Conferences and Events

Physician burnout has reached epidemic proportions in the US. This series will help physicians recognize signs of burnout in themselves and in their colleagues and provide insights on ways to promote personal and team wellness.

Who should attend: Pediatric physicians at UT Southwestern and Children’s Health

Topic: The State of Medical Education in the Time of Mandated Joy

Speaker: Rana Said, M.D.

Accreditation: The Children's Health is accredited by the Texas Medical Association to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation (CME): The Children's Health designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

For more information or questions, please contact CME office at 214-456-5168.

For our 13th annual conference, we are offering two courses over the one-day conference. The Transfusion and Laboratory courses will be held simultaneously. This conference is designed to promote educational opportunities in Clinical Laboratory Medicine. The purpose of this educational activity is to enhance the knowledge of medical laboratory professionals and students by addressing a wide variety of topics including transfusion medicine, chemistry, microbiology, hematology, pathology, molecular techniques, quality and leadership. The target audience includes managers, supervisors, and technologists who work in the field of clinical laboratory science, laboratory medicine, or a related field.

Accreditation: Children’s Health is approved as a provider of continuing education programs in the clinical laboratory sciences by the ASCLS P.A.C.E.® program.

Credit Designation: Children’s Health designates this live activity for a maximum of 6 P.A.C.E credits. Attendees should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

For more information or questions, please contact Estella Castillo at 214-456-6746 or email.

Physician burnout has reached epidemic proportions in the US. This series will help physicians recognize signs of burnout in themselves and in their colleagues and provide insights on ways to promote personal and team wellness.

Who should attend: Pediatric physicians at UT Southwestern and Children’s Health

Topic: Understanding Wellness as Related to Gender Equity In Academic Medical Centers

Speaker: Rinarani M. Sanghavi, MBBS, M.D., FAAP, MBA

Accreditation: The Children's Health is accredited by the Texas Medical Association to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation (CME): The Children's Health designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

For more information or questions, please contact CME office at 214-456-5168.

We’re always on the move and trying to “go places” in the quickest way possible. Learn from other leaders about how to handle challenging situations in the work environment and why it’s sometimes important to take a pause and put yourself in the patient's shoes. Together, we can better navigate life in the fast lane.

Course Overview: The conference allows you the opportunity to learn from other leaders on how to handle challenging situations and how to grow and strengthen your leadership team.

Who Should Attend: The conference is designed for nursing leaders and other healthcare professionals interested in broadening their leadership abilities.

Course Objectives:

• Learn the best way to retain staff and keep them engaged
• Understand the do's and don'ts of social media
• How to practice civility and prevent bullying in the work place
• Learn how to effectively lead your team through change
• Understand public policy and the impact it has on patient outcomes
• How to lead a multi-generational workforce
• Learn how to deescalate stressful situations and navigate difficult conversations

Approval Statement: Children’s Health Clinical Operations is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the Texas Nurses Association - Approver, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. This activity provides up to 6.5 contact hours.

For more information or questions, please contact the Rachel Borders at rachel.borders@childrens.com. 

Hematology/Oncology Nursing … It’s What You Bake It.

The Scott Storm Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Nursing Seminar will provide a comprehensive look at the care of children with cancer and blood disorders. Clinical experts will challenge participants in the areas of research, assessment, treatment modalities and supportive care.

Lecture Topics/Speakers:

• Lessons Learned in Overcoming Childhood Cancer – Jake Olson
• Targeted Treatment Options for Solid Tumors – Dr. Erin Butler
• Orthopedic Oncology Surgical Updates – Dr. Alexandra Callen
• Treatment Breakthrough for Virus in the Immunocompromised Patient Cara Zbylut, PNP
• The use of ECMO in the Critically Ill Oncology Patient Donna Taylor, ECMO Team Leader
• Transitioning the Sickle Cell Patient to Adult Care Dr. Alecia Nero
• Chronic Pain Management and the Opioid Epidemic Jim DeMasi, PNP

Who Should Attend: The content has been designed to benefit nurses and other health care providers in hospitals and ambulatory settings.

Approval Statement: Children’s Health℠ (Children’s Medical Center) is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Texas Nurses Association – Approver, an accredited approver with distinction by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. Contact Hours will be awarded.

For more information or questions, please contact Rhiannon Wilhoite at 214-456-5283 or rhiannon.wilhoite@childrens.com. 

This course will provide participants with evidenced-based, interdisciplinary management of pediatric feeding disorders. Attendees will learn about several medical diagnoses which impact feeding and how to manage utilizing an interdisciplinary team. The new diagnostic term, pediatric feeding disorder will be discussed including summary of symptoms and diagnostic criteria. Finally, the participants will learn about how to ask the right questions and identify red flags for feeding disorder symptoms.

