Interprofessional Education and Grand Rounds Update
(From the September 2024 issue of MedStat)
2nd Annual Pediatric Cardiology Symposium
October 11
The Pediatric Cardiology Symposium is for health care providers who treat and evaluate pediatric patients. The conference will address the diagnosis, management, and indications for referral for common pediatric cardiology diagnoses through lectures, panel discussions and small group sessions.
2024 Extended Reality (XR) Symposium
October 15
The conference will highlight emerging technology, research findings, and innovative applications and create partnerships in the field of extended reality across a number of industries. Our goal in hosting this conference is to bring together extended reality (XR) enthusiasts from across the Midwest to share exciting XR projects, happenings, and lessons learned, generate new ideas, stimulate collaboration and foster a multi-industry XR community in the region. Register today.
3rd Annual Pediatric Dermatology Conference
October 18
Hosted by Nationwide Children’s Dermatology Clinic, this conference will highlight updates on pediatric dermatologic conditions frequently seen in the primary care practice. The goal is to equip primary care providers with the knowledge and resources to confidently care for these patients and to gain insights into the pediatric dermatology clinic. Click here to register.
2024 Clinician Well-being Summit
October 23-25
The Fourth National Summit on Promoting Well-being and Resilience in Health Care Professionals will take place at the Hilton Columbus Downtown. This national forum will focus on enhancing well-being, resilience and healthy lifestyle behaviors across all health care professions and health sciences students. Presentations will focus on factors contributing to burnout and resilience, effective interventions to reduce the risks of burnout and promote healthy lifestyle behaviors, and changes to the systems and cultures of healthcare settings that improve employee well-being and resilience. This summit is a collaborative initiative amongst Wexner Medical Center, the Ohio State Health Sciences, Fisher College of Business, the College of Social Work, the National Academy of Medicine and Nationwide Children’s.
Pediatric Gastroenterology for Primary Care Clinicians
November 1
This one-day hybrid conference is aimed to provide primary care and general pediatric clinicians with up-to-date information on the identification, diagnosis and management of common gastrointestinal conditions. Additionally, attendees will receive practical resources to help care for their patients and the opportunity to build community with the pediatric gastroenterology team at Nationwide Children’s via discussion and socialization. Register today!
Pediatric Oncology Integrated Diagnostics and Targeted Therapies Symposium
November 7-9
This hybrid symposium, sponsored by the Nationwide Children’s Hospital Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Blood & Marrow Transplant, in collaboration with Department of Pathology and the Institute for Genomic Medicine, will provide a comprehensive three-day overview of current and developing diagnostic and therapeutic approaches, allowing pediatric oncology teams to integrate these new tools at each stage of care of children with cancer. Click here to register.
Pediatric Sports Medicine and Orthopedics Conference
November 15
The Nationwide Children’s Pediatric Sports Medicine and Orthopedics Conference is designed for health care providers who treat pediatric patients with sports medicine injuries and orthopedic problems. Afternoon breakout tracks available in Sports Medicine, Rehabilitation and MSK Ultrasound.
40th Annual School Health Update Conference
December 13
This hybrid conference will highlight dynamic speakers on topics such as sleep equity, substance misuse, mental health in school-aged children and more. Participants will have access to hands-on skills sessions in the simulation center. The event objectives include identifying new evidence-based practices in pediatric care that support student health. Click here to register.
Additional Conferences
Click here to learn more or register for an upcoming conference. For information on event and conference planning support, email the Interprofessional Education team.
- September 19-20, 2024, Annual IMPAACT Summit
- September 27, 2024, Ohio Neuropsychology Group Meeting
- January 31, 2025, 10th Annual Pediatric Update for Advanced Practice Providers
- February 28, 2025, Therapeutic Recreation 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.
Upcoming sessions include:
|
Date |
Topic |
Speaker and Institution/Department |
| 9/19 | Diagnostic and Therapeutic Advances When Caring for the Aspirating Child |
McClung Lecture Rachel Rosen, MD, MPH Boston Children’s Hospital |
| 9/26 | What's New with 22q? An Update on 22q11.2 Deletion/DiGeorge Syndrome | Peter Mustillo, MD, Adriane Baylis, PhD, CCC-SLP, Kathryn Obrynba, MD, and Richard Kirschner, MD, FAAP, FACS Nationwide Children's Hospital |
| 10/3 | Rare Meets Common: Williams Syndrome and Elastin Mediated Disease Through the lens of Precision Medicine |
Beth Kozel, MD, PhD Nationwide Children’s Hospital |
| 10/10 | Preventative Cardiology |
Andrew Tran, MD Nationwide Children’s Hospital |
| 10/17 | Chronic School Absenteeism in School Aged Children |
Rohyans Lecture Heidi Schumacher, MD University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine/Vermont Child Health Improvement Program |
| 10/24 | Youth Substance Abuse Disorder |
Heiser Lecture Scott Hadland, MD, MPH Mass General for Children/Harvard Medical School |
| 10/31 |
The Color of Justice: Inequities in the Youth Legal System and its Impact on Health Outcomes |
Eaton Lecture Brooke Burns, Youth Defense Department, Office of the Ohio Public Defender, Ruchelle Pride, MS, CDE®, CPC Office of Justice Policy & Programs/CASA of Franklin County, Alexandra Price, CPNP, PMHS Nationwide Children’s Hospital Franklin County Juvenile Intervention Center Clinic, Megan Rosenfeld, Center for Family Safety and Healing |
Elevate Pediatric Care: Join Project ECHO
Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) is a collaborative and innovative tele-mentoring program designed to create virtual communities of practice by bringing together subject matter experts and community providers. Best practices are shared to reduce health disparities, improve patient outcomes and provide specialty care to patients in their communities.
Upcoming programming includes:
- ECHO Autism: Primary Care (Family ECHO: Autism is available for your patient families)
- ECHO Pain: Continuity
- ECHO Obesity: Continuity – Nephrology
- ECHO Pediatric Asthma
- ECHO Rumination
- ECHO Obesity: Continuity – Adolescent PCOS
2024 MOC Part 4 Deadlines
Do you have a MOC cycle ending this year? Be sure you claim your Part 4 Credit in time.
- Get a new QI project approved for MOC4 Credit: Submit application materials no later than October 18, 2024.
- Claim MOC4 credit on existing projects: Submit an attestation form no later than December 1, 2024.
For more information, visit the ANCHOR MOC page or send an email.
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 or Rhonda Burk or call our office to leave a message at (614) 722-4550.
Upcoming virtual sessions:
September 13 – Jason Newland, MD, Vaccine Update for the 2024-2025 School Year
October 11 – A. Jay Freeman, MD, Recognizing Pancreatitis in Primary Care
November 8 – Patricia Witman, MD, Warts, Molluscum and Things That Go Bump in the Night