Clinician Overview: Radon

For Health Care Providers

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Course length: 20:44
Date updated: January 30, 2023
Developed by: Environmental Medicine Education Resources
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Training description and objectives

This instructional video is designed to increase awareness among healthcare professionals about radon and its health effects. It also intends to enhance competency in the recognition, management, and counseling of patients exposed to environmental hazards.

At the conclusion of the session, the participant should be able to:

  1. Describe the latest science on radon exposure in both environmental and occupational settings.
  2. Discuss potential adverse clinical effects associated with radon exposure.
  3. Describe how to clinically manage patients exposed to radon.
  4. Describe how to improve collaborative practice across the healthcare team regarding the diagnosis and treatment of patients exposed to radon.

Also check out the Clinician Brief: Radon!

A web-based summary about radon, including information about sources, routes of exposure, populations at risk, health effects, and clinical evaluation, management, and counseling of exposed patients.
Clinician Brief: Radon

Who this training is for

Clinicians in practice and in training, including physicians, fellows, residents, medical students, nurse practitioners, physicians’ assistants, nurses, and nursing students.

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Content Source:
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
  • The reference list for the content in this instructional video is the same as the Clinician Brief: Radon page accessible at atsdr.cdc.gov/environmental-medicine/hcp/clinicianbriefradon/index.html
  • Image Citations and Credits:
  • Brenner. (1989). No title [illustration]. Radon risk and remedy: A homeowner’s guide to easy and affordable detection and control of radon. Adapted with permission from Brenner.
  • EPA. (2016). No title [illustration]. A Citizen’s Guide To Radon. Retrieved 2024, from https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2016-12/documents/2016_a_citizens_guide_to_radon.pdf.
  • Image via CDC
  • iStock via Getty Images