Overview
This one-day symposium designed for pediatricians, family practitioners, and other healthcare, obesity, substance use and screening, sleep issues. providers will showcase the latest approach, updates and research related to several common patient issues confronted by primary care providers as well as newer complex diseases. Our speakers will address health concerns, share cases and offer guidelines on how to manage the patient. We are excited to present lectures on Covid-19, and screening, sleep issues and irregular schedules, PCOS and contraception.
THIS MEETING IS VIRTUAL VIA ZOOM
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Wednesday, February 17, 2021; 8:00 a.m. - 2:05 p.m.
URL and specific details on how to access this meeting will be provided once registration is received and approximately one week before the confernece. if you plan to use a desktop to view this meeting, the ZOOM link will work. if you plan to use a mobile device such as an IPAD or MOBILE PHONE, you will need the ZOOM APP to proceed.
Objectives
- List three highly effective contraceptive methods
- Recognize risks and benefits of various contraceptive measures
- Develop proficiency in prescribing emergency contraception, oral contraceptive pills, and depo provera
- Become familiar with clinical tools to aid in contraceptive counseling and when and where to refer for services
- Describe the challenges in making a definitive diagnosis of polycystic ovary syndrome during the adolescent years
- Discuss responses to various treatment approaches for polycystic ovary syndrome during adolescence
- Discuss the new paradigm of obesity as a chronic disease and as a consequence of a deranged metabolic setpoint
- Describe the role of the primary care pediatrician in preventing, diagnosing and treating overweight and obesity and their associated co-morbidities in the medical home setting
- Utilize appropriate methods to screen adolescents for alcohol, tobacco and drug use
- Articulate the value and limitations of urine drug testing in clinical practice
- Provide effective brief interventions to substance using adolescents
- Provide counseling to patient/families in a variety of substance use cases
- Review latest epidemiology of COVID-19 infection and associated complications
- Discuss latest recommendations for diagnosis and treatment of COVID-19 and Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C)
- Review latest information about SARS-CoV2 pathogenesis and vaccine development
- Recognize most common problems associated with difficulties falling asleep in younger children, pre-teens, and teens
- Basic evaluation of bedtime problems (bedtime resistance, difficulties falling asleep)
- Review treatment options including some behavioral interventions, barriers to treatment, and need for further referral
AGENDA
| 8 a.m. | Welcome by Course Director | Ravi Jhaveri, MD |
| 8:15- 8:45 a.m. | An Update on Covid-19 | Ravi Jhaveri, MD |
| 8:45 -8:55 a.m. | Break | |
| 8:55 -9:25 a.m. | Obesity Prevention & Treatment | Caren Mangarelli, MD |
| 9:25 - 9:35 a.m. | Break | |
| 9:35- 10:05 a.m. | Substance Use and Screening | Maria Rahmandar, MD |
| 10:05-10:20 a.m. | Intermission | |
| 10:20-10:50 a.m. | Whacked out Sleep Schedules vs. True Sleep Disorders | Irina Trosman, MD & Preethi L. Raghupatruni, MD |
| 10:50-11 a.m. | Break | |
| 11-11:30 a.m. | PCOS, Heavy Bleeding and Other Issues in the Young Female | Laura Torchen, MD |
| 11:30-12:15 p.m. | Lunch | |
| 12:20 -1:05 p.m. |
Breakout Session 1 -participants pick 1 of the 3 options offered Substance Use and Screening Obesity Cases Choosing the Right Contraception |
Maria Rahmandar, MD Caren Mangarelli, MD Cheri Priya Dhar, MD |
| 1:05-1:10 p.m. | Break | |
| 1:10 - 1:55 p.m. | Breakout Session 2- options repeat from choices above, in total, participants will attend two of the three offered | |
| 1:55-2:05 p.m. | Closing Remarks | Ravi Jhaveri, MD |
Credit & Accreditation Statements
Disclosures
Lurie Children's CME Leadership & Staff:
Ravi Jhaveri, MD, Course Director; Claudia Cooper,CME Manager
FSM's CME Leadership & Staff:
Clara J. Schroedl, CME Medical Director; Sheryl Corey, CME Manager; Senior Program Coordinator, Allison McCollum; Administrative Assistant, Rhea Alexis Banks have nothing to disclose.
Speakers / Course Directors:
Ravi Jhhveri, MD, course director and speaker discloses that he contributes to the editorial services for Elsevier; is involved in the clinical trial planning for Seqirus; receives a consulting fee from Hologic and participates in contracted research for Saol Therapeutics
Caren Mangarelli, MD, spouse of Ravi Jhaveri and presenter discloses that her spouse contributes to the editorial services for Elsevier; is involved in the clinical trial planning for Seqirus; receives a consulting fee from Hologic and participates in contracted research for Saol Therapeutics
All other faculty members/speakers and committeee members have nothing to disclosue including:
Cheri Priya Dhar, MD
Preethi Raghupatruni, MD
Maria Rahmandar, MD
Irina Trosman, MD