Key points
ATSDR provides educational resources for healthcare professionals to enhance their competency in the recognition, management, and counseling of patients exposed to environmental hazards. All products are free of charge. Some offer continuing education (CE) credits.
Resources
- Clinician Briefs and Overviews - Web-based summaries and instructional videos on hazardous environmental exposures, including information about evaluating, managing, and counseling exposed patients.
- Taking an Exposure History - Course designed to increase clinicians' knowledge of exposures to hazardous substances and to promote medical practices that aid in evaluating and caring for exposed patients.
- Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Units (PEHSU) - PEHSU are funded by ATSDR and serve as a national network of experts in preventing, diagnosing, managing, and treating health issues in children coming from environmental exposures. PEHSU offer a variety of educational resources for health professionals, communities, families, and others on reproductive and children's environmental health.
Content Source:
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry