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10th Annual "Making a World of Difference"
Pediatric Critical Care Conference

The Impact of Evidence Based Practice in the PICU

Program Directors
Location
Accreditation
Speakers

Friday, April 24, 2009

"Making a World of Difference" is an annual conference designed to provide education for healthcare practitioners in current treatment, therapies, practices, common conditions and associated research activities within the pediatric intensive care unit. A series of talks, with time for questions from the audience, will emphasize the role of evidence based practice in improving quality of care and reducing errors in the Pediatric ICU.

The conference is open to nurses, nurse practitioners, physicians, respiratory therapists and other allied health providers.

Program Directors

Cindy Darnell, M.D.
Archana Dhar, M.D.
James Knapp, RN, CPNP-AC

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Location

UT Southwestern Medical Center
Medical Education and Conference Center
North Campus, Level 3
NG3.112 Auditorium
6001 Forest Park Drive
Dallas, TX 75235
www.childrens.com/ccc

Critical Care Conference Brochure (PDF)

For more information call: Timothy Hoskins at 214-456-5630 or e-mail: CriticalCareConference@childrens.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Accreditation

Children's Medical Center is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Texas Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. Up to 6.5 contact hours will be awarded.

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Speakers

Robert Alisharan, M.D.
Pediatric Intensivist, Pediatric Critical Care
Children's Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Cindy Darnell, M.D.
Program Co-Director
Pediatric Intensivist, Pediatric Critical Care
Children's Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Steven G. Kernie, M.D.
Pediatric Intensivist, Pediatric Critical Care
Children's Medical Center
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Developmental Biology
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Fiona H. Levy, M.D.
Vice President, Quality
Children's Medical Center
Interim Division Director of Critical Care Medicine
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Ronna Miller, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Pamela J. Okada, M.D., FAAP, FACEP
Attending Physician, Emergency Medicine
Children's Medical Center
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Heather Paterson, MS, RN, CPNP-PC
Manager, Palliative Care Program
Children's Medical Center

Kelley Reynolds, RRT-NPS
Faculty, Respiratory Therapy Program
Collin County Community College

Jane Siegel, M.D.
Medical Director, Infection Control
Children's Medical Center
Professor of Pediatrics
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Tia Tortoriello, M.D., FAAP
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Cardiac Intensive Care
Medical City Children's Hospital

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