Radon: The Unknown Risk CME Series

Tracey Smith, DNP, PHCNS-BC, MSDirector of Medical Student Education and Community

OutreachDepartment of Family & Community Medicine

SIU School of Medicine, Springfield, Illinois

Disclosure

This activity is supported by a grant from the Illinois Emergency Management Agency.

Additional collaborators include the American Lung Association in Illinois, IllinoisPublic Health Association, Illinois Society for Public Health Education, and the US Environmental Protection Agency.

How Many of You Have Been Asked About Smoking at A Doctor’s Visit?

How Many of You Have Been Asked About Radon Exposure at A Physician

Visit?

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What We Don’t Know Makes Us Uncomfortable!

So Why is This?

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CME Series

• Continuing Medical Education• Consists of educational activities which serve to maintain,

develop, or increase the knowledge, skills, and professional performance and relationships that a physician uses to provide services for patients, the public, or the profession.

• CME credits are important to physicians for recertification• CME credits are authorized by the American Medical

Association Physician's Recognition Award and accredited through the Accreditation Council of Continuing Medical Education.

Who Should Take It?

• Health Educators• Respiratory Therapists• Physicians• Nurses

• Mid-Levels (NP, PA)• Radiation Technicians• CHESs• Radon Technicians

CME Series Consists Of?

• 5 modules• Provided by experts in

the field and healthcare providers

• Emphasizes what healthcare providers can do

Credit Given

• AMA PRA Category 1, Contact Hours for nursing, IEMA and general attendance

• Pending: CHES and RT credit• Cost: $5/15 minutes /.25 credits• Entire series is 3.75 credits=

$75.00 charge

Directions

For more information:

SIU School Of MedicineOffice of Continuing Professional

Development217-545-7711

Email: cpd@siumed.edu