Course Description:
Applied Toxicology will survey the principles of toxicology that pertain
to human health and the environment. Course content will include
an historical background of toxicology; principles of absorption,
distribution, metabolism and elimination; effects of toxic agents,
food additives and pollutants, with effects on general and susceptible
populations; risk communication; outreach; and the integration
of these principles into public health practice. The course is
intended to empower students with knowledge and working insight
into toxic environmental hazards that may affect the diverse human
populations that are served by community health nurses and other
public health professionals. Comparative effects on other animal
groupings will also be covered. A multi-disciplinary, team teaching
approach will be used to meet the course objectives. NURS 735
is a required course in the Community Environmental Health Nursing
track, an emphasis within the graduate Community Health Nursing
track at the School of Nursing. This new track is being developed
with a three-year grant from the USDHHS, HRSA in response to the
national need to prepare an essential cadre of nursing leaders
for the critical and emerging issues in environmental health.
Coursemasters:
| Barbara Sattler, RN, DrPH Director, Environmental Health Education Center UMB School of Nursing Baltimore, MD bsattler@son.umaryland.edu |
Andrew S. Kane, Ph.D. UM Toxicology Program Department of Epidemiology & Preventive Medicine; Director, Aquatic Pathobiology Center College Park, MD akane@umaryland.edu |
Textbook:
Casarette & Doull's TOXICOLOGY,
The Basic Science of Poisons, 6th Edition.
CD Klaassen, Editor. 2001. McGraw Hill.
RA1211.C296 2001. Referred to as 'C&D' in reading assignments.
Weekly Class
Topics, Speakers and Required Readings
(check updates regularly
for required readings).
Class presentation
materials can be viewed by clicking on the topic link.
Other course materials & readings:
Internet
references associated with Dr. Morris' March 20th lecture on animal
and plant toxins (good reference materials):
Foodborne pathogenic microorganisms and natural
toxins handbook (FDA Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition)
Organisms
that can bug you (Partnership for Food Safety)
Food
safety education: Foodborne illness & what consumers need
to know (FDA Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition)
Internet
references associated with Dr. Eskin's April 24th Lecture on Risk
Communication:
(note that the second reference, ATSDR risk communication primer,
is a required reading.
Recommendations To Improve Health Risk Communication, A Report
on Case Studies in Health Risk Communication.
Environmental Health Policy Committee, Subcommittee on Risk Communication
and Education,
DHHS, November 1994
http://web.health.gov/environment/Recomm/reportTOC.htm
ATSDR risk communication primer (required)
http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/HEC/primer.html
Risk communication in a democratic society, annotated bibliography
http://www.fplc.edu/risk/demindx.htm
Technical risk in the mass media, annotated bibliography
http://www.fplc.edu/risk/medIndx.htm
Comparing risks thoughtfully
http://www.fplc.edu/RISK/vol6/summer/Fischhof.htm
Ranking risks
http://www.fplc.edu/RISK/vol6/summer/Fischhof.htm
Social management of risks
http://www.fplc.edu/RISK/vol7/fall/fritzsch.htm
from "A Case Study of Health Risk Communication:
What the Public Wants and What it Gets"
http://www.fplc.edu/risk/vol5/winter/trauth.htm
Internet
references associated with Food Additives (good reference materials;
not comprehensive):
A primer on food additives (FDA/IFIC brochure; January
1992)
http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~lrd/foodaddi.html
A fresh look at food preservatives (FDA Consumer, October 1993)
http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/fdpreser.html
Gateway to government food safety information
http://www.foodsafety.gov/
Pesticides, Metals, Chemical Contaminants & Natural Toxins
in Food (USFDA CFSAN publication)
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~lrd/pestadd.html
| Grading Criteria: | |
| Class and Quiz Participation | 20% |
| Risk Communication (student presentation) | 20% |
| Mid-term Examination | 30% |
| Final Examination | 30% |
| 100% | |
Academic
Integrity and Conduct:
Students are referred to the University of Maryland
School of Nursing Student Handbook for all policies regarding
academic integrity and conduct. These include the University of
Maryland System Policy on Faculty, Students and Institutional
Rights and Responsibilities for Academic Integrity, the School
of Nursing Statement of Student Rights and Responsibilities, and
the University of Maryland Graduate Policies and Procedures for
Academic Misconduct.
Weather-related Cancellations:
The policy in the University of Maryland School
of Nursing Handbook regarding weather-related cancellations will
be followed. Check this website for updates or changes in scheduling.