PROFESSIONAL
EDUCATION
Pediatric
Continuing Medical Education
These free seminars are
intended for pediatricians, family practitioners, general
practitioners and other health care professionals who care for
children. They will have the opportunity to earn AMA PRA Category 1
Credit TMonline with renowned pediatric professionals from
Baylor
College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital's prestigious
affiliated medical school.
Register to receive information about upcoming online
pediatric continuing medical education events sponsored by Texas Children's
Hospital.
Now Available -
Suspect Child Abuse and Neglect Presented by: Michelle A. Lyn,
M.D., F.A.A.P. Attending Physician, Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Department; Chief of the Child Protection Team Service,
Section of Emergency Medicine Service, Texas Children's
Hospital Participants will improve their
understanding of child abuse and neglect, discuss laws that
govern our practice and discuss ethical practice for health
professionals.
Fighting the Flu: What Everybody Needs to Know about
Seasonal and Pandemic Influenza Presented by: Gail J. Demmler, M.D.
Professor in the Infectious Disease Section of the
Department of Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine,
Houston, Texas. She is an attending physician in the
Infectious Diseases Service and director of the Diagnostic
Virology Laboratory, at Texas Children's Hospital.
Participants will
learn to evaluate the importance of infants and children in
influenza disease burden, research resources for checking
updated information on influenza, explain the advantages and
limitations of rapid testing for influenza in the
point-of-care setting, identify the recent changes in
influenza vaccination recommendations for infants and
children and manage treatment of influenza disease using
currently recommended medications.
Hemangiomas: When to Worry; What to Do Denise W. Metry, M.D.
Chief,
Dermatology Clinic,
Texas
Children's Hospital and
Associate Professor, Dermatology and Pediatrics, Baylor
College of Medicine.
Participants will learn to identify types of hamangiomas and
associated risk factors, recognize the morphology and
location of hemangiomas to determine possible complications
and assess indications, risks and benefits of treatment
options.
Texas
Children's Hospital
Professor, Department
of Pediatrics,
Baylor College of
Medicine
Participants will be able to describe and discuss the problem
of pediatric obesity, recognize individuals at risk and the
significance of comorbidities in the epidemic and describe
approaches to the prevention and management of the obesity
epidemic in children.
