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Upcoming Conferences by Date
Deployment Health Guest Lecturer Program
Web-based Training
Other Conferences, Seminars and Events
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Upcoming Conferences by Date
October 2004
3rd Annual Research and Teaching Forum
“Opening the Dialogue”
Indianapolis, Indiana
October 1 - 3, 2004
The Twelfth Congress of the ICOH Scientific Committee "Health Service Research and Evaluation in Occupational Health"
Modena, Italy
October 13 - 16 2004
2004 Military Suicide Prevention Conference
Arlington, VA
October 25-29, 2004
International All Risk Symposium
Baltimore, Maryland
Oct 26- 28, 2004
November 2004
2004 Syndromic Surveillance Conference
Copley Marriott, Boston, MA
November 3 - 4, 2004
February 2005
Medical Planning and Operations
in Support of Consequence Management
Washington, DC
February 24 - 25, 2005
April 2005
Analyzing Regulations: Health, Safety and the Environment
Washington, DC
April 14 - 15, 2005
Web-based Training
Biological Agent Training Modules, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
These modules will provide you with the knowledge necessary to diagnose and manage illnesses caused by a terrorist attack using bio-agents, in coordination with local public health departments. Upon completing these modules, you will be better prepared to minimize the impact of a bio-terrorist event.
Plague Training Module, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
This web-based module is designed to teach the natural epidemiology of plague and how to manage it as both a natural disease and an intentional attack. The content is presented in a series of eight lessons
to be completed in the order that they appear.
Computer Based Training, Chemical Casualty Care Division, U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense
These courses are designed to help the clinician prepare for a chemical casualty scenario. They cover the fundamentals of chemical agent terminology, mechanism of action, pathophysiology as well as the diagnosis of casualties and selection of appropriate treatment.
Terrorism, Preparedness, and Public Health: An Introduction examines terrorism and its effects on public health.
Medical Response to Weapons of Mass Destruction is a course on Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Warfare for health care providers.
Epidemiology, the Internet and Global Health is an online Supercourse.
Other Conferences, Seminars and Events
Health Risk Communication Courses
Introductory Risk Communication Workshop
The introductory workshop provides a basic understanding of the concepts, principles, and process of effective risk communication.
Intermediate Risk Communication Workshop
The intermediate course builds on basic understanding and skills learned in the introductory course.
Naval School, Civil Engineer Corps Officers
The Navy-taught introductory workshop provides a basic understanding of the concepts, principles, and process of effective risk communication.
DERMEX 2003, a course on the impact of occupational exposures on skin will be held in Edinburgh Scotland from the 12th to the 14th May 2003. This course will be organized by the Institute of Occupational Medicine in collaboration with researchers from Europe and North America...
Wilderness Medicine in the New Century presents THE 4TH WORLD CONGRESS ON WILDERNESS MEDICINE in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada. Every 4 years, the Wilderness Medical Society (WMS) holds a World Congress that attracts those working in wilderness medicine and providing care in challenging areas and extreme environments around the world.
The International Critical Incident Stress Foundation, Inc. (ICISF) is a non-profit, open membership foundation dedicated to the prevention and mitigation of disabling stress through the provision of: Education, training and support services for all Emergency Services professions; Continuing education and training in Emergency Mental Health Services for Psychologists, Psychiatrists, Social Workers and Licensed Professional Counselors; and Consultation in the establishment of Crisis and Disaster Response Programs for varied organizations and communities worldwide. For information on upcoming conferences, please click here.
Health Risk Communications course sponsored by CHPPM course to help you communicate using a science-based approach in high-concern, sensitive, or controversial situations.
Global Medicine course sponsored by CHPPM is a continuing medical education program designed to train operational physicians as well as other medical personnel (with course supervisor approval) to identify and plan for the infectious diseases and environmental conditions of medical and military significance worldwide.
Training-related Links
8 Jan 03 Satellite Feed: Nerve Agent Casualties
Fact Sheet (pdf) | Talking Paper (word document)
Videos and Tapes of Past Conferences
Health Risk Communication: Talking to Patients with Environmental Health Concerns. Enrollment Procedures.
Video of DoD Smallpox Preparedness Conference.