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Professional Education

The New Mexico Poison and Drug Information Center provides training in clinical toxicology for many different healthcare professionals at a variety of locations within the State and University.  A list of professional education offerings is listed below.

Clinical Toxicology Fellowship The New Mexico Poison and Drug Information Center offers a two-year fellowship in clinical toxicology. The goal of the fellowship is to increase new knowledge in clinical toxicology by providing motivated pharmacy scholars with personalized post-doctoral research, administrative, and clinical training. The program is also designed to impart candidates with skills, knowledge and abilities necessary to function as a clinical toxicologist within a variety of clinical settings including a poison center, a clinical toxicology consulting service, an emergency, governmental agencies, or academia. (more)

Professional Outreach Program Professional outreach programs can be arranged through Dr. Steven Seifert and Dr. Jess Benson. There is a nominal charge to cover travel expenses and professional time. All programs must be arranged at least a month in advance and are subject to speaker availability.  Please call  (505) 272-4261. Viewable Examples of Professional Education Programs Vitamin and Iron Poisoning (pdf file) Heavy Metals  (pdf file) Tranquilizer Poisoning  (pdf file) Hydrocarbons (pdf file) Salicylates (pdf file) APAP and ASA Peds 2002 (pdf file) General Approach to Poisoning for Peds (pdf file) Clinical Toxicology Literature Evaluations Traditional Chinese Medicines and Heavy Metal Poisoning (pdf file) Lamotrigine Monograph (pdf file) Amlodipine Monograph (pdf file) Abilify Monograph (pdf file) Phenazopyridine Monograph (pdf file) Recent Continuing Medical Education Lectures Fatal Overdoses in New Mexico (pdf file) 31st Annual New Mexico Thoracic Society Lung Disease Symposium Santa Fe, NM - March 2, 2003 Selection & Stocking of Antidotes for Biological/Chemical Agents - Part A (pdf file) Texas Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists 55th Annual Seminar Arlington, TX - April 7, 2003 Selection & Stocking of Antidotes for Biological/Chemical Agents - Part B (pdf file) Texas Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists 55th Annual Seminar Arlington, TX - April 7, 2003 Counter Agent Preparedness (pdf file) May 5, 2005  “Antidotes for Chem-Bio Attack: Stockpiles and Distribution”  Medical Response to Public Health Emergencies.  A joint symposium of the University of New Mexico Department of Emergency Medicine, New Mexico Department of Health, and UNM Center for Disaster Medicine.  Albuquerque Marriott, Albuquerque, NM. New Mexico Poison Center Snakebite Flow Sheet Snakebite Table Crofab (pdf file) Snakebite Table Wyeth (pdf file) Antidote Charts Hospital Antidote Stocking Guidelines Worksheet for Calculating Chemical/Biological Antidotes

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