Hot Topics, intensive review at PREP The Course, Portland
Stroll the waterfront or hit the Oregon Trail while brushingup on continuing medical education offerings at PREP The CourseSept. 12-16 at the Marriott Portland Downtown Waterfront.
Designed as an intensive review of general pediatrics,PREP The Course provides information on diagnosis and managementof pediatric problems encountered daily in practice. It alsohelps in preparing for the American Board of Pediatrics’Maintenance of Certification examination.
Also featured are Hot Topics in content areas such as:
Swine Flu (infectious disease), with Evan Anderson, M.D., assistantprofessor of medicine and pediatrics at Northwestern University’sFeinberg School of Medicine, Chicago;
The Orphans We Produce(developmental/behavioral), with DorisGreenberg, M.D., FAAP,associate clinical professor of pediatricsat Mercer UniversitySchool of Medicine, Savannah, Ga.; and
Effects of Early NutritionalInterventions on the Developmentof Atopic Disease in Infantsand Children (allergy and immunology),with John Kelso, M.D.,FAAAI, FAAP, clinical professor of pediatricsat Universityof California San Diego School of Medicine andthe Divisionof Allergy, Asthma and Immunology at Scripps Clinic,San Diego.
Educational course formats include lectures, case presentationson diagnosis and management, panel discussions, visual diagnosisand pre-/post-test assessments.
Content areas and faculty include:
Adolescent health/gynecology/substance abuse, with Amy Sass,M.D., M.P.H., assistant professor of pediatrics, Universityof Colorado School of Medicine, The Children’s HospitalDenver;
Emergency medicine/critical care/injuries and poisoning,withMartha Wright, M.D., FAAP, professor of pediatrics, CaseWesternReserve University, University Hospital Case MedicalCenter,Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital, Cleveland;
General pediatrics, with Keith J. Mann, M.D., FAAP, associateprofessor of pediatrics at University of Missouri at KansasCity School of Medicine and Children’s Mercy Hospital,Kansas City, Mo.;
Infectious diseases, with Evan Anderson,M.D., assistant professorof medicine and pediatrics at NorthwesternUniversity’sFeinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, andJudith Guzman-Cottrill,D.O., assistant professor of pediatricsat Oregon Health andScience University, Portland, Ore.; and
Respiratory disorders, with Craig Schramm, M.D., FAAP, associateprofessor of pediatrics at the University of Connecticut HealthCenter and Connecticut Children’s Medical Center, Hartford.
The course offers a maximum of 37.25 AMA PRA Category 1 credits.
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.
