Interprofessional Education and Grand Rounds Update
(From the April 2024 issue of MedStat)
ECHO Obesity
April 25, noon to 1 p.m.
Pediatric ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) Obesity will empower primary care providers to treat their overweight patients utilizing the best treatment methods available. This session will present strategies to help providers feel more confident interpreting lab results and knowing when to refer patients to a specialist. For more information or to register, click here.
14th Annual Pediatric Asthma Conference
May 3
This conference will highlight emerging information and practical advice regarding asthma management for providers of asthma patients across all levels of care. This conference is designed for pediatricians, family practitioners, nurses, respiratory therapists, social workers, pharmacists and clinical staff from hospital, urgent care, primary care and school facilities with students/patients who have asthma and allergies. Click here for more information.
2024 Neonatal/Fetal Conference: From the Womb and Beyond
May 14, Neonatal Main Conference
May 15, Neonatal and Fetal Main Conference
May 16, Fetal Main Conference, Neonatal Post Conference: Foundations of Care and Infant Function
This conference will highlight concepts of continuous quality improvement and safety in fetal and neonatal practice. The rapidly expanding evidence in both specialty areas poses challenges for the health care professional to remain current and to recognize opportunities for change in thought and practice. Register today!
2nd Global Symposium of Research Methodology Innovation in Trauma and Emergency Care
May 22-23
The overarching goal of the symposium is to share innovative ideas, new research methodologies, and emerging technologies that address gaps in trauma and emergency care research. Experts in trauma care, emergency medicine, and research recognize the need for innovative approaches, rigorous scientific methods, and strong implementation science to ensure robust study design, sound statistical approaches, unbiased reporting of results, and effective translational efforts to disseminate research findings into medical care in real-world settings. For more information or to register, go to our webpage.
14th Annual Bodies in Motion Conference: Evaluation and Treatment Considerations for the Adolescent Athlete
June 7
This course will educate participants on unique return to sport considerations for the adolescent athlete. Areas addressed in this course will include the management of growth plate injuries, the role of imaging in rehabilitation, identifying and managing clinician burnout, ACL return to sport guidelines and testing, motion analysis and more. Also presented will be concepts of physical therapy evaluation, differential diagnosis, treatment considerations and progressions. Labs will further expand this knowledge base with hands-on experience in the return to sport interventions and tests of adolescent athletes. Register today!
Future Directions Forum
July 25-27
The Future Directions Forum offers an array of professional development training led by an engaging and expert-laden professional development team and delivered in person through workshops, small groups and one-on-one consultations. The team provides mentorship to attendees pursuing careers in mental health and academia via an innovative array of educational events and networking opportunities. Attendees across career stages benefit from an immersive experience. Programming also integrates academic proficiency with essential work/life balance skills. Click here to register.
2024 Clinical and Scientific Advances in Urinary Tract Infection
July 19-21, in person at Hyatt Regency, 350 N. High St., Columbus, Ohio 43215
Presented by Nationwide Children’s Hospital and Urinary Tract Infection Global Alliance, this conference will specifically focus on promoting the next generation of researchers and clinicians. As a result, the conference strives to highlight the accomplishments of junior faculty members and trainees as we bring together medical professionals, biomedical scientists, government agencies, and industrial partners dedicated to eradicating the disease, broadly defined as urinary tract infections. This conference will explore specific manifestations of infection in different patient populations and their sequelae for the discovery of new diagnostic, therapeutic and preventative approaches. Register now at our webpage.
2nd Annual Robotic Surgery for Pediatric Surgeons Conference: Program Development and Beyond
August 21-23
The conference will focus on robotic surgery program development, and common clinical applications in addition to a hands-on lab experience designed to introduce robotic surgery to practicing pediatric surgeons. Register today!
Sickle Cell Trait and Disease in 2024: Primer for the Primary Care Provider
September 27
This symposium aims to educate primary care providers (PCPs) and other health care professionals regarding the diagnosis and management of sickle cell trait and sickle cell disease. A solid knowledge and understanding of sickle cell disease is essential for PCPs to diagnose sickle related conditions, counsel patients appropriately, and know when to refer to the academic center for evaluation and treatment. Good communication between the academic center and the primary care providers and appreciation of each other’s roles is essential to ensure the patients receive optimal care. Click here to register.
Multidisciplinary Early Recovery After Pediatric Cardiac Surgery (MERCURY) Meeting
October 3-4
Learn to safely reduce postoperative morbidity and reduce ICU/hospital length of stay by utilizing Nationwide Children’s MERCURY approach to early recovery after surgery. Immerse your team in a two-day hands-on experience to gain confidence in achieving reliable and safe intraoperative extubation, lowered device days and reduced blood transfusion for congenital heart surgery. Develop your multidisciplinary teams’ coordination through live cases and simulations that will allow you to take home knowledge and skills to achieve best patient outcomes by utilizing Nationwide Children’s MERCURY approach. Register now!
Additional Conferences
To learn more or register for an upcoming conference, visit our webpage. For information on event and conference planning support, email our team.
- August 16, 2024, Adaptive Sports Medicine Conference
- September 19-20, 2024, 2024 IMPAACT Summit
- October 11, 2024, 2nd Annual Cardiology Symposium
- October 18, 2024, 2024 Dermatology Symposium
- November 7-9, 2024, Integrated Diagnostics and Targeted Therapies in Pediatric Oncology Symposium
- November 15, 2024, Pediatric Sports Medicine and Orthopedics Conference
Grand Rounds
Pediatric Grand Rounds
Pediatric Grand Rounds takes place every Thursday from 8 to 9 a.m. A schedule of upcoming and prior recorded sessions is on the Nationwide Children’s Physician Connect app and the hospital intranet (ANCHOR) calendar. Learn more about Pediatric Grand Rounds.
Upcoming sessions include:
|
Date |
Topic |
Speaker and Institution/Department |
| 4/11 | Neurodevelopmental Outcomes of High-Risk Infants |
Samudragupta Bora, PhD University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital |
| 4/18 | Storytelling and Neurosurgery: Why I Write |
Jay Wellons III, MD Vanderbilt Health |
| 4/25 | Personalized Management of Sleep Disordered Breathing in Children |
Maninder S. Kalra, MD, PhD Nationwide Children’s |
| 5/2 |
Management of Difficult to Control Asthma |
Asthma Conference William Anderson, MD Children’s Hospital Colorado |
| 5/9 | Illness Doesn’t Mean Stillness: Liberating Children Across the Perioperative and Critical Care Home |
Critical Care Medicine/Surgery Visiting Professor Sapna R. Kudchadkar, MD, PhD, FCCM Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine |
International Scholars Program
The International Scholars Program hosts international pediatricians, nurses, and other health care allied professionals to observe our clinical activities and multi-disciplinary teams and interact with our families and communities to improve the health care of children globally.
This short-term program is for clinical observation only and cannot be used for academic credit or to fulfill requirements for specialty training. Please send an email if you are interested in mentoring an international scholar or to learn more about the program.
Lounge and Learn
The Medical Staff Office is pleased to welcome you to the upcoming Lounge and Learn sessions on the second Friday of every month at 7:30 a.m. via Webex. If you have questions or would like to receive session invitations, email Bruce Meyer or Rhonda Burk or call our office to leave a message at (614) 722-4550.
Upcoming virtual sessions:
April 12 – Laura Rust, MD, Future Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Practicing Clinicians
May 10 – Joshua Watson, MD, Lyme Disease