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ForwardHot Topics in Public Health — Hot, Hot, Hot: Climate Change, Heat, and Health: Enduring
Overview
The Hot Topics in Public Health symposium series is a forum designed to provide up-to-date information on emerging issues in public health. The series adopts various educational formats, including panel discussions, scholarly presentations, and audience-based question-and-answer sessions. Topics are selected by a steering committee of public health professionals, population health researchers, and clinicians at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.
In this recorded session, the speakers will provide an overview of the science behind climate change, heat exposure, and their associated health consequences. The 2003 heat wave in France, which resulted in 15,000 deaths, will be used to illustrate the complex interplay of social and behavioral factors that can lead to severe outcomes from heat exposure. Recent research on the impact of heat and humidity on mortality among dialysis patients will demonstrate the effects of a changing climate on patient care and public health.
Intended Audience
Physicians, physician assistants, nurses, and healthcare professionals.
Learning Objectives
As a result of participation in this educational activity, members of the healthcare team will…
- Analyze the key drivers of climate change in terms of human activities and pollution sources, and ways in which the accumulation of greenhouse gas pollution shifts extreme heat risks
- Identify ways in which extreme heat exposures are linked to elevated morbidity and mortality risks in human populations
- Analyze the uses of qualitative methods to understand the social dimensions of vulnerability to natural hazards
- Identify social factors that shape vulnerability and resilience in a moment of anthropogenic climate change
- Describe how extreme heat and other extreme weather conditions harm individuals who receive dialysis
- Identify strategies to mitigate extreme weather-related risk
Elements of Competence
American Board of Medical Specialties:
- Professionalism
- Interprofessional and communication skills
- Patient-centered care
- Population Health
Interprofessional communication
- Values and ethics
- Teams and teamwork
DEI Competencies
- Address health disparities
- Engage in Self-reflection
| Agenda | |
| Topic and Presenter Introductions | Jonathan Temte, MD, PhD, Associate Dean for Public Health and Community Engagement |
Underlying Science
| Vijay Limaye, PhD, Director Applied Research Initiatives, Science Office & International, Natural Resource Defense Council |
Recent History
| Richard Keller, PhD, Chair, Department of Medical History and Bioethics |
Research
| Matthew Blum, MD, MHS, Assistant Professor of Medicine |
| Q&A / Discussion | Considerations for adaptation, advocacy, and action |
Presenters
 | Vijay Limaye is a climate and health scientist in NRDC’s Science Office. As an epidemiologist, he is broadly interested in addressing international environmental health challenges—quantifying, communicating, and reducing the risks associated with climate change—with a focus on the public health burdens of air pollution and extreme heat. At NRDC, he leads economic valuation research and advocacy to understand and address the significant health costs of climate change and he works to defend the science that underpins the Clean Air Act. |
 | Richard Keller, Ph.D., is a professor of medical history and bioethics and chair of the Department of Medical History and Bioethics in the School of Medicine and Public Health. He is also a research fellow at the Institut de Recherche Interdisciplinaire sur les Enjeux Sociaux in Paris. His most recent book, Fatal Isolation, (Chicago University Presss, 2015) looked at the effects of the Paris heat wave of 2003. He is also the author of Colonial Madness: Psychiatry in French North Africa (University of Chicago Press, 2007) and Enregistrer les morts, identifier les surmortalités: Une comparaison Angleterre, Etats-Unis et France (Presses de l’Ecole des hautes études en santé publique, 2010, with Carine Vassy and Robert Dingwall), and is co-editor of Unconscious Dominions: Psychoanalysis, Colonial Trauma, and Global Sovereignties (Duke University Press, 2011, with Warwick Anderson and Deborah Jenson). |
 | Dr. Matthew is a UW Health nephrologist (kidney doctor) and assistant professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. He treats patients who have a wide range of kidney diseases, including kidney stones, electrolyte disorders, high blood pressure, glomerular (kidney filtering) problems and other chronic kidney disorders. Dr. Blum uses a patient-centered approach to care. He listens closely to their concerns and helps them understand their conditions and treatment options. He believes in honoring patients’ values and preferences throughout their treatment journey and uses shared decision-making to find the best care plans to fit their needs. |
Planners
Jonathan L. Temte, MD, PhD
Maureen Durkin, PhD, DrPH
Sheri Johnson, PhD
Parvathy Pillai, PhD, MPH
Patrick Remington, MD, MPH
Elizabeth Salisbury-Afshar, MD, MPH
Ajay Sethi, PhD, MHS
Policy on Disclosure
It is the policy of the University of Wisconsin–Madison Interprofessional Continuing Education Partnership (ICEP) to identify, mitigate and disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies* held by the speakers/presenters, authors, planners, and other persons who may influence the content of this accredited continuing education (CE). In addition, speakers, presenters, and authors must disclose any planned discussion of unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs or devices during their presentation. For this accredited continuing education activity all relevant financial relationships have been mitigated and detailed disclosures are listed below.
Name | Role | Financial Relationship Disclosures | Discussion of Unlabeled/Unapproved uses of drugs/devices in presentation? |
| Jonathan L. Temte, MD, PhD | Course Director | Quidel Corporation (Consultant) | Yes |
| Maureen Durkin, PhD, DrPH | Planner | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
| Sheri Johnson, PhD | Planner | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
| Parvathy Pillai, PhD, MPH | Planner | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
| Patrick Remington, MD, MPH | Planner | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
| Elizabeth Salisbury-Afshar, MD, MPH | Planner | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
| Ajay Sethi, PhD, MHS | Planner | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
| Vijay Limaye, PhD | Presenter | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
| Mattew Blum, Md, MHS | Presenter | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
| Richard C. Keller, PhD, M.A, B.A | Presenter | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
*Ineligible companies are those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re‐selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on, patients.
The ACCME does not consider providers of clinical services directly to patients to be ineligible companies.
Accreditation Statement
 | In support of improving patient care, the University of Wisconsin–Madison ICEP 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. |
Credit Designation Statements
American Medical Association (AMA)
The University of Wisconsin–Madison ICEP designates this live in-person activity for a maximum of 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
The University of Wisconsin–Madison ICEP designates this live in-person activity for a maximum of 1.25 ANCC contact hours.
 | American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) The University of Wisconsin–Madison ICEP has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 1.25 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation. |
Continuing Education Units (CEUs)
The University of Wisconsin–Madison ICEP, as a member of the University Professional & Continuing Education Association (UPCEA), authorizes this program for 0.125 CEUs or 1.25 hours.
Available Credit
- 1.25 AAPA Category 1 CME
- 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 1.25 ANCC Contact Hours
- 1.25 University of Wisconsin–Madison Continuing Education Hours
- 1.25 Approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
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