2010 APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition Social Justice: A Public Health Imperative
The 2010 Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado will offer professionals and practitioners the opportunity to enhance their knowledge and exchange information on best practices, latest research and new trends in public health. The Annual Meeting provides more educational offerings in public health than any other event. Registrants may earn continuing education (CE-credits) for specific professional disciplines.
Registrants can earn up to 33 continuting education credits in CHES, Nursing, CME (for physicians and non-physicians) and CPH during the Annual Meeting. The Continuing Education (CE) access fee is $50 fee for the 1st discipline and $10 for each additional discipline (Example: CME $50 + CPH $10 = $60 total). Payment of the access fee must be made before the close of on-site registration on November 11, 2009.
Access to the Online CE Evaluation System is generated by payment of the Access Fee stated above. Click below for accreditation statements. In order to receive a certificate of continuing education credit, an Online Evaluation must be completed for each session or institute attended. The CE fee covers all CE contact hour credits for both the Learning Institute courses and the Annual Meeting scientific sessions.
NEW THIS YEAR!!
APHA will offer the Certified in Public Health (CPH) Continuing Education Credit for attendance at the annual meeting.
Scientific Session- Hundreds of scientific sessions will be approved for continuing education credits for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES), Continuing Medical Education (CME) Continuing Nursing Education (CNE) and Certified in Public Health (CPHCE)
Learning Institute Courses - For an additional cost APHA also offers Learning Institute Courses on the Saturday and Sunday prior to the Conference. Up to 13.5 CE credits can be earned for attending these half or full-day courses. (a separate registration fee is required)
Consult the online program after September 1st to view abstracts, learning objectives, faculty disclosure and updated information on sessions approved for CE. NOT ALL SESSIONS ARE APPROVED FOR CREDIT. PLEASE CHECK THE ONLINE PROGRAM OR STOP BY THE CE BOOTH IN THE REGISTRATION AREA FOR THE MOST UP TO DATE SESSION STATUS.
Educational Objectives
- To define the roles of the public health community in responding to the influences of physical, economic and social environments.
- To identify lessons learned and best practices in addressing general public health issues.
- To increase information about and general awareness of public health issues and how they are affected by immediate world factors.
- To enrich the work experiences of public health practitioners by introducing new skills and improving existing competencies.
- To provide both formal and informal opportunities for attendees to share ideas, information and experiences, and to promote alliances and networking to address public health issues.
Target Audience - Public health professionals, environmental and occupational health professionals, federal, state, county and local health agency officials and staff, administrators, managers, practitioners, researchers, academics, students, policy makers, and all other public health related professionals. Certified health education specialisits, nurses and nurse practitioners, physicians, professionals certified in public health, and professionals seeking non-physician AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM
Policy on Planner and Presenter Disclosure - It is the policy of APHA for planners and presenters to disclose real or apparent conflicts of interest for themselves and/or their spouses/parters, during the 12 months prior to their involvement in the APHA Annual Meeting process, related to the topics of this educational activity. Presenters must also disclose if discussions include unlabeled/unapproved (off-label) or experimental uses of drugs or devices. Completed disclosures can be accessed through the online and printed program.
Full program descriptions, learning objectives, faculty, tentative agendas and disclosure information for each session and Learning Institute course can be accessed at www.apha.org/meeting.
All continuing education questions can be answered by staff at the CE Booth during the annual meeting and/or by contacting: Annette Ferebee @ annette.ferebee@apha.org or 202-777-2521.