Interprofessional Education and Grand Rounds Update
(From the October 2025 issue of MedStat)
Neonatal Simulation Conference
October 28-29
The Neonatal Simulation Conference will provide continuing education designed for delivery hospital and NICU professionals. Participants will work in small group settings, participating in immersive, multidisciplinary patient care simulations focused on the care of the ill neonate. The conference will also include didactic sessions, offering additional training for participants to integrate into their practice setting as preceptors or educators. Register at NationwideChildrens.cloud-cme.com/NEOSIM.
Nationwide Children’s Extended Reality (XR) Symposium
November 7
This year’s symposium builds on the success of the 2024 event and is designed to spotlight cutting-edge applications of XR in health care — from medical education to patient care — and foster interdisciplinary collaborations across research, clinical, industry and community stakeholders. This event strives to accelerate translational research and promote community-engaged science. Register at NationwideChildrens.cloud-cme.com/XR2025.
Pediatric Sports Medicine and Orthopedics Conference
November 21-22
This conference is designed for physicians, athletic trainers, physical therapists, physician assistants and nurse practitioners who treat pediatric patients with sports medicine injuries and orthopedic problems. Attendees may choose to attend in person or virtually on Friday, where afternoon breakout lectures in sports medicine, rehabilitation and musculoskeletal ultrasound (MSK) will be available. Saturday's optional in-person program will feature hands-on labs in rehabilitation and MSK ultrasound. Register at NationwideChildrens.cloud-cme.com/SMED25.
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 ANCHOR calendar.
Upcoming sessions include:
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Date |
Topic |
Speaker and Institution |
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10/9 |
Half a Century of Transformation in Medical Education: Lessons and Legacy |
John Mahan, MD, Suzanne Reed, MD and Rebecca Wallihan, MD Nationwide Children’s |
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10/16 |
Rohyans Lecture TBD |
Michael Osterholm, PhD, MPH University of Minnesota |
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10/23 |
Update on Management of Spina Bifida: From Prenatal to Adult |
Albert Isaacs, MD, PhD, and Katherine Steingass, MD Nationwide Children’s |
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10/30 |
Autism: Evidenced-based Treatments |
Anita Narayanan, MD, FAAP, and Megan Norris, PhD Nationwide Children’s |
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11/6 |
Johnson Lecture |
Heather Fullerton, MD, MAS UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital |
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11/13 |
Not Living to Wait, Not Waiting to Live – Thriving With Muscular Dystrophy |
Pat Moeschen Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy |
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11/20 |
The Humphrey Family Hospice and Palliative Medicine Lectureship |
Jori Bogetz, MD Seattle Children’s Hospital |
Annual MOC Deadlines
Are you up to date? Be sure to check your board cycle dates and claim your MOC Part 4 credit in time. It’s easy and free. Submitapplication materials no later than October 17, 2025. If you actively participated in a Nationwide Children’s approved MOC Part 4 QI project, claim credit no later than November 30, 2025. For more information or questions, visit the ANCHOR MOC page or email MOC@NationwideChildrens.org.
Lounge and Learn
Plan to join the upcoming virtual sessions at 7:30 a.m. via Webex. If you have questions or want to receive session invitations, email Bruce.Meyer@NationwideChildrens.org or
Rhonda.Burk@NationwideChildrens.org or call the office to leave a message at (614) 722-4550.
Upcoming virtual sessions:
October 10 – Justin A. Indyk, MD, PhD, and Amjad Ali, MD, Type 1 Diabetes Screening
November 14 – Kevin Flanigan, MD, Update on Gene Therapies
December 12 – Maryam Fouladi, MD, Updates on Therapies for Brain Tumors