Upcoming CME Program, Register by November 26, 2013 . . .
The UPMC Altoona Department of Medical Education is pleased to invite the members of the
Departments of Family Medicine, Medicine, Pediatrics & Newborn, and AFP Residents, and members
of the Nursing Department to attend the following Continuing Medical Education Program:
PEDIATRICS UPDATE 2013
Tuesday, December 3, 2013
Registration/Dinner:
Program:
Presentations by:
5:30 – 6 p.m. – Allegheny/Bedford Rooms
6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Paul W. Kettlewell, PhD*
Chief, Pediatric Psychology
Frank A. Maffei, MD*
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Richard L. Lambert, MD*
Staff Pediatric Intensivist
*Geisinger Medical Center
Objectives:
At the conclusion of this program, participants should be able to:
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Identify key characteristics of anxiety disorders in children and adolescents including emotional,
behavioral, and cognitive symptoms.
Identify guiding principles of treatment.
Understand the evidence about psychiatric medicine and behavioral treatments for anxiety disorders in
children and adolescents and how to use these treatments.
Provide brief overview of office emergencies.
Recognize emergent from non-emergent clinical scenarios.
Outline initial stabilization.
Establish initial differential diagnoses.
Identify appropriate transport/referral.
Review selected life threatening illnesses that may initially be seen in the office (case based discussions).
Introduce JWCH pediatric sedation service and discuss who we are and what we do.
Discuss important basic principles to pediatric sedation including common medications used.
Discuss the process of referring a child for sedation and explore what is done once they are referred.
Credit:
UPMC Altoona is accredited by the Pennsylvania Medical Society to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
UPMC Altoona designates this educational activity for a maximum of two (2) credit hours American Medical Association
Physicians’ Recognition Award Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physician should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their
participation in the educational activity.
Disclosure:
Faculty and all others who have the ability to control the content of continuing medical education activities sponsored by the
Altoona Regional Health System are expected to disclose to the audience whether they do or do not have any real or apparent
conflict(s) of interest or other relationships related to the content of their presentation(s).
Educational Grant(s):
None
PLEASE COMPLETE AND RETURN ATTACHED REGISTRATION FORM => => => => => =>
REGISTRATION CONFIRMATION FORM—RETURN BY 11/26/13
“Pediatrics Update 2013”
December 3, 2013
Allegheny/Bedford Rooms
UPMC Altoona
Name_________________________________________________
(Please Print – Name and Title)
Please return to the Medical Staff/Medical Education Department, UPMC Altoona, 620 Howard Ave,
Altoona, PA 16601-4899.
Fax: 889-7994; Phone: 889-2226; Email: pmcnelis@altoonaregional.org.