This course is taught by UF’s faculty with expertise in emergency medicine (MDs), clinical toxicology and pharmacy. Students will learn about: • The history, principles and methods of clinical toxicology • Managing poisoned or overdosed patients • Applying laboratory testing principles • Identifying and applying the basic concepts of toxicokinetics • Differing toxic effects depending on the route of administration • Liberation and absorption of toxicants into the body ...

The course will provide a series of multiple-choice question based cases in common and life-threatening clinical poisonings typically encountered in the Urgent Care or Emergency Department environment. The cases will feature multimedia content to engage the participant. Faculty for the course will primarily be drawn from Harvard Medical School (HMS) associated hospitals. The core faculty will be supplemented by a small number of selected external faculty who are nationally and internation...

The American Academy of Clinical Toxicology and the American Association of Poison Control Centers are pleased to announce that the North American Congress of Clinical Toxicology 2012 and associated pre-meeting functions will be held at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas located in Las Vegas, NV; October 1-6, 2012. This annual conference allows an opportunity for physicians, pharmacists, nurses, and scientists from around the world to participate in the sharing of knowledge on a wide vari...

Attend this important conference and you will know: •Expanding use of mass spec in the clinical lab: advantages and challenges •Basics of mass spec method evaluation •Lab considerations in mass spec applications for TDM, toxicology, vitamin D, thyroid, newborn screening, and steroid analyses.

•POCT informatics requirements for the clinical lab •Importance of getting POCT data into the HER •Best practices for POCT data management •Data transfer in an age of “cloud” computing •Ensuring that displayed lab data contributes to clinical decision making and patient safety

FRIDAY MAY 18, 2012 HERBAL PRODUCTS & ALTERNATIVE THERAPIES ACPE # 043-9999-11-030-L01-P Scott Long, R.Ph, Ph. D Southwestern Oklahoma State University Objectives: 1. Review scientific and clinical data to assess the potential benefit and/or harm that alternative therapies present. 2. Assess the benefits and risks to a patient's health in recommending alternative therapies. 3. Demonstrate knowledge of the most commonly used herbal products. ____________________________________...

The purpose of this scientific conference is to identify and discuss the latest knowledge and important issues on the health effects of isocyanates, including current best evidence about exposure monitoring, environmental controls and clinical management. Conference Themes - Call for Papers • Worker and consumer protection issues • Environmental exposure/monitoring • Occupational health surveillance/management • Toxicity testing/animal models/biomarkers • Respiratory epidem...