Overview

This one-day symposium designed for the primary care provider will highlight some of the common and not so-common conditions seen in their day-to-day practice.  We are excited to present lectures on child abuse detection and reporting, vaccine schedules and recommendations, urgent care issues in the primary care setting, anxiety vs anxiety disorderm aggression and impulsivity, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, speech and swallowing, itchy skin and dermatitis and managing the medically complex child. 

5.5  AMA PRA CATEGORY 1 CREDIT(S)TM

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

Tuesday, March 10, 2026; 8:00 a.m. - 3:10 p.m.

LIVE STREAM

Objectives

1. Identify indicators of child abuse and neglect                
2. Describe the process for reporting suspected child abuse and neglect
3. Review latest evidence-based recommendations for vaccine recommendations in children
4. Discuss the areas of divergence between ACIP recommendations compared to society and public health group recommendations
5. Review key points to discuss with families when communicating about vaccine recommendations
6. Review updates to evidence-based guidelines for common presentations to immediate care centers         
7. Discuss ways to set up your primary care practice to avoid unnecessary referrals to immediate care
8. Describe anxiety and differentiate between normal anxiety and various disorders  
9. Learn how to manage anxiety in the patient
10. Discuss atypical' or 'next-generation' antipsychotic medications       
11. Explain how  antipsychotics given to children can reduce aggression and dangerous behaviors
12. Discuss how developmental pathologies commonly precedes the onset of psychotic symptoms associated with schizophrenia and bipolar disease       
13. Recognize the presentations of pediatric atopic dermatitis                   
14. Appropriately design therapy plans for mild to atopic dermatitis
15. Discuss new and evolving therapies for pediatric atopic dermatitis
16. Identify which children in pediatric practice qualify for key state and federal services  
17. Incorporate best practices to appeal denials of services into patient-level advocacy

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 Pediatrics: Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn up to 5.5 MOC points in the American Board of Pediatrics (ABP) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABP MOC credit. Credit Designation Statement: The Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 5.5 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; Alanna Higgins Joyce, MD, MPH, Co-Director and 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:

Ravi Jhaveri, MD

Receives consulting fee from AstraZeneca, Sequirus, and Dynavax and Moderna. Receives royalties and/or is a patent beneficiary of UpToDate. Is an independent contractor for Elsevier and Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society. Receives grant/research support from Glaxo Smith Kline. He is an advisor for Sanofi-Aventis.

Alanna Higgins Joyce, MD, MPH Nothing to Disclose

Faculty Members and Speakers: 

Crystal Nguyen, MD

Ravi Jhaveri, MD- see above

Margot Paisley, MD

John Walkup, MD

Duri Yun, MD

Rishi Agrawal, MD