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End Date: April 7 Healthcare practitioners may venture onto foreign ground when they enter the world of agricultural health and occupational safety. Farmers, farm families, and farm workers live with a different set of conditions and attitudes than those taught in traditional medical school and college classrooms. A 5-day workshop, April 7 through 11 (Wednesday-Sunday) at Lake Morey Resort in Fairlee, VT, can help bridge the gap between these two worlds. Attendees have the opportunity to explore rural health and agricultural medicine, veterinary biological exposures, the health effects of agricultural pesticides, and a variety of diseases and injuries common to ag workers. They also have the opportunity to tour two local farms. Instructors come from University of Iowa School of Public Health and Center for Agricultural Safety and Health, New York Center for Agricultural Medicine and Health, University of Vermont College of Medicine, and University of Vermont Extension. The Vermont Farm Health Task Force invites primary care physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists, social workers, ag professionals, and alternative practitioners including chiropractors, naturopathic physicians, and acupuncturists to these five days of AgriSafe training. Physicians may claim as many as 36 Continuing Medical Education credits ($50 fee). Participants who require accommodations to participate in this workshop should notify Sally Cleveland, administrative coordinator, (800) 281-6977 or (802) 773-3349, by Wednesday, March 24. The $700 registration fee includes breakfasts, lunches, snacks, dinner on 2 nights, textbook, and other course materials. Limited scholarships are available. Contact Lake Morey Resort directly for lodging reservations at (800) 423-1211 or (802) 333-4311, www.lakemoreyresort.com. Rooms are $82/night for single or double occupancy. Mention Vermont AgriSafe Training for conference rates. Mail registration and check to University of Vermont Extension, Sally Cleveland, Howe Center 1 Scale Ave Ste. 55, Rutland, VT 05701 by March 24. University of Vermont Extension, and U.S. Department of Agriculture, cooperating, offer education and employment to everyone without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, religion, age, disability, political beliefs, sexual orientation, and marital or familial status.
End Date: April 7 Healthcare practitioners may venture onto foreign ground when they enter the world of agricultural health and occupational safety. Farmers, farm families, and farm workers live with a different set of conditions and attitudes than those taught in traditional medical school and college classrooms. A 5-day workshop, April 7 through 11 (Wednesday-Sunday) at Lake Morey Resort in Fairlee, VT, can help bridge the gap between these two worlds. Attendees have the opportunity to explore rural health and agricultural medicine, veterinary biological exposures, the health effects of agricultural pesticides, and a variety of diseases and injuries common to ag workers. They also have the opportunity to tour two local farms. Instructors come from University of Iowa School of Public Health and Center for Agricultural Safety and Health, New York Center for Agricultural Medicine and Health, University of Vermont College of Medicine, and University of Vermont Extension. The Vermont Farm Health Task Force invites primary care physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists, social workers, ag professionals, and alternative practitioners including chiropractors, naturopathic physicians, and acupuncturists to these five days of AgriSafe training. Physicians may claim as many as 36 Continuing Medical Education credits ($50 fee). Participants who require accommodations to participate in this workshop should notify Sally Cleveland, administrative coordinator, (800) 281-6977 or (802) 773-3349, by Wednesday, March 24. The $700 registration fee includes breakfasts, lunches, snacks, dinner on 2 nights, textbook, and other course materials. Limited scholarships are available. Contact Lake Morey Resort directly for lodging reservations at (800) 423-1211 or (802) 333-4311, www.lakemoreyresort.com. Rooms are $82/night for single or double occupancy. Mention Vermont AgriSafe Training for conference rates. Mail registration and check to University of Vermont Extension, Sally Cleveland, Howe Center 1 Scale Ave Ste. 55, Rutland, VT 05701 by March 24. University of Vermont Extension, and U.S. Department of Agriculture, cooperating, offer education and employment to everyone without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, religion, age, disability, political beliefs, sexual orientation, and marital or familial status.