Objectives:

• Discuss care pathways for interdisciplinary care of pediatric feeding disorders.
• Determine care needs for pediatric feeding disorders and advance care treatment options.
• Identify barriers to appropriate care for pediatric feeding disorders.
• Summarize the symptoms and proposed diagnostic criteria for pediatric feeding disorder.

Who should attend:Pediatric physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses, speech language pathologists, occupational therapists, and dieticians

CME Credit Statement:

The Children's Health designates this live activity for a maximum of 7.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

It is Children's Health’s policy that participants in CME activities should be made aware of any affiliation of financial interest that may affect the speakers' presentations. Each speaker has completed and signed a conflict of interest statement. This will be disclosed at the beginning of each presentation.

For more information or questions, please contact the CME Office at 214-456-6527 or email.

This course will provide participants with evidenced-based, multidisciplinary management techniques of pediatric dysphagia populations with multiple etiologies.

Learner Outcomes:

Upon completion of this course, all participants will be able to:

• Identify opportunities for multi-specialty management of children with feeding and swallowing disorders
• Describe impact of medical diagnoses, nutrition, motor development and family dynamics on feeding
• Describe recent and ongoing evidence based practice in the pediatric dysphagia population, (i.e. IDDSI, thickening)

 Please contact Clinical Specialist, Ashley Brown, for more information. 

This course is designed for registered nurses with at least 2 years of clinic experience who desire to pursue certification as a sexual assault nurse examiner (SANE). The course will provide the 40 hours of didactic training needed to complete certification as a pediatric sexual assault nurse examiner. The nurse will gain the knowledge and skills needed to successfully complete physical assessments in the community.

The objectives for course include but are not limited to:

• Describe appropriate evidence collection techniques
• Identify various healthcare providers and community partners and their role in caring for children who have been sexually abused
• Identify techniques and strategies to perform successful courtroom testimony
• Discuss the importance of treating the patient’s mental and physical healthcare needs

Continuing Education Hours:

• 40 Continuing Nurse Education contact hours for successful completion.
• All participants must attend all five days to receive certification.
• No partial credit will be awarded.

Accreditation: Children’s Health℠ Clinical Operations is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the Texas Nurses Association - Approver, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

For more information or questions, please contact Sandra Onyi at 214-456-6919 or sandra.onyinanya@childrens.com. 

This three-day course is designed to provide advanced practice providers cutting edge knowledge regarding critical care issues such as sepsis and shock management, cardiac emergencies, hematology/oncology issues, neurologic and respiratory conditions, ventilator management, and an introduction to extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). Special content will include a multi-professional panel discussion related to difficult conversations in the pediatric critical care setting. The course provides educational content through both didactic lectures and hands-on, high fidelity simulation sessions.

Course Objectives:

Upon completion of this workshop, participants should be able to:

• Describe the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management of conditions commonly cared for in pediatric critical care
• Demonstrate sound clinical approaches to differentiate non-urgent and emergent situations in the critical care setting
• Verbalize plans of care to address emergency situations in the critical care setting
• Apply skills to manage the care of patients in a simulated critical care setting and demonstrate effective communication during these settings
• Identify common difficult conversations that may occur in pediatric critical care and discuss identified skills to guide successful communication in these situations

Who Should Attend: This content has been designed for nurse practitioner and physician assistant students approaching graduation or who have recently graduated, and experienced nurse practitioners and physician assistants who are interested in pursuing practice in a pediatric critical care environment.

For more information or questions, please contact Cassie Limoges at 469-303-3548 or cassie.limoges@childrens.com.

This two-day telemedicine learning event gives school and health care professionals the opportunity to learn and collaborate with medical experts about how to best implement, grow and sustain an effective school telehealth program. There will be individual presentations and panel discussions on several topics, including quality health care in the school setting, policy implications, new technology and sustainability.

Conference Highlights:

• Hear from leaders within the school telehealth community on what a successful school telehealth program looks like and valuable lessons learned
• Learn about current trends in school health and how technology and innovation are expanding access to health care
• Hear from representatives of local public, private and charter schools about their own experience with school-based telemedicine programs
• Interact with industry experts to learn about the different types of technology platforms available, and visit with vendors to sample for demonstrations
• Network with colleagues who are interested in and beginning to implement other school-based telehealth programs

Who should attend: This conference is for healthcare professionals, school administrators and nurses who either want to start a telemedicine program, or are interested in learning how to advance their current program.

For more information or questions, please contact childrenstelehealth@childrens.com.