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Earn CME in a winter wonderland at Practical Pediatrics

Skiing, snow tubing and stunning views will ac company the "Practical Pediatrics" course Jan. 24-27 at Copper Mountain Resort in Copper Mountain, Colo.

Designed for pediatricians, family physicians and allied health professionals who care for children, the course combines question-and-answer sessions and interactive seminars with lectures. Participants will take an active role in learning about important issues in pediatrics today, while learning how to diagnose and treat patients more effectively. Set in a pedestrian-only winter wonderland complete with sleigh rides, specialty shops and ice sports, Practical Pediatrics provides an opportunity for education through discussion with peers and faculty.

Topics and faculty highlights include:

• Treatment of Childhood Arthritis: From Aspirin to Biologics and Muscle Weakness and Skin Rash: Juvenile Dermatomyositis, with Linda Wagner-Weiner, M.D., FAAP, assistant professor of pediatrics at University of Chicago;
  
• Hemangiomas: When to Worry, When to Refer, with Annette M. Wagner, M.D., FAAD, FAAP, assistant professor of pediatrics and dermatology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago;
  
• Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death in Child Athletes: What Can a Pediatrician Do? with William A. Lutin, M.D., Ph.D., FACC, FAAP, professor of pediatrics at Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Ga.;
  
• Pop and Drop: A Neurology Perspective on Head Trauma and First and Second Seizure: What To Know and Do, with Paul Graham Fisher, M.D., FAAP, associate professor of neurology, pediatrics, neurosurgery and human biology at Stanford University, Palo Alto, Calif.;
  
• The Baby is Burning Up, Now What? and Infectious Diseases Cases: Vaccine-Preventable Diseases, with Meg Fisher, M.D., FAAP, professor of pediatrics at Drexel University College of Medicine, Long Branch, N.J.; and
  
• Is There Such Thing As Too Much Activity? Overuse Injuries in Young Athletes, with Andrew J.M. Gregory, M.D., FACSM, FAAP, assistant professor of orthopedics and pediatrics at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville.
  

Course director is William Hennrikus, M.D., FAAOS, FAAP, associate clinical professor of surgery and medical director at Valley Children's Hospital in Madera, Calif.

Participants can earn a maximum of 17.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits.

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