Non-stick Nuisance: Medical Monitoring for PFAS
Health Education and Guidance on PFAS Exposure (available for CME credit)
This presentation highlights the importance of increasing clinical knowledge and understanding among healthcare providers for patients with potential risk factors and/or concerns about PFAS exposure. The presentation discusses individual risk factors and teaches the audience current federal recommendations for screening, as well as other protocols for assessing PFAS exposure and prevention and follow up approaches where research and research findings may be involved and/or unclear. The presentation promotes knowledge and competence for understanding and recognizing likely PFAS environmental exposures and preventing further exposure.
If you watched the video:
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If you’d like to get free CME credit:
Go to the Michigan State University (MSU) Continuing Medical Education (CME) page and click “sign in to register” and create an account. Creating an account and taking the course is completely free of charge. Once your account is created, you will be prompted to answer a few questions, after which you’ll be directed to the video. Once the video is complete, you will be asked to answer a few more questions regarding the material presented in the video. CME credit will be awarded after completion of all the steps listed above.
*Please note that the video through MSU’s CME page disables rewinding or fast forwarding. If you want to got back and revisit certain sections, you can access the YouTube video featured at the top of this page.
Listserv
Join a listserv to receive updates about PFAS in clinical practice and take action to improve patient care by sending an email to listserv@list.msu.edu. In the body of the email, put “subscribe pfasinpatientcare your name,” replacing ‘your name’ with your actual name and credentials. For example, “subscribe pfasinpatientcare Alice Hamilton, MD, MPH.”