AgHealth 2024 (Attendee Information)
This site is intended for registered participants of the Agricultural Health and Safety Course for Medical and Safety Professionals (July 9-12, 2024).
Welcome! Thank you for joining us.
This course is designed to examine key health and safety issues specific to rural and agricultural workers.
Target Audience
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.
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.
- Review the safety hazards, emergency responses, mitigation methods, and personal protection required for agricultural workers and locate educational resources for patients and stakeholders.
Course Information
Click the session title to view details specific to the session.
| Course Dates | Session Information | Attendance Option |
| July 9-10 | Session A: Agricultural Health | In-Person/Live Stream |
| July 11-12 | Session B: Agricultural Safety and Prevention | In-Person/Live Stream |
| July 9-Aug. 9 | Session C: Special Topics | Online Modules |
How to Join the Course
In-Person
The Harold M. and Beverly Maurer Center for Public Health – Room 3013
519 South 40th Plaza Circle, Omaha, NE
- Enter through the northwest door (by the large gold tower) each morning and proceed up one floor to Room 3013.
- Parking:
- Complimentary parking for campus visitors is available in Lot 6 – top level only (41st and Dewey Ave). Download map
- If you are an employee/student of UNMC/Nebraska Medicine, please park in your regularly assigned parking area.
- UNMC CCE is not liable for any parking ticket that a participant may incur while attending this course.
Live Stream
Install the Zoom Video Conferencing software on your desktop, tablet, or smartphone.
Meeting ID: 945 4093 6956
Passcode: 007128
Accreditation
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.
Course Director
Research Assistant Professor; Coordinator, CS-CASH, College of Public Health, UNMC
Planning Committee
Valeta Creason-Wahl, MMP
Ellen Duysen, MPH, COHC
Jackie Farley
Tori Greenlee
Julie Huglin
Heidi Keeler, PhD, MSN/MBA, RN
Renee Paulin, MSN, RN, CWOCN
Risto Rautiainen, PhD
Debbie VonSeggern, NRP, EMSI
Aaron Yoder, PhD
Sponsors
This course is supported in part by NIOSH grant #5U54OH010162.
Questions?
Educational Projects Coordinator, UNMC Center for Continuing Education
