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Participants will engage with the Plain Community and provide safety education to parents of children. They will appropriately identify common pediatric surgical and orthopedic conditions and refer to the appropriate pediatric surgical and orthopedic specialists. Participants will support and counsel breastfeeding families in their offices. They will identify type 1 diabetes and work with pediatric endocrinologists to manage patients with type 1 diabetes. Participants will identify and manage feeding problems in their pediatric patients.
Pediatric and family practice providers will collaborate with pediatric surgeons, lactation specialist, pediatric endocrinologist, pediatric orthopedist, and pediatric feeding specialists.
At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to engage with and counsel the Plain Community, identify and refer patients with appendicitis, intussusception, and inguinal hernia, support and counsel breastfeeding families, diagnose, refer, and comanage children with type 1 diabetes, manage children with feeding problems including G tube feedings, identify common pediatric orthopedic problems and know when they need orthopedic referral.
Target Audience
Nurse Practitioner
Physician
Physician Assistant
Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this activity:
Participants should be able to engage with and counsel the Plain Community
Identify and refer patients with appendicitis, intussusception, and inguinal hernia
Support and counsel breastfeeding families
Diagnose, refer, and comanage children with type 1 diabetes
Manage children with feeding problems including G tube feedings
Identify common pediatric orthopedic problems and know when they need orthopedic referral.
Additional Information
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 SP600465_PedcUpdPCPvdrsBro_V3a_low.pdf | 175.89 KB |
 Pediatric Update Schedule.docx | 15.72 KB |
| Dr. Rigas and Rachel Darrah, CRNP - UPMC Cole CME Credits Form Breastfeeding Presentation_0.docx | 17.41 KB |
Participants will engage with the Plain Community and provide safety education to parents of children. They will appropriately identify common pediatric surgical and orthopedic conditions and refer to the appropriate pediatric surgical and orthopedic specialists. Participants will support and counsel breastfeeding families in their offices. They will identify type 1 diabetes and work with pediatric endocrinologists to manage patients with type 1 diabetes. Participants will identify and manage feeding problems in their pediatric patients.
Pediatric and family practice providers will collaborate with pediatric surgeons, lactation specialist, pediatric endocrinologist, pediatric orthopedist, and pediatric feeding specialists.
At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to engage with and counsel the Plain Community, identify and refer patients with appendicitis, intussusception, and inguinal hernia, support and counsel breastfeeding families, diagnose, refer, and comanage children with type 1 diabetes, manage children with feeding problems including G tube feedings, identify common pediatric orthopedic problems and know when they need orthopedic referral.
Rachel Darrah, CRNP, IBCLC UPMC Cole Obstetrics & Gynecology
William Hennrikus, MD, FAAP Professor Emeritus and Distinguished Educator, Penn State College of Medicine
Victoria Powell, CRNP Associate Director of the Feeding and Swallowing Center, UPMC Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology
Mary Ann Rigas, MD, FAAP UPMC Cole Pediatrics Co-Director of the Maternal and Child Service Line
Dorothy V. Rocourt, MD, MBA, FACS Clinical Professor of Surgery, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh; Associate Regional Medical Director, Pediatric Surgery; Pediatric Quality Medical Director, UPMC Children’s in Central Pa.
Shawn D. Safford, MD, MBA, MAS Professor of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh; Pediatric Surgeon, UPMC Children’s in Central Pa.; President, American Trauma Society of Pennsylvania
B. Katherine Vu-Boast, MD Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Associate Clinical Director of Diabetes, Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
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 6.0 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 6.0 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 6.0 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.
Other Healthcare Professionals: 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
- 6.00 AAPA Category I CME
- 6.00 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.
- 6.00 ANCCUPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
- 6.00 Attendance
Price
Registration fee: $120
Fee includes seminar, handouts, continental breakfast, and lunch.
Any questions, please email Christina Anderson, Physician Referral Liaison at [email protected]
Please note that refunds are not available.