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Seattle, Hilton Head among May CME event host cities

From May 14-16, Seattle will play host to a Practical Pediatrics course with a special focus on dermatology. This continuing medical education (CME) event will feature lectures on dermatology through the respective lenses of the presiding faculty physicians: adolescent health, allergy and immunology, genetics, infectious diseases and rheumatology. Participants will choose three sessions to attend from among the following:

• Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Adolescents
  
• Antibiotic Strategies: A Case-Based Approach for Treating Common Outpatient Infections
  
• Asthma Gadgets
  
• Genetic Testing and Screening
  
• Amplified Musculoskeletal Pain in Childhood: When It Hurts Too Much
  
• Look-alikes and Controversies in Pediatric Dermatology, a special interactive session
  

Among the weekend’s highlights are lectures on piercing and tattooing, drug allergies, pediatric skeletal infections and newborn screening. And those in the mood for a livelier session can check out Birthmark Bingo: What’s the Lesion? What Do You Do?

Early bird registration for the Seattle CME closes on April 16.

Hilton Head Island, S.C.

Beach-goers, rejoice! Get a preview of this summer’s fun in the sun by attending the May 21-23 CME session on Hilton Head Island, S.C. The Memorial Day weekend event offers pediatricians a host of CME credit-earning opportunities on a number of topics. Attendees will choose three from the following concurrent seminars:

• Metabolic syndrome
  
• Diagnosis of common disorders of sex development
  
• Infections in the newborn infant
  
• Eating disorders
  
• Bone and joint infections
  
• Pediatric cutaneous infections
  

General session lectures feature a similarly diverse range of issues, including Kawasaki disease, teen drug usage, pediatric sun exposure and tanning beds.

To take advantage of early bird rates, register by April 24.

Both the Seattle and Hilton Head CME events offer up to 17.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits, 4.65 and 4.9 of which, respectively, contain pharmacology content. For more information or to register, visit www.pedialink.org/cmefinder and click on the link leading to the course in which you are interested.

Practical Pediatrics is supported in part by educational grants from Merck and Abbott Nutrition.

Resources For more information on CME meeting registration, brochures and general meeting information, call the AAP Customer Service Center at 866-THE-AAP1 (866-843-2271). To enroll in a CME activity, access www.pedialink.org/cmefinder or call toll-free 800-433-9016, option 3. Outside the United States and Canada, call 847-434-4000.

 

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