Climate, Heat and Health

Target Audience

Physicians, advanced practice providers, pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, dietitians, social workers, respiratory therapists (direct delivery), nurses, advanced practice registered nurses, and all other interested healthcare professionals.

Learning Objectives

  • Discuss climate factors that are contributing to increased days of extreme heat in Miami-Dade County. 
  • Explain patient characteristics associated with increased risk for heat stress and heat illness.
  • Summarize the potential physiologic effects of extreme heat exposure.
  • Integrate education about the impact of climate on health into routine patient encounters.
  • Recommend local resources to patients to reduce their risk of heat illness.
Additional information
Bibliography: 
  • Marill, M. C. (2020). Pressured by students, medical schools grapple with climate change. Health Affairs, 39(12), 2050-2055. https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2020.01948 
  • Miami-Dade extreme heat and mortality report. Uejio, C.K., Ahn, Y. (2022). 
  • National environmental public health tracking network data explorer. (n.d.). National Environmental Public Health Tracking Network. https://ephtracking.cdc.gov/DataExplorer/#/ 
  • Temperature extremes. (2020, December 21). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. https://www.cdc.gov/climateandhealth/effects/temperature_extremes.html
Course Summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.25 General certificate of attendance
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Dietitians
  • 1.25 Florida Board of Clinical Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists and Mental Health Counselors
  • 1.00 Nurse Practitioners
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Nursing
  • 1.25 Florida Board of Pharmacy
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Respiratory Therapy
Course opens: 
09/01/2022
Course expires: 
08/31/2024
Part of: 
Miami-Dade Heat Task Force and Florida Clinicians for Climate Action e-Learning Series

Jane Gilbert
Chief Heat Officer, Miami-Dade County
Miami, Florida
 
Jevon Harrison, MB. BS.
Florida State Medical Association Representative
Miami, Florida
 
Cheryl L. Holder, M.D.
Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, Inclusivity and Community Initiatives
Associate Professor, Humanities, Health and Society
Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine
Co-chair, Florida Physicians for Climate Action
Miami, Florida
 
Todd L. Sack, M.D., FACP
Executive Director, My Green Doctor Foundation
Jacksonville Beach, Florida
 
Patrise Tyson, MSN, FNP-BC
FCCA Steering Committee Member 
Miami, Florida 
 
Jane Gilbert, Jevon Harrison, MB. BS., Cheryl L. Holder, M.D., and Todd L. Sack, M.D., faculty for this educational activity, have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies* to disclose, and have indicated that the presentations or discussions will not include off-label or unapproved product usage.
 
Patrise Tyson, MSN, FNP-BC, moderator of this activity, has no financial relationships with ineligible companies* to disclose.
 
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

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 enduring material for a maximum of 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Available Credit

  • 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.25 General certificate of attendance
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Dietitians
  • 1.25 Florida Board of Clinical Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists and Mental Health Counselors
  • 1.00 Nurse Practitioners
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Nursing
  • 1.25 Florida Board of Pharmacy
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Respiratory Therapy
Please login or register for a Baptist Health CME account to take this course.

Required Hardware/Software

PC/Mac Users
PC/Mac Users

This site is supported on the most recent stable releases of the following browsers:

Click Here to Download Google Chrome
Google Chrome		Microsoft Edge
Microsoft Edge		Safari
Safari		Moxilla Firefox
Mozilla Firefox
Internet Explorer

Attention: Internet Explorer Users
This site offers limited support for Internet Explorer 11 (IE11). When using IE11, you will be prompted to download course videos instead of viewing them in the browser. After the course video downloads, the recordings will play.

Mobile Users
Mobile Users

This site is supported on the following mobile devices:

  • Apple iOS mobile devices running iOS 10 or later
  • Android mobile devices running Android 4.4 or later, with the latest release of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox
Technical Support
Technical Support

If you are experiencing technical difficulties or have received an error message, please send an email to [email protected] and include a print screen of the error message, your browser name and version, username and URL where the error occurred. You can expect a response within 48 hours.