Faculty

Needs Statement

Radon is the leading cause of lung cancer in those who have never smoked and the second leading cause of lung cancer after smoking.

Module 1 addresses radon, radon’s health effects, who is affected, and the synergistic interactions of radon and tobacco smoke.

Target Audience

Physicians, Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners, Nurses, Respiratory Therapists, Lung Cancer Screening Providers, Counselors, Social Workers, Certified Health Educators, Real Estate Agents, Radon Awareness Advocates and Educators.

Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:
1. Classify radon as a naturally occurring environmental carcinogen.
2. Identify who is at risk for radon exposure.
3. Describe how exposure to radon gas progeny increases the risk of developing lung cancer, especially in combination with tobacco smoke.

Accreditation

In support of improving patient care, University of Kentucky HealthCare CECentral is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

CME
This enduring material is designated for a maximum of 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

IPE Competencies

• Roles/ Responsibilities
• Interprofessional Communication

Other
UK Healthcare CECentral certifies this activity for 0.50 hours of participation.

CPHCE
University of Kentucky College of Public Health certifies that this educational activity was designated for 0.50 hours of Public Health Continuing Education (CPHCE) credit. This course is approved for continuing education by the University of Kentucky College of Public Health. ()

CHES
Sponsored by Department of Public Health, Western Kentucky University, a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is designated for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) and/or Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES) to receive up to 0.50 total Category I continuing education contact hours. Maximum advanced-level continuing education contact hours available are 0. 0.50 Continuing Competency credits are available. Provider ID# 105862 Event ID# 61037

KBRC
This program has been reviewed and approved by the Kentucky Board of Respiratory Care.

CNE
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 0.50 nursing contact hours.

Faculty Disclosure

All planners, faculty, and others in control of educational content are required to disclose all their financial relationships with ineligible companies within the prior 24 months.  An ineligible company is defined as one whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. Financial relationships are relevant if the educational content an individual can control is related to the business lines or products of the ineligible company.

None of the planners, faculty, and others in control of educational content for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies.

The material presented in this course represents information obtained from the scientific literature as well as the clinical experiences of the speakers. In some cases, the presentations might include discussion of investigational agents and/or off-label indications for various agents used in clinical practice. Speakers will inform the audience when they are discussing investigational and/or off-label uses.

Disclosure of a relationship is not intended to suggest or condone commercial bias in any presentation, but it is made to provide participants with information that might be of potential importance to their evaluation of a presentation.

Acknowledgement

In collaboration with University of Kentucky College of Nursing and BREATHE.

The activity was supported by KY Department of Public Health.