Thursday Educational Objectives

Following participation on Thursday, participants should be able to:

• Identify the risks to and opportunities for delivering health care in rural communities by understanding the elements of Public Law 111:148: the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
  
  
• Describe how ventilation and geometry placement affect airflow mixing and contaminant concentration removal in a swine barn
  
  
• Describe how organic dust induction of inflammation is modulated by epigenetics
  
  
• List three variables identified in the CSF related to increased respiratory protection and increased hearing protection
  
  
• List the frequency, severity and primary causative factors associated with agricultural confined spaces
  
  
• Summarize the impact of trust on the safety decisions of employees at a country grain elevator
  
  
• Describe the hazards associated with grain storage, handling facilities and grain transport equipment
  
  
• List the components and functions of the statewide Health Information
  
  
• List the number and scope of new, expanded programs that are included in Title IV of the Affordable Care Act