Uranium in Well Water (30 min.)

Uranium in Well Water (30 min.)

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Uranium is a naturally occurring heavy metal with low radioactivity, which may be found in the bedrock, including certain regions in Massachusetts. When uranium leaches from the bedrock into groundwater, drinking well water contaminated with uranium can lead to adverse health effects. The Uranium module is part of the Environmental Health Hazards e-learning series.

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Marissa Hauptman headshotMarissa Hauptman, MD, MPH

Co-Director, Pediatric Environmental Health Center, Boston Children’s HospitalCo-Director, Region 1 New England Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit

Chief Medical Advisor, Bureau of Climate and Environmental Health, Massachusetts DPH

Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School

 

Uranium is a naturally occurring heavy metal with low radioactivity, which may be found in the bedrock, including certain regions in Massachusetts. When uranium leaches from the bedrock into groundwater, drinking well water contaminated with uranium can lead to adverse health effects.

This module provides clinicians and public health professionals with the knowledge to identify at-risk populations, assess exposure and health risks of uranium in well water, and provide guidance on how to minimize uranium exposure.

This Uranium in Well Water module is part of the Environmental Health Hazards e-learning series. This module is designed to be self-paced and should take most learners approximately 20-30 minutes to complete.

 

Learning Objectives: 

At the conclusion of this educational program, learners will be able to:

  1. Recognize the hazards and health risks associated with uranium exposure
  2. Identify groups most at risk for uranium exposure and its health impacts
  3. Understand the importance of regular water testing and effective mitigation strategies
  4. Recommend practical ways to minimize uranium exposure in private well water
  5. Understand the important role of health care providers and local health officials in risk communication and exposure prevention

In support of improving patient care, Boston Children’s Hospital 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.

 

Physician

Boston Children’s Hospital designates this live activity for a maximum of 0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in this activity.

 

Social Worker

As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Boston Children’s Hospital is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Boston Children’s Hospital maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 0.5 ACE CE continuing education credits.

Disclosure Policy 
Boston Children’s Hospital adheres to all ACCME Essential Areas, Standards, and Policies. It is Boston Children’s policy that those who have influenced the content of a CE activity (e.g. planners, faculty, authors, reviewers and others) disclose all relevant financial relationships with commercial entities so that Boston Children’s may identify and resolve any conflicts of interest prior to the activity. These disclosures will be provided in the activity materials along with disclosure of any commercial support received for the activity. Additionally, faculty members have been instructed to disclose any limitations of data and unlabeled or investigational uses of products during their presentations.

Disclosure Statement

The following planners, speakers, and content reviewers, on behalf of themselves, have reported the following relevant financial relationships with any entity producing, marketing, reselling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on patients: 

Marissa Hauptman, MD, MPH: None

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