Occupational and Environmental Medicine Grand Rounds
The Department of Environmental Health and the Occupational and Environmental Medicine Residency Program invite you to the Occupational and Environmental Medicine Grand Rounds.
Topic: Accelerated Silicosis: The Australian Occupational Health Response
Presenter: Tiffany Tam, MD, MPH, 2nd year OEM Resident
Discussant: Dominic Yong, MBBS, FAFOEM (RACP), MastersOccEnvHealth, FRACGP, GAICD
Specialist Occupational Physician, Coolaroo Clinic; Immediate Past President, Australian and New Zealand Society of Occupational Medicine (ANZSOM); Presiding Member and Mentor, Victorian Medical Panels; Adjunct Lecturer, Monash Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health (MonCOEH), Monash University
Learning objectives:
- Explain how hazard identification, surveillance, and case-finding can detect early accelerated silicosis in exposed workers.
- Describe the regulatory, policy, and advocacy framework leading to Australia’s national ban on engineered stone.
- Apply occupational medicine principles to evaluate and manage cases of silica-related lung disease.
- Formulate prevention strategies for workplaces using engineered stone in the U.S.
Location: Building 1, Room 1302 and Zoom.*
RSVP: Please click here to register to attend Zoom.
CMEs for US licensed physicians
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the Harvard Chan Education and Research Center. The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health designates this live activity for 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Speaker Information
Dominic Yong
Organizers
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