Stepping Strong Injury Prevention Program Lunch & Learn
Burn Awareness

Monday February 7, 2022 |12:00-1:00pm
Virtual Link:  https://partners.zoom.us/j/89965011871

Description:

Anupama Mehta, MD will be moderating a timely panel discussion during National Burn Awareness Week featuring speakers Matthew Brennan from the Department of Fire Services, Robert Sheridan, MD, from Shriner’s Hospital for Children, and Jeffrey Schneider, MD from Spaulding Rehabilitation Center. The conversation will raise awareness on common causes of burns, experiences of long-term outcomes after burn injury, and best practices for preventing burns

Learning Objectives:

Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to: 

• Describe long-term outcomes and quality of life following traumatic burn injury
• Determine ways to incorporate burn prevention in participants work and daily life
• Apply strategies for engagement with burn prevention efforts outside of the medical realm, i.e. in policy and community domains

Target Audience: 

This activity is intended for internal stakeholders from Brigham and Women's Hospital, as well as external stakeholders from organizations such as the Departments of Public Health, surrounding Boston-area hospitals, and our local community-based organizations. Audience members are from various backgrounds such as clinicians, researchers, public health professionals, local and state government, and the community-based non-profit sector.

Agenda:

Faculty: 

Molly Jarman, PhD, MPH - Course Director
Instructor,
Harvard Medical School;
Department of Surgery,
Brigham and Women's Hospital

Anupama Mehta,  MD
Burn Medical Director
Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Matthew Brennan
Coordinator for Fire Data and Public Education Unit
Department of Fire Services

Robert Sheridan, MD
Burn Service Medical Director
Shriner’s Hospital for Children

Jeffrey Schneider, MD
Medical Director of Burn, Trauma, and Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital

Accreditation:

In support of improving patient care, Mass General Brigham 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.

Mass General Brigham designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.