Integrative Environmental Health: Advanced Approaches (2026-2028)

Wednesday, January 14, 2026, 12:00 AM - Thursday, January 13, 2028, 11:59 PM


AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (4.75 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (4.75 hours)

Designed for medical and nursing personnel, this Advanced Approaches course will build on the Integrative Environmental Health: An Introduction course by exploring a more in-depth clinical approach – what populations are most at risk, how to take an environmental health patient history, emerging research, and case-based learning – to reinforce clinical relevance. Enroll and complete the Introduction course first, then enroll and complete the Advanced Approaches course.

1. Identify vulnerable patient populations in terms of environmental toxicant exposures.
2. Apply a structured approach to taking an environmental medicine history that includes consideration of potential toxicants in air, land, and water.
3. Assess the impact of some emerging technologies and agricultural practices on environmental medicine and how they affect human health.
4. Identify advocacy resources in the field of environmental health and medicine.
5. Identify persistent organic pollutants, their ramifications to health, and associated global regulations.
6. Identify the role of epigenetics and the exposome in the intersection of toxicant exposure and related health effects.
7. Apply information about exposure safety for electromagnetic radiation regarding everyday use of devices.
8. Apply information and use resources about reproductive toxicant exposures, notably endocrine disruptors, in patient preconception counseling.

The University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson designates this Enduring Material for a maximum of 4.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

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