Overview

This one-day symposium for the pediatric primary care team  will showcase common patient issues csee in the emergency room. Our speakers will address some of these issues and concerns and share best approaches and guidelines on how to manage the patient -sometimes right in the primary care office or provide proper follow-up care. We are excited to present lectures on the red injured eye, pediatric community-acquired pneumonia, sexual abuse, behaviroal health emergencise, child abuse, child safety, firearm injury prevention and asthma.
 

6.25 AMA PRA CATEGORY 1 CREDIT(S)TM

This course is approved for live credit only. It will not be streamed or recorded.

Due to hotel policy, there is a strict no cancellation policy that allows for cancellations up to 7 days in advance only. Consideration will be given to emergency situations and a transfer to a future event will be offered.

Wednesday, May 15, 2024; 8:00 a.m. - 3:15 p.m.

Hilton Oak Brook Hills Resort & Conference Center - 3500 Midwest Road - Oak Brook, IL - 60523

Objectives

• Describe the epidemiologic trends in pediatric firearm injury and violence in the United States
• Discuss how to screen children for firearm access and violence engagement and intervene for at-risk children, and analyze the current policies and laws related to firearm injury prevention
• Formulate strategies for managing behavioral health emergencies in the pediatric office
• Develop an approach to the evaluation of youth who express suicidal thoughts or behaviors,including risk assessment and safety planning
• Describe the epidemiology of drowning and crash-related injuries among children and youth in the U.S.
• Describe the injury equity framework as a tool to examine current and historical contributors to inequities
• Describe treatment options and benefits for management of asthma exacerbations
• Review expert guidelines for the management of pediatric community-acquired (CAP) and prediction models for pediatric CAP and their role in testing and treatment decisions
• Describe limitations in clinical approaches in the diagnosis of pediatric CAP•
• Implement actions that will allow your practice to function and survive following a disaster, including personal preparedness to keep the practice safe
• Identify the rashes commonly seen in the emergency department and discuss management recommendations
•  Review management of pediatric patients with minor trauma during in-person or remote encounters and review escalation of care options
•  Formulate an appropriate differential for common causes of pediatric red eye complaints
• Treat the common causes of red eye conditions and recognize when a referral to a specialist is warranted
• Discuss physical exam findings associated with child sexual abuse and ways that healthcareproviders can help protect evidence in cases of child sexual abuse
• List the top three exam findings that help differentiate abuse from accidental trauma 
• Describe the top three presentations of abuse and how they differ from accidental injury presentations

AGENDA

Credit & Accreditation Statements

Accreditation Statement: The Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. American Board of Surgery Accredited CME and Self-Assessment: Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME and Self-Assessment requirements of the American Board of Surgery's Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to the ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credits. Credit Designation Statement: The Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 6.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

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.

Nothing listed if there are no disclosures

Speakers / Course Directors:

?Course Directors:

Elizabeth Alpern, MD

Yiannis Katsogridakis, MD

Faculty Members and Speakers: 

Siram Ramgopal, MD

Lisa Mathey, MSN, APRN-NP, FNP-BC

Jennifer Hoffman, MD, MD

Michelle Macy, MD, MS

Maty Clyde Pierce, MD

Zachary Pittsenbarger, MD

Richard Latuska, MD

Sally Reynolds, MD

Erica Popovsky, MD

Vishal Naik, MD

Samaa Kemal, MD

Tyler Lennon, MD

Jillian Gorski, MD

Deepa Nair, MD