A Continuing Professional Education Program for Health Professionals
Translating Epidemiology into Sound Public Health Advice
The Coca-Cola Beverage Institute For Health & Wellness has developed this Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR)-approved continuing professional education (CPE) online program based on a live webinar program archive to allow more professionals to benefit from this educational activity.
CPE Program Instructions:
Registered dietitians and dietetic technicians, registered: Follow the instructions to earn 1.0 CPE credit hours.
Step 1: Review Program Overview and Learning Objectives (listed below)
Step 2: View the Program Materials
Handout (PDF)
Step 3: Complete CPE Quiz and Course Evaluation
After completing the quiz, you will receive your score, the correct answers and be able to download your CPE Certificate.
Step 4: Print bibliography and additional resources (PDF) for more information on this topic.
Note: To save a PDF, right-click on the link and choose "save target as."
Want Nursing CE for this program? Go to www.pcna.net for the Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association.
Program Details:
Effective Through: April 1, 2013
CDR Program Number: 094254
CDR Suggested Learning Needs Codes:
4000, 4050, 9050
Cost: There is no fee for this program
Program Overview:
Are your patients confused by mixed media messages about nutrition and health? Do you struggle with what to say when asked about findings from nutritional epidemiological studies that patients hear about in the national media or on the web? In this program, one of the country's leading physician-epidemiologists discusses key differences between how the scientific literature and the media communicate nutritional epidemiological data. He also explores how to effectively communicate the risks/benefits of "weak" associations, including what can and cannot be said about association, causation, and risk, and what recommendations (dietary, public health, policy) should and should not be made.
Learning Objectives:
After completing this self-study learning module, health professionals will be able to:
- Cite key differences between the way nutritional epidemiology studies are reported in the media and scientific literature.
- Communicate the risks/benefits of weak epidemiological associations, including what can and cannot be said about association, causation and risk.
- Understand what recommendations should and should not be made to consumers as a result of epidemiological findings.
Presenters:
Douglas L. Weed, MD, PhD (Speaker)
Dr. Douglas L. Weed is an independent scientific consultant. He is a physician-epidemiologist with 25 years of experience in epidemiological research and research training. Dr. Weed received his M.D. from the Ohio State University and his M.P.H. and Ph.D. degrees in epidemiology from the University of North Carolina. His research focuses on the methods of general causation, cancer causation, systematic reviews, and weight-of-evidence methods. In addition, he has written extensively on the ethics of epidemiology and public health. He holds academic appointments at the Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health and at the Georgetown University Kennedy Institute of Ethics. He co-chaired the National Academy of Sciences Committee on the Daubert decision and was a Visiting Scholar at the Federal Judicial Center (Washington, DC). He is the past-chair of the American College of Epidemiology's Ethics and Standards of Practice Committee.
Jane Nelson Worel, MSN, APRN-BC, APNP (Moderator)
Jane Nelson Worel is President of the Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association (PCNA) and the Coordinator of the Cardiovascular Disease in Women Program at Meriter Hospital, in Madison, Wisconsin. She is a Fellow of the American Association of Cardiovascular Rehabilitation, a member of the American Heart Association and serves on the National Physical Activity and Metabolism Council's Obesity Committee.
Lynne T. Braun, ANP, PhD, CNP, CLS
Lynne Braun is a nurse practitioner in the Preventive Cardiology Center and the Heart Center for Women, Rush Heart and Vascular Institute, Rush University Medical Center, and an Associate Professor in the Department of Adult Health Nursing, Rush University, Chicago, Illinois. She is a co-investigator of the study, A Couples Approach for Cardiac Risk Reduction, funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Her clinical and research interests include cardiovascular risk reduction, exercise, hyperlipidemia, and hypertension management. Dr. Braun is a Fellow of the American Heart Association and the Institute of Medicine of Chicago. She is on the Board of Directors of the American Heart Association of Metropolitan Chicago, the AHA Council on Cardiovascular Nursing, and the Midwest Lipid Association. She is President of the Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association.
Sponsors/Accreditors:
The Coca-Cola Company’s Beverage Institute For Health & Wellness is a Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Accredited Provider with the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR)-provider number BF001.