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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Marshfield Clinic will host the first Wisconsin AgriSafe® Training Conference, Thursday – Saturday, November 12 – 14, in the Lawton Center at Marshfield Clinic, Marshfield.

This AgriSafe Training course is the first in Wisconsin to offer a core curriculum in agricultural medicine and health and safety. It is designed to train rural health care providers for the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of agricultural occupational illnesses and injuries.

This is an AgriSafe-approved training. The AgriSafe certification allows health care professionals to join AgriSafe as a Provider Member, receive the clinical resources, technical assistance, continuing education and use the trademarked name, AgriSafe, in promoting agricultural health services.

Course Director, Steven R. Kirkhorn, M.D., M.P.H., FACOEM, medical director, National Farm Medicine Center and Occupational Health, Marshfield Center, will facilitate a program that is intended for primary care physicians, residents, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurses and other allied health care professionals.

Topics covered will include:

• History of Agricultural Health and Safety with Wisconsin Focus
• Cultural and Occupational Health Issues of Special Agricultural Populations in Wisconsin
• Agricultural Toxicology
• Veterinary Pharmaceuticals, Biologicals, Antibiotics, and Needle Sticks
• Zoonotic Diseases
• Chronic Musculoskeletal Injuries and Ergonomics in Agriculture
• Physical Factors Affecting Health of Agricultural Populations
• Rural Environmental Health Problems
• Acute Agricultural Trauma
• Principles of Farm Trauma Rescue
• Behavioral Health Issues in Agriculture
• Agricultural Respiratory Disease

This activity has been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. This activity has also been approved for credit by the American Academy of Family Physicians and the American Association of Occupational Health Nurses, Inc.

For more information or to receive a brochure on this program and other upcoming conferences, please visit our web site at http://www.marshfieldclinic.org/cme or call Tanya Esser at Marshfield Clinic Division of Education, at 715-389-3776 or 1-866-894-3622.