— Center for Continuing Education — Archived Activities — 2023 — Live — Agricultural Health and Safety Course for Medical and Safety Professionals

Agricultural Health and Safety Course for Medical and Safety Professionals

This course is designed to examine key health and safety issues specific to rural and agricultural workers.

Experts will present course material relevant to those working in health care, public health, education, and safety professions.

Course Dates

You may choose to participate in any or all of the three sessions. The in-person sessions will be held in Room 3013 of the Harold M. and Beverly Maurer Center for Public Health. The live stream sessions will be delivered via Zoom. The links to the online modules will be sent via email.



July 18-19	Session A: Agricultural Health	In-Person/Live Stream
July 20-21	Session B: Agricultural Safety and Prevention	In-Person/Live Stream
July 18-Aug. 11	Session C: Special Topics	Online Modules

Course Objectives

At the conclusion of this activity, the participant should be better able to:

Evaluate the core elements of agricultural medicine.
Integrate the anticipation, recognition, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of occupational and environmental illnesses and injuries within rural and agricultural communities.
Qualify to become an AgriSafe Provider in order to develop sustainable agricultural occupational health and safety delivery programs within their region.

General Information

Target Audience

Course Venues

Accreditation

This accredited continuing education activity is designed for professionals who work with or have an interest in agricultural health and safety including physicians, nurses, emergency medical services professionals, physician assistants, health educators, advanced practice nurses, Ag extension, migrant health clinicians, physical therapists, insurance specialists, veterinarians, and safety professionals.

In-Person

The Harold M. and Beverly Maurer Center for Public Health – Room 3013
519 South 40th Plaza Circle, Omaha, NE

Live Stream

Instructions on how to join the live stream will be sent to registered participants via email a few days before the start of the course.

Online Modules

Instructions on how to access the modules will be sent to registered participants via email a few days before the start of the course.

In support of improving patient care, University of Nebraska Medical Center 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.

Session A: Agricultural Health

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Session B: Agricultural Safety and Prevention

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Session C: Special Topics

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Registration Information

As a way of saying thank you to rural and urban health care providers, emergency services personnel, and those who provide other essential services to our communities, this course is offered free of charge. However, registration is required.

The deadline to register is July 11, 2023.

If you need assistance with online registration, please call our Registration Office at 402-559-5929.

If you are taking this course as part of a requirement or certificate program with the UNMC College of Public Health, please note that you must register with the College to receive your course credit.

How to Successfully Complete the Course

Sessions A and/or B

Attend the selected session in its entirety and review the required online modules.
Successfully complete the online post-test for each selected session — open-book, with 70% accuracy.
Complete the evaluation survey for the selected session.

The deadline to complete the course requirements including post-test(s) and evaluation(s) is Aug. 11, 2023.

Session C

Review all five online modules in their entirety.
Successfully complete the online post-test — open-book, with 70% accuracy.
Complete the evaluation survey.

The deadline to complete this session is Aug. 11, 2023.

Course Director

Ellen Duysen, MPH, COHC

Research Assistant Professor; Coordinator, CS-CASH, College of Public Health, UNMC

Planning Committee

Valeta Creason-Wahl, HMCC
Ellen Duysen, MPH, COHC
Tori Greenlee
Heidi Keeler, PhD, MSN/MBA, RN
Renee Paulin, MSN, RN, CWOCN
Brenda Ram, CMP, CHCP
Risto Rautiainen, PhD
Debbie VonSeggern, NRP, EMSI
Aaron Yoder, PhD

Missy Edwards

Educational Projects Coordinator

UNMC Center for Continuing Education

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Phone: 402-559-5145