Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Advanced Practice Provider Spring Into Learning Virtual Conference

March 11, 2023

Target Audience

Nurse Practitioner, Physician, Physician Assistant, and Department of Pediatrics and Pediatric Service Line Advanced Practice Providers (APPs).

Learning Objectives


8am-9am:  Critical Care Medicine
Title: Stay Ahead of Sepsis
Presenter: Ashleah Martinez, CRNP-AC, MSN, RN, BSN CCRN
Critical Care Medicine

Learning objectives: 
1.    Learner will be able to define sepsis 
2.    Lerner will be able to identify signs and symptoms of sepsis 
3.    Learner will learn strategies to treat sepsis


9am-10am  Adolescent Medicine
Title: How to be a true Head of State about Confidentiality
Presenters: Laura Lynch, PA-C and Erika Petrasek, CRNP
Division of Adolescent Medicine

Learning objectives: 
1.    Understand and apply the Pennsylvania Confidentiality Laws
2.    Understand limitations to confidentiality
3.    Apply confidentiality to patient visits
4.    Discuss how to create confidential notes

10am-11am  Critical Care Medicine
Title: Livers, Kidneys, and Intestines, Oh my! Pediatric Abdominal Transplant and its Implications for Acute and Primary Care
Presenter: Jackie Calhoun, DNP, RN, CPNP-AC, CCRN 
Critical Care Medicine

Learning objectives: 
1.    Identify reasons for liver, kidney, intestinal, and multi-visceral transplantation.
2.    Describe the expected post-operative course for abdominal transplant patients.
3.    Discuss the medications that are commonly used in pediatric abdominal transplant patients.
4.    Summarize the care of potential transplant patients in both acute and primary care settings.

11am-12pm: Pediatric Infectious Disease
Title: Vaccine Hesitancy: How to Talk to Parents and Patients about Vaccines
Presenter: Glenn J Rapsinski, MD, PhD
Division of Infectious Diseases, Instructor

Learning objectives:
1.    To understand the drivers of vaccine hesitancy. 
2.    To learn the importance of vaccines as a public health measure.  
3.    To employ evidence based best practice for having conversations with vaccine hesitant parents and patients.  

Conference Adjournment 12p

Additional Information

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Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 4.00 AAPA Category I CME
  • 4.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
  • 4.00 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
    • 3.00 Pharmacotherapeutic
  • 4.00 Attendance
Course opens: 
02/23/2023
Course expires: 
12/31/2023
Event starts: 
03/11/2023 - 8:00am EST
Event ends: 
03/11/2023 - 12:00pm EST

Virtual Conference Agenda

8am-9am:  
Title: Stay Ahead of Sepsis
Presenter: Ashleah Martinez, CRNP-AC, MSN, RN, BSN CCRN
Critical Care Medicine

Learning objectives: 
1.    Learner will be able to define sepsis 
2.    Lerner will be able to identify signs and symptoms of sepsis 
3.    Learner will learn strategies to treat sepsis


9am-10am 
Title: How to be a true Head of State about Confidentiality
Presenters: Laura Lynch, PA-C and Erika Petrasek, CRNP
Division of Adolescent Medicine

Learning objectives: 
1.    Understand and apply the Pennsylvania Confidentiality Laws
2.    Understand limitations to confidentiality
3.    Apply confidentiality to patient visits
4.    Discuss how to create confidential notes

10am-11am 
Title: Livers, Kidneys, and Intestines, Oh my! Pediatric Abdominal Transplant and its Implications for Acute and Primary Care
Presenter: Jackie Calhoun, DNP, RN, CPNP-AC, CCRN 
Critical Care Medicine

Learning objectives: 
1.    Identify reasons for liver, kidney, intestinal, and multi-visceral transplantation.
2.    Describe the expected post-operative course for abdominal transplant patients.
3.    Discuss the medications that are commonly used in pediatric abdominal transplant patients.
4.    Summarize the care of potential transplant patients in both acute and primary care settings.

11am-12pm:
Title: Vaccine Hesitancy: How to Talk to Parents and Patients about Vaccines
Presenter: Glenn J Rapsinski, MD, PhD
Division of Infectious Diseases, Instructor

Learning objectives:
1.    To understand the drivers of vaccine hesitancy. 
2.    To learn the importance of vaccines as a public health measure.  
3.    To employ evidence based best practice for having conversations with vaccine hesitant parents and patients.  

Conference Adjournment 12p

Live Virtual Conference

Faculty Disclosure:  
No members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services, used on, or consumed by, patients to disclose.

In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Physician (CME)
The University of Pittsburgh designates this live activity for a maximum of 4.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nursing (CNE)
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 4.0 contact hours.

Physician Assistant (AAPA)
The University of Pittsburgh has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 4.0 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.  

Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity. 

Available Credit

  • 4.00 AAPA Category I CME
  • 4.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
  • 4.00 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
    • 3.00 Pharmacotherapeutic
  • 4.00 Attendance
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Questions?
Contact: Kathryn Williams, MSN, RN, CRNP
E-mail: Kathryn.williams2@chp.edu