Fossil Fuels, Global Warming, and Children's Health: a Call to Action

Fossil Fuels, Global Warming, and Children's Health: a Call to Action is organized by Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW).

Course opens: 08/19/2021
Course expires: 08/19/2023

Description :
Join Society for Pediatric Urgent Care (SPUC) for weekly webinars designed to equip providers with knowledge of best practices for common Pediatric Urgent Care conditions. The goal is to foster a community of providers through academically rigorous, web-based lectures. This webinar series creates the infrastructure for Pediatric Urgent Care systems across the country for spreading ideas and learning from one another. In addition, the webinar series gives providers an ongoing opportunity to earn CME in topics speci?c to Pediatric Urgent Care.

Learning Objectives :
Participants who engage in this educational intervention will be able to:
• To recognize the effects of climate change and the role of human activity in exacerbating the worldwide frequency and severity of weather-related events with negative health impacts
• To recognize dermatologic conditions and considerations that will become more frequent in the context of climate change and global warming
• To implement professional and personal changes that positively influence greenhouse gas emissions, thereby decreasing individual and institutional contributions to climate change