COURSE DESCRIPTION: 
Join us to learn how the healthcare sector contributes to greenhouse gas emissions including a discussion of the impact of plastic waste and anesthetic gases have on the environment. Our speakers will address how healthcare sustainability strategies can reduce greenhouse gases and anesthetic waste.
  

TARGET AUDIENCE: 

Physicians and other interested healthcare professionals.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

•    Explain the impact of healthcare sector greenhouse gas emissions and discuss how sustainability strategies can reduce impact on our environment.

FACULTY & DISCLOSURE

Carolina Fernandez
Medical Student
Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine
Florida International University
Miami, Florida

Eugene S. Fu, M.D.
Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Miami, Florida

Alexander Williams, M.D.
Anesthesiology Resident
Jackson Health System
Miami, Florida

Cheryl L. Holder, M.D.
Co-Chair of the Miami Dade County Heat Health Task Force
Executive Director, Florida Clinicians for Climate Action  
Miami, Florida

Patrise Tyson, MSN, FNP-BC
FCCA Steering Committee Member 
Miami, Florida 

Cheryl Holder, M.D. and Patrise Tyson, MSN, FNP-BC, moderators for this activity have no financial relationships with ineligible companies* to disclose and have indicated that the presentations or discussions will not include off-label or unapproved product usage.

Carolina Fernandez, Eugene S. Fu, M.D. and Alexander Williams, M.D., faculty for this activity have no financial relationships with ineligible companies* to disclose and have indicated that the presentations or discussions will not include off-label or unapproved product usage.

Non-faculty contributors and others involved in the planning, development and editing/review of the content have no relevant financial relationships to disclose with ineligible companies*

*Ineligible companies: Companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

Disclosure Policy and Disclaimer

ACCREDITATION

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essentials and Standards of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint sponsorship of Baptist Health South Florida and Florida Physicians for Climate Action (FCCA).

Baptist Health South Florida is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Baptist Health has been re-surveyed by the ACCME and awarded Commendation for 6 years as a provider of CME for physicians.

Baptist Health South Florida designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ each.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.   

This activity has been approved for 1 credit hour each, CE Broker Course #20-1125380, by the Florida Boards of Medicine, Osteopathic Medicine and Physician Assistants.

This activity has also been approved for 1 credit each for Nurse Practitioners, Nurses and Pharmacists and Techs. Baptist Health South Florida CE Broker Provider #50-182.