5th Annual One Medicine Symposium: Globalization and Emerging Risks: A One Medicine Approach to a Changing World

Click to Access Presentations from the 2007 Conference

December 12-13, 2007
Sheraton Imperial Hotel and Convention Center
Durham, North Carolina

Objectives

 

  • Highlight the "One Medicine" approach between human and veterinary medicine for effective response to terrorism, disease, and natural disasters.
  • Describe the impacts of globalization on agriculture and public health.
  • Discuss the effects of increased trade with foreign markets using melamine contamination as a case study.
  • Discuss the roles and responsibilities of international human and animal health organizations.
  • Discuss the impacts of social, economic, and cultural differences on the human/animal relationship, agriculture, and public health.

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Audience

  • Physicians and veterinarians
  • Public health professionals
  • Agriculture professionals
  • Federal, military, state, and local disaster response personnel/teams
  • Wildlife professionals

Registration

Registration Fee: $50

Please register early to avoid additional costs! The registration fee will rise to $125 after a maximum registrant number has been reached. Registration fee after 12/4/07: $125 for all participants

Hotel Information

Sheraton Imperial Hotel
4700 Emperor Blvd., Durham, NC 27703
I-40 exit 282 Page Road
(919) 941-5050 or Toll Free at (800
) 325-3535

Continuing Education Credit

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention designates this educational activity for a maximum of 12.5 category 1 credits toward the AMA Physician's Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those credits that he/she actually spent in the activity.

This activity for12.5 contact hours is provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which is accredited as a provider of continuing education in nursing by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditations.

The CDC has been reviewed and approved as an Authorized Provider by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET), 8405 Greensboro Drive, Suite 800, McLean, VA 22102. The CDC has awarded 1.25 CEU's to participants who successfully complete this program.

This program was reviewed and approved by the AAVSB RACE program for continuing education.  Please contact the AAVSB Race Program at race@aavsb.org should you have any comments or concerns regarding this program’s validity or relevancy to the veterinary profession.

Provider:  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
Provider Number:  235

Symposium Sponsors

NC Public Health

NC Division of Public Health, Department of Health and Human Services

Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response

Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response, NC Division of Public Health, Department of Health and Human Services

NC DA&CS Emergency Programs

Division of Emergency Programs
at the North Carolina Department of
Agriculture and Consumer Services

NC Dept of Agriculture and Consumer Services

North Carolina Department of
Agriculture and Consumer Services

NC State University College of Veterinary Medicine

NC State University
College of Veterinary Medicine

UNC School of Public Health

North Carolina Institute for Public Health, UNC School of Public Health
North Carolina Center for Public Health Preparedness, UNC School of Public Health
UNC Roadmap, Carolina Roadmap Executive Committee, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and National Institutes for Health

 

Office of Continuing Education
North Carolina Institute for Public Health
UNC School of Public Health
Phone 919-966-4032 | Fax 919-966-5692 | oce@unc.edu