Continuing Education Credits

Continuing education credit for this conference is available through the CDC Training and Continuing Education Online system only. Please follow the instructions provided below. You must complete the online evaluation by November 5, 2007 to receive your continuing education credits or your certificate of completion.

CME

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint sponsorship of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and The Mid-Atlantic Center for Children’s Health and the Environment (MACCHE). CDC is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention designates this educational activity for a maximum of 6.5 category 1 credits toward the AMA Physician's Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those credits that he/she actually spent in the activity.

CNE

This activity for 6.5 contact hours is provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which is accredited as a provider of continuing education in nursing by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditations.

CHES

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is a designated event for the CHES to receive 6.0 Category I contact hours in health education, CDC provider number GA0082.

CEU

The CDC has been reviewed and approved as an Authorized Provider by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET), 8405 Greensboro Drive, Suite 800, McLean, VA 22102. The CDC has awarded .6 of CEU's to participants who successfully complete this program.

Course Evaluation

To complete online evaluation:

• Go to the CDC Training and Continuing Education Online at http://www.cdc.gov/tceonline/. If you have not registered as a participant, click on New Participant to create a user ID and password; otherwise click on Participant Login and login.
• Once logged on to the CDC/ATSDR Training and Continuing Education Online website, you will be on the Participant Services page. Click on Search and Register. Use either search method to locate the conference and click on View.
• Click on the course. The course information page will come up. Scroll down to Register Here. Click on the type of CE credit that you would like to receive and then Submit. Three demographic questions will come up. Complete the questions and then Submit.
• A message will come up thanking you for registering for the conference. You will then be prompted to select the sessions that you would like to attend.
• After attending your selected conference sessions return to the CDC Training and Continuing Education Online. Click on Participant Login and login. Click on Evaluations and Tests. Click on Conferences. The conference will be listed with the sessions you selected. You may Add/Edit Sessions until you have completed the evaluation for a particular session. After completing all of the session evaluations you will be prompted to complete the overall conference evaluation. A record of your conference completion will be located in the Transcript and Certificate section of your record.

If you have any questions or problems contact:

CDC/ATSDR Training and Continuing Education Online
1-800-41TRAIN or 404-639-1292
Email at ce@cdc.gov