Guidelines that will be profiled in subsequent seminars.

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Free Continuing Education credits are available.

Presenter

Photograph of Dr. Geoffrey Calvert

Geoffrey M. Calvert, MD, MPH, FACP, is the Associate Director for Clinical Quality at the WTC Health Program.

Instructions for Obtaining Continuing Education (CE)

This enduring activity is designed to increase knowledge and change competency of clinical practices and strategies.

To receive continuing education (CE) for SCWCWD4740: Best Practices for Clinical Care in the World Trade Center Health Program please visit Training and Continuing Education Online (TCEO) and follow these 9 Simple Steps before October 12, 2025.

You can visit TCEO to evaluate this educational activity, receive a certificate, or to print an ongoing transcript of all of your TCEO activities. You can also search courses using key terms related to the WTC Health Program.

FEES: No fees are charged for CDC’s CE activities.

Learning Objectives
  1. Identify the epidemiologic evidence that supports an association between September 11 exposures and various medical conditions.
  2. Describe how to diagnose patients with conditions associated with exposure to the September 11 terrorist attacks and its aftermath.
  3. Identify where World Trade Center (WTC) Health Program diagnostic and treatment coverage information can be found.
  4. Describe two or more ways that this educational activity will improve the attendee’s contribution as a team member.
Target Audiences

Physicians, Registered Nurses, Epidemiologists, Administrators, Advanced Practice Nurses, Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurses, Pharmacists, Certified Public Health Professionals, Occupational Health Psychologists and Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Other Health Professionals, Physician Assistants

Details

ORIGINATION DATE: October 12, 2023

RENEWAL DATE: N/A

EXPIRATION DATE: October 12, 2025

HARDWARE/SOFTWARE: Computer Hardware; Internet Connection; Browser

MATERIALS: None

TARGET AUDIENCE: Physicians, Registered Nurses, Epidemiologists, Administrators, Advanced Practice Nurses, Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurses, Pharmacists, Certified Public Health Professionals, Occupational Health Psychologists and Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Other Health Professionals, Physician Assistants

PREREQUISITES: None

FORMAT: This activity is Web on Demand.

CONTACT INFORMATION: Office of Geoffrey M. Calvert, (513) 841-4448

ACCREDITATION STATEMENTS:

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In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute, Rutgers University Biomedical Sciences; New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; World Trade Center Mental Health Program, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; and, Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

CME: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention designates this enduring activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

AAPA CME: Credit Designation Statement – Enduring Materials
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 1.0 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. Approval is valid until October 12, 2025. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.

CNE: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention designates this activity for 1.0 nursing contact hours.

CPE: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention designated this Knowledge-based event for pharmacists to receive 0.1 CEUs in pharmacy education. The Universal Activity Number is JA4008229-9999-23-091-H01-P.

After credit is claimed, an unofficial statement of credit is immediately available on Training and Continuing Education Online (TCEO). Official credit will be uploaded within 60 days on the NABP/CPE Monitor.

CEU: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is authorized by IACET to offer 0.1 CEU's for this program.

For Certified Public Health Professionals (CPH): The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is a preapproved provider of Certified in Public Health (CPH) recertification credits and is authorized to offer 1.0 CPH recertification credits for this program.

DISCLOSURE: In compliance with continuing education requirements, all planners and presenters must disclose all financial relationships, in any amount, with ineligible companies during the previous 24 months as well as any use of unlabeled product(s) or products under investigational use.

CDC, our planners, and presenters/moderators wish to disclose they have no financial relationships with ineligible companies with the exception of Dr. Rafael E. de la Hoz and he wishes to disclose that within the past 24 months he attended promotional programs hosted by AstraZeneca and GlaxoSmithKline and received a lecture honorarium from Teva Denmark. All relevant financial relationships listed for this individual have been mitigated.

Content will not include any discussion of the unlabeled use of a product or a product under investigational use.

CDC did not accept financial or in-kind support from ineligible companies for this continuing education activity.