Enjoy the view at Practical Pediatrics, Breckenridge
Hit the slopes or simply enjoy the view of the mountaintopsduring the Practical Pediatrics continuing medical education(CME) course Jan. 14-17 at the Beaver Run Resort & ConferenceCenter in Breckenridge, Colo. One of the top 10 ski resort destinationsin the country, Breckenridge boasts 300 inches of snow in thewinter and 300 days of sunshine annually.
The course includes general session lectures andquestion-and-answer sessions for all course registrants as wellas concurrent interactive seminars. Concurrent seminars arerepeated each day, giving all course registrants the opportunityto attend three of the concurrent seminars.
General session topics include gastroenterology, general pediatrics,infectious diseases, neurosurgery, radiology and sports medicine.Highlights include:
Managing Concussions in Young Athletes: Are the Guidelines Changing?
TopInjuries and What Works in Prevention: Impactful AnticipatoryGuidance;
Evaluationof Swallowing Dysfunction in Children;
Foodborne Illness;
Diagnosisand Management of Skull Deformity in Children; and
The Childwith Functional Abdominal Pain.
Concurrent seminar highlights and faculty include:
Common GI Problems,with Carlo DiLorenzo, M.D., chief, Divisionof Pediatric Gastroenterology,Nationwide Children’s Hospital,Columbus, Ohio;
Cases— Bring Yours or Try to Solve Mine, with Meg Fisher,M.D.,FAAP, medical director, The Children’s Hospitalat MonmouthMedical Center, Long Branch, N.J.;
Pitfalls in Sports Medicine:My Favorite Cases and Mistakes,with Gregory L. Landry, M.D.,FAAP, professor of pediatrics,University of Wisconsin Schoolof Medicine and Public Health,Madison;
Bumps, Dimples andSpots Over the Head and Spine, with EdwardR. Smith, M.D., FAAP,assistant professor of surgery, neurosurgeonat Harvard MedicalSchool, Children’s Hospital Boston;and
Evidence-basedAdvocacy: How to Create and Deliver an EffectiveMessage, withFlaura Koplin Winston, M.D., Ph.D., FAAP, associateprofessorof pediatrics at University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
Course director is William Hennrikus, M.D., FAAOS, FAAP, professorof orthopedics and pediatrics at Penn State College of Medicine,Hershey, Pa.
Participants can earn a maximum of 17.25 AMA PRA Category 1credits.
Register before Dec. 17 to receive early-bird rates.
Resources
For more information on CME meeting registration,brochures and general meeting information, call the AAP CustomerService Center at 866-THE-AAP1 (866-843-2271). To enroll ina CME activity, access www.pedialink.org/cmefinder or call toll-free800-433-9016, option 3. Outside the United States and Canada,call 847-434-4000.
