Presenters
John James Parker, MD, MS, Attending physician, Advanced General Pediatrics and Primary Care, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago; Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Disclosures:
Dr. Parker has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.
Target Audience
Primary Care Providers
Objectives
At the conclusion of this activity, participants will be able to:
- Describe the impact of paternal mental health on child development across socioemotional, cognitive, language, and behavioral domains
- Implement evidence-based strategies to engage fathers in pediatric clinical encounters and support their mental well-being
- Utilize validated screening tools and establish referral pathways to identify and manage perinatal mental health concerns in fathers
Release Date: 8/4/2025
CME quiz must be taken before 8/4/2026 to receive credit.
How to Earn Credit
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- Complete the evaluation and quiz.
Accreditation & Credit 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.
Credit Designation Statement: The Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
American Board of Surgery Continuous Certification Program: Successful completion of this CME activity enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME requirement(s) of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit.
ABS CME credits will be submitted to the boards within 3 months of the conclusion of the activity.
Disclosure of Financial Relationships for CME Activity Planners, Faculty and Others in Control of Content
FSM's CME Leadership, Review Committee, and Staff have no relevant financial relationships with ineligibale companies to disclose.
Course Director’s and Planning Committee Members Disclosure Information:
- Dr. Ravi Jhaveri, Course Director, Lurie Children's: Consulting Fee-AstraZeneca; Consulting Fee-Seqirus; Consulting Fee-Dynavax (Relationship has ended); Royalties or Patent Beneficiary-UpToDate; Independent Contractor (included contracted research)-Elsevier (Relationship has ended); Independent Contractor (included contracted research)-Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society; Grant or research support-GlaxoSmithKline; Consulting Fee-Moderna (Relationship has ended); Advisor-Sanofi-Aventis; Advisor-Gilead - 06/25/2024; Vindico Medical Education. All relevant financial relationships for this individual have been mitigated.
- Dr. Alanna Higgins Joyce, Planning Committee Member, Lurie Children's: has nothing to disclose.
- Vita Lerman, Editor, Lurie Children’s: has nothing to disclose.
To contact the FSM CME office, please call 312.503.8533 or email cme@northwestern.edu
To contact the course director and planning group at Lurie Children’s, please email vlerman@luriechildrens.org
All the relevant financial relationships for these individuals have been mitigated.