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New York IHW Pilot Training Program for Health Professionals

New York Academy of Medicine Emblem The New York Pilot Training was held Thursday April 26, 2001 from 8:00am - 5:00pm at the New York Academy of Medicine, 1216 5th Avenue, New York, New York.

This day long conference focused on the intersection between common environmental chemicals and child development, and clinical interventions to reduce neurotoxic threats throughout the life cycle.

Relevant to physicians, nurses, midwives, staff of community health centers, medical students, childbirth educators, psychologists, and other health care providers.

Jointly sponsored by:

The New York Academy of Medicine, Greater Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility, and JSI Center for Environmental Health Studies

In collaboration with:

The Center for Children’s Health and the Environment of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine (A Project Supported by the Pew Charitable Trusts) and Physicians for Social Responsibility

With support from:

The John Merck Fund, Jessie B. Cox Charitable Trust, W. Alton Jones Foundation, the Mitchell Kapor Foundation, the Jewish Healthcare Foundation, and the Environmental Protection Agency

Agenda
Time	Activity
8:00 - 8:30	Registration - Coffee & Exhibits
8:30 - 9:00	Welcome and Keynote Address Philip Landrigan, MD, MSc Director, Center for Children’s Health and the Environment, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
9:00 - 10:45	Plenary: Toxic Threats to Child Development Ted Schettler, MD, MPH, Jill Stein, MD Greater Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility David Wallinga, MD, MPA Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
10:45 - 11:00	Break
11:00 - 12:15	Workshop Session 1: Toxic Threats and Interventions (Participants choose one) Conducted by Core Faculty A. "How" Children Are Exposed: Case Studies in Food/Feeding (including mercury, PCBs, pesticides) B. "Where" Exposures Occur (home, work, and school) Case Studies in Pesticides C. "What" Products Create Exposure Risks Case Studies in Lead and Solvents
12:15 - 1:30	Lunch
1:30 - 2:45	Workshop Session 2: Clinical Interventions to Reduce Toxic Threats Throughout the Life Cycle - Conducted by core faculty in partnership with local health care providers A. Prenatal B. Infant/Child/Adolescent C. Adults/Families Each workshop in Session 2 will address: Exposure pathways and stage-of-life physiology, toxicants of concern and how to minimize/avoid them, clinical and community opportunities for intervention.
2:45 - 3:00	Break
3:00 - 4:15	Plenary: The Link Between Clinical Practice & Public Health: Health Care Professionals as Public Health Advocates Elizabeth Blackburn, EPA; Susan West, Physicians for Social Responsibility, others TBA
4:15 - 5:00	Reception and Informational Tables for Advocacy Groups

Fees
Cost	For Whom
$120.00	For those seeking professional credit * (resource binder included)
$25.00	All others (resource binder - an additional $25.00)
	* (6 Category 1 CME credits. This activity has been submitted to the New York State Nurses Association's Council on Continuing Education, which is accredited by the American Nurses' Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation as an approver of continuing education in nursing, for approval of 6 contact hours.)

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint sponsorship of The New York Academy of Medicine and Greater Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility/JSI's Center for Environmental Health Studies. The New York Academy of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians and takes responsibility for the content, quality, and scientific integrity of this CME activity.

The New York Academy of Medicine designates this continuing education activity for 6 of Category 1 credits for the Physician's Recognition Award of the American Medical Association. Each physician should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.

The New York Academy of Medicine relies upon invited faculty participants in its CME programs to provide educational information that is objective and as free from bias as possible. In this spirit, and in accordance with the guidelines of the program sponsor, faculty participants are expected to indicate any commercial relationship that might be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest.

Comments from attendees:

"Unusually stimulating, excellent information and rewarding contacts"

"As a non medical professional I found [the training] quite accessible"

"Right on the mark - excellent power point presentation"

"Excellent application to clinical setting"

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