PEHSU Grand Rounds Webinar
This webinar is part of an ongoing series of educational presentations by experts on issues that focus on current and emerging aspects of pediatric and reproductive environmental health.
Increased Cancer Risk to Residents Near Ethylene Oxide Facilities - January 16, 2019
Learning Objectives
- Explain why cancer risk from exposure to ethylene oxide emissions has increased
- Evaluate a patient exposed to ethylene oxide
Presenter: Susan Buchanan, MD, MPH
Dr Susan Buchanan is Director of the Great Lakes Center for Children’s Environmental Health at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) which is the Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit (PEHSU) for federal Region 5. Dr Buchanan is board certified in Family Medicine and Occupational and Environmental Medicine. She teaches occupational and environmental health topics in UIC’s Occupational Medicine Residency Program, Family Medicine Department, and School of Public Health Her research interest include the safety and occupational health of low income and immigrant workers as well as environmental exposures to children and women of childbearing age.
Continuing Education Information
To obtain CE credit for this webcast you must first establish a login with the CDC. Click here to access the CDC Training and Continuing Education Online webpage. To receive continuing education (CE) for WD2588-011619 - PEHSU Grand Round Series - Increased Cancer Risk to Residents Near Ethylene Oxide Facilities - January 16, 2019 (Web on Demand):
- Take course on PEHSU National Classroom
- Please visit TCEO and follow these 9 Simple Steps before February 19, 2021.
- Search for the activity: WD2588-011619
- Complete the Evaluation at www.cdc.gov/TCEOnline
- Pass the posttest at 80% on TCEO (Posttest consists of a mix of five multiple choice and true/false questions.)
- CE certificates will be available on your TCEO account
FEES: No fees are charged for CDC’s CE activities.