Course Description:
This Continuing Medical Education (CME) training is presented by the
State Medical Officer. Information on California Code of Regulations (Title 17) for
Health Care Providers (HCP) participating in publicly funded programs (CHDP,
Healthy Families, and WIC & Medi-Cal) and Standards of Care on Screening for
Lead Poisoning is reviewed.
Lead
Awareness information and the role of the public health nurse (PHN) and
registered environmental health specialist (REHS) in lead case management are also presented.
Course
Objectives:
Following this training the
participant will be to:
- Identify
targeted screening regulations on standards of care on screening for Lead
poisoning.
- State
major behavioral risk factors associated with Lead poisoning.
- List
major health effects associated with Lead poisoning.
- List
the primary sources of Lead.
- List
global cultural products that contain lead.
- Differentiate
the responsibilities
of the doctors, nurse practitioners and physician's assistants administering
doing periodic health care assessments on children between the ages of 6
months and 6 years.
- Differentiate
the role of the PHN and EHS in Lead case management.
Target
Audience: Physicians, Registered
Nurses (RNs) including: Nurse Practitioners (NP), School Nurses, and PHNs.
Health Educators (HE), EHSs and Certified Medical Assistants (CMA) are
encouraged to attend.
CME
credits are available.
Course
Schedule:
September
5, 2007
8:30 AM – 9:30 AM
Location: Olive View – UCLA Medical Center
1445
Olive View Drive
First
Floor Auditorium
Sylmar,
CA 91343
Contact
Person: Germaine Defindi, M.D.
(818)
364-3233
September 6, 2007
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
Location:
Blue Cross State Sponsored Business
6400
Laurel Canyon Blvd
Community
Resource Center
North
Hollywood, CA 9160
Contact Person: Kathy
Grant (818) 655 – 1241
Prenatal & Postnatal