18Th Annual Environmental Health Symposium
Diversity in Environmental Health
Sponsorship for this program is provided by:
Eastern Kentucky University Department of Environmental Health
Thursday, March 28, 2013
7:30 a.m. – 4:15 p.m.
Perkins Building, EKU Richmond Campus
Kit Carson Drive, Richmond, KY 40475
CONTACT HOURS: 6.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit.
(60 minutes = 1 contact hour for Credit)
CME Credits
The Southern Kentucky Area Health Education Center is accredited by the Kentucky Medical Association
(KMA) to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians.
The Southern Kentucky Area Health Education Center designates this educational activity for a maximum of
(6.0) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit (s)™. Each Physician should claim only those hours of credit actually spent
in the educational activity.
All persons participating in continuing medical education programs sponsored by the Southern Kentucky
AHEC are expected to disclose any real or perceived conflict of interest related to the content of their
presentations.
The Southern Kentucky AHEC office of Continuing Medical Education presents this activity for educational
purposes only. Participants are expected to use their own expertise and judgment while engaged in the practice
of medicine. The content of the presentation is provided solely by presenters who have been selected for
presentations because of recognized expertise in the field.
CONTACT HOURS: 6.0 ANCC Contact Hours. 7.2 KBN Contact Hours.
(60 minutes = 1 contact hour for ANCC Credit)
ANCC Accreditation: Eastern Kentucky University, the Division of Continuing Education and
Development, is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses
Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
American Nurses Credentialing Center approval of an individual continuing nursing education provider does not constitute
endorsement of program content. Accredited Status as a provider does not imply ANCC endorsement of any commercial
product.
KBN Provider Offering: #3-0007-12-17-213.
KBN Approval: Eastern Kentucky University, the Division of Continuing Education and
Development, has been approved as a provider of continuing education by the Kentucky Board of
Nursing (KBN). Provider #3-0007. Expiration Date December 31, 2017. Kentucky Board of
Nursing approval of an individual nursing education program does not constitute endorsement of
program content.
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Conference Fee:
$30.00 for Physicians and Non-Students (by March 15th); Includes instruction, educational materials, contact
hours, lunch and drink.
$15.00 for Students: Includes instruction, educational materials, contact hours, lunch and drink.
No Lunch Option for student after March 15th
$40.00 for Late Registration/Day-Of; includes only CME credit and instruction (NO LUNCH Option).
EKU Faculty/Staff Scholarship and O’Donnell Scholarship can be applied for those pre-registering.
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: March 15, 2013
TARGET AUDIENCE: Physicians, Nurses, Environmental Health Specialists and Environmental Health
Students.
Mission of Symposia / Focus:
Mission of Symposia: To highlight the multiple disciplines within the Environmental Health field and to forge
connections among the professionals within these fields and the students of Eastern Kentucky University.
FACULTY/PRESENTERS:
Presenters:
1.Karen Sexton, PhD, RN, FACHE
University of Kentucky, former CEO Galveston UTMB
2.Gary Coleman, REHS, DAAS
CP-FSVP and Practice Leader, Food Safety & Compliance, UL EduNeering
3.Doug Thoroughman, PhD, MS
CAPT, US Public Health Service
CDC Career Epidemiology Field Officer, Kentucky Department for Public Health
4.Christopher Sprowles
Chemical Sales Engineer at GE Water and Process Technologies
5.Tom FitzGerald (keynote speaker)
Director, Kentucky Resources Council
Adjunct Faculty, Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, University of Louisville
6.Gary Brown, DrPH, CIH
Eastern Kentucky University, Professor, JHB Environmental, Consultant
7. TBD
8 TBD
*All presenters for this conference have disclosed no conflict of interest.
OBJECTIVES:
1. Relate the response for Hurricanes Rita and Ike by one hospital’s nursing leaders.
2. Review food safety and compliance required by public health.
3. Recognize significance of case reporting in epidemiological outbreaks.
4. Identify successful technologies use in prevention of water-borne diseases
5. Describe the impact of Environmental Law in the health of communities.
6. Define health, physical and environmental hazards of chemicals and protective measures for labeling (SDS).
7. Review vector control issues for pest management.
8. Describe the impact of Industry in the health of communities.
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PROGRAM SCHEDULE
7:30 am
Registration and Seating
8:00 am
Nursing Takes the Lead in Natural Disaster and Saves Lives - Karen Sexton 1
8:45 am
Food Safety - Gary Coleman 2
9:30 am
Epidemiological Outbreaks - Doug Thoroughman 3
10:15 am
Break
10:25 am
Water Borne Diseases - Christopher Sprowles 4
11:10 am
President Doug Whitlock
11:20 am
Surface and Underground Coal Mining - Tom Fitzgerald Keynote Speaker: 5
12:25 pm
Lunch
1:25 pm
The Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals- Gary Brown 6
2:10 pm
Intergrated Pest Management Bedbug Control - TBD 7
2:55 pm
Industrial Hygiene -TBD 8
3:40 pm
Closing Remarks (no CE Credit)
4:00 pm
Evaluations
4:15 pm
Awarding Certificates
Attendance Requirement: You must stay for the entire program to be awarded contact hours and complete a
written evaluation of program.
Cancellation Policy: A participant who wishes to cancel registration must notify the Division of Continuing
Education and Development office at least three working days prior to the workshop date in order to receive a
refund minus a $10 processing fee. After that date a substitute may be sent, but no refund. If an offering is
cancelled by EKU, the registration fee will be refunded in full.
Planning Committee Members:
Kathy Hall, RN-BC, MSN (NCEAC)
Director, EKU’s Division of Continuing Education and Development
Anna Jones, BS, RCP, CCMEC
Director, Southern Kentucky Area Education Center
Gary Brown, DrPH, CIH
Eastern Kentucky University, Professor, JHB Environmental, Consultant
Dr. Sheila Pressley, Associate Professor
Environmental Health Science
Nicholas Sexton, President, MPH
Morgan Riley, Vice-President
Heather Fussel, Secretary
Ryan Burton, Treasurer
Jaime Lundblad, Communications
Tasha Stanfield, Symposium Coordinator
Mary Reinle Begley, BSN (NCEAC)
Executive Director, Office of the Inspector General, Cabinet of Family and Health Service
Teresa (Terry) Casey, APRN, FCN (NCEAC)
Education Facilitator, Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center in Danville, Kentucky.
A. Denise Humphreys, Administrative Assistant (NCEAC)
EKU’s Division of Continuing Education and Development
*All planning committee members for this conference have disclosed no conflict of interest.
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