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AAP News Vol. 28 No. 11 November 2007, p. 35
© 2007 American Academy of Pediatrics
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Practical Pediatrics CME set for San Antonio
Earn continuing medical education (CME) credit while visiting the Alamo and
other San Antonio sites during Practical Pediatrics CME, Dec. 14-16, at the
Hyatt Regency San Antonio.
For pediatricians, family physicians and allied health professionals who
care for children, Practical Pediatrics combines lectures, interactive
seminars and question-and-answer sessions about problems encountered in daily
practice.
Sessions are designed to address:
- "hot topics" and recent practical advances in scheduled
subspecialty areas; and
- diagnosis and management of patients by analyzing and discussing cases with
faculty and peers.
Course highlights and faculty include:
- Otitis Media: To Treat or Not to Treat ... That is the Question
and Update on Common Pediatric Problems in the Office, with Henry H.
Bernstein, D.O., FAAP, professor of pediatrics, Dartmouth Medical School,
Lebanon, N.H.;
- Chronic Abdominal Pain: A Systematic Approach to Classification and
Management and You Make the Call: Visual Diagnosis and Discussion of
GI Illness, with William J. Byrne, M.D., FAAP, clinical professor of
pediatrics at the University of California, San Francisco;
- Behavioral Counseling for Pediatricians and Attention Deficits
Without the Hyperactivity, with Karen J. Miller, M.D., FAAP, associate
professor of pediatrics at Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston;
- Rapid or Irregular Heart Rate: Is It a Sign of Serious Cardiac
Problems? and The Preparticipation Physical from a Cardiologist's
Point of View, with Reginald Washington, M.D., FACC, FAHA, FAAP, clinical
professor of pediatric cardiology at University of Colorado School of
Medicine, Denver;
- Birthmarks: When to Worry and Diagnostic Pearls in Pediatric
Dermatology, with Fred E. Ghali, M.D., FAAD, FAAP, private practitioner,
Pediatric Dermatology of North Texas;
- Antibiotic Resistance and ID Cases/Unknowns, with Tina Q.
Tan, M.D., FAAP, associate professor of pediatrics, Feinberg School of
Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago; and
- What Pediatricians Need to Know About Fractures and Splinting
Workshop, with William A. Phillips, M.D., FAAOS, FACS, FAAP, professor of
orthopedic surgery and pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston.
Course director is Michelle M. Macias, M.D., FAAP, associate professor of
pediatrics, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston.
Participants can earn a maximum of 16.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits.
