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TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE—OFFICE OF CONTINUING EDUCATION
Climate Change and the Growing Risk of Nuclear War:
A Health Care Perspective
October 15, 2016 - Boston, MA
Jointly provided by Tufts University School of Medicine Office of Continuing Education and
Physicians for Social Responsibility
Planning Committee
Ira Helfand, MD - Course Director
Chair, Security Committee,
Physicians for Social Responsibility
Peter Moyer, MD, MPH
Professor and Chair Emeritus, Emergency Medicine,
Boston University School of Medicine
Medical Director, Boston EMS, Fire and Police (retired)
Greater Boston PSR
Linda Ordway, RN, MS
Nurse Planner
Office of Continuing Education,
Tufts University School of Medicine
Anthony L. Schalff, MD, MPH
Director, Public Health Program,
Tufts University School of Medicine
Richard Clapp, D.Sc., MPH
Professor Emeritus of Environmental Health, Boston
University School of Public Health
Adjunct Professor, University of Massachusetts Lowell
Heidi Crim, RN, MSN
Chief Nursing Officer
Codman Square Health Center,
Boston
Cornelia van der Ziel, MD
Treasurer, Greater Boston PSR
Austin Wertheimer, MD
Women’s Health (retired)
Greater Boston PSR
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Speakers/Other Faculty
Bill McKibben
Schumann Distinguished Scholar
Middlebury College
350.org
Zia Mian, Ph.D
Director, Program on Science and Global Security,
Princeton University
Barry Levy, MD
Adjunct Professor of Public Health, Tufts University
School of Medicine
Co-editor, Climate Change and Public Health
Jennifer Leaning, MD
Director, Harvard FXB Center for Health and Human
Rights
John Loretz
Program Director at IPPNW
Member, International Steering Committee of ICAN
Catherine Thomasson, MD
Executive Director,
Physicians for Social Responsibility
Stephen Kinzer
Author and foreign correspondent
Senior Fellow in International and Public Affairs,
Watson Institute, Brown University
Jonathon King, Ph.D
Professor of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology
Susan Solomon, Ph.D
Ellen Swallow Richards Professor of Atmospheric
Chemistry & Climate Science
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
There is no commercial Support for this activity.
Exhibitors will not be present.
Disclosure: Disclosure information from faculty and all other persons in control of content will be provided to
participants prior to the beginning of the educational activity.
Target Audience: This activity is designed for healthcare professionals including physicians, nurses and
medical/nursing students.
Activity Goal: The goal of this activity is to promote awareness of the relationship between climate change and
increasing risk of nuclear conflict so that attendees are empowered to educate others and take steps to reverse this trend;
as well as to show how the societal health impacts of global warming can lead to conflict and violence, and, conversely,
to show how a nuclear engagement can escalate climate change dramatically.
Learner Objectives/Outcomes - At the conclusion of the activity, learners will be able to:
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Identify ways in which climate change can lead to conflict and violence.
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Describe the climate disruption that would follow nuclear war.
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List strategies individuals can take to help prevent the health and societal effects of climate change.
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Describe what individuals can do to reduce the nuclear threat.
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Identify the health consequences of climate change and nuclear war.
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Apply scientific expertise to informing policy-makers about the implications of climate change and nuclear war.
This activity is designed to address the following ACGME/ABMS and IOM competencies: Medical/Clinical
Knowledge, Interpersonal and Communication Skills, Professionalism, Work in interdisciplinary teams.
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Registration and Cancellation Policy:
To register, visit http://www.psr.org/chapters/boston/events/symposium/ .
No fees will be refunded for cancellations made after October 7.
Accreditation Statements
Physicians: This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the
Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint providership of Tufts University School of
Medicine (TUSM) and Physicians for Social Responsibility. TUSM is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing
medical education for physicians.
TUSM designates this live activity for a maximum of 4.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should
claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Nurses: Tufts University School of Medicine Office of Continuing Education is accredited as a provider of continuing
nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
This activity provides 4.25 Contact Hours for nurses.
Requirements for Successful Completion: To receive CE credit/contact hours, participants must sign-in, attend the
activity and complete and submit the activity evaluation provided in syllabus materials. Partial credit/contact hours will
be awarded for attendance of one or more presentations. Certificates/statements of credit will be emailed/mailed within
4-6 weeks after the activity.
ADA/OEO Nondiscrimination Policy: Tufts University School of Medicine (TUSM) considers all applicants and
program participants without regard to race, color, national origin, age, religious creed, sex or sexual orientation. TUSM
is an Equal Opportunity Employer. TUSM does not discriminate on the basis of a disability in admissions, access to
treatment, or employment in their programs and activities as identified in the American with Disabilities Act. Please let
us know in advance if you require any accommodations.
Policy on Privacy and Confidentiality: To view the privacy policy for TUSM OCE, please see:
http://medicine.tufts.edu/Education/Continuing-Education/Privacy-and-Confidentiality-Policy
For questions regarding continuing education, please contact Tufts University School of Medicine- Office of Continuing
Education at [email protected] or 617-636-6579.
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