Program Description: 

SPUC weekly webinar series provides evidence based education to physicians and advance practice providers who care for children in acute care settings. The Society for Pediatric Urgent Care will provide this webinar to its members in both a real time and an archived format. SPUC weekly webinar series will feature speakers and learners interested in improving the quality of urgent care from across the nation.

Journal Club This is a review of one or more articles relevant to pediatric urgent care practice. Articles will be evaluated for methods and generalizability to pediatric urgent care. A brief section on possible practice change should also be included for each article. Journals included in this screening can include: JAMA, NEJM, PEDS, JAMA PEDS, and ACADEMIC PED, Journal of PEM.

Case Conference This is a review of 1-3 patient cases seen in pediatric urgent care. Each case should include a brief didactic discussion including any relevant evidence-based management recommendations. The presenter should also consider addressing the following variables: 1) patient safety 2) system safety 3) system efficiency 4) potential for quality improvement intervention

Evidence-based Guideline Review This is a review of a specific evidence based guideline implemented in an urgent care or ER setting. The presenter should consider discussion of the following: relevance and application potential, understanding meaningful practice variation, key performance indicators, measurable outcomes, and change management strategies.

Pediatric Urgent Care Grand Rounds This is a presentation by content experts (pediatric urgent care providers and/or pediatric sub-specialists) on topics relevant to pediatric urgent care. Topics can range from patient care, healthcare research, medical education, public health to innovation.

Quality Improvement This is a review of a quality improvement intervention implemented in a pediatric urgent care or ER setting.

Keywords: SPUC, Urgent Care, Webinars

Target audience: 
  • Physician 
  • Nurse Practitioner 
  • Physician Assistant 
  • Residents, Medical Students, Fellows
Learning objectives: 

This talk will review the evidence-based recommendations from the AAP clinical practice guideline for febrile infants, including an in depth discussion about risk stratification and shared decision-making. The talk will also review state of the art evidence to inform the management of febrile infants.

  • Evaluate the recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) febrile infant clinical practice guideline (CPG)
  • Compare the performance characteristics of the risk stratification algorithms that include procalcitonin
  • Analyze the evidence for selective lumbar punctures in febrile young infants with positive urinalyses
  • Apply shared decision-making to the management of febrile young infants using an equity lens
Faculty & credentials: 

Speaker:

Paul L. Aronson, M.D., M.H.S. 
Yale School of Medicine
 

Activity Director:

Amy Romashko, MD
Urgent Care Medical Director | Children's Wisconsin

Contact

Name: 
Carolyn Grunfelder
Phone number: 
+1 (414) 266-3806

Accreditation Statement:

The Medical College of Wisconsin is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

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

Hours of Participation for Allied Health Care Professionals:
The Medical College of Wisconsin designates this activity for up to 1.00 hours of participation for continuing education for allied health professionals.

Nurse Practitioner:
The Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc. is approved as a provider of nurse practitioner continuing education by the American Association of Nurse Practitioners: AANP Provider Number 150930. This program has been approved for up to 1.0 contact hours of continuing education (which includes 0.25 hours of pharmacology). Nurse Practitioners should claim only those hours actually spent participating in the CME activity.

MOC Part II:
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the activity and individual assessment of and feedback to the learner, enables the learner to earn up to 1 MOC points in the American Board of Pediatrics’ (ABP) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABP MOC credit.
 

Participation shared with ABP through PARS:

Individual participants’ information will be shared with ABP through the ACCME Program and Activity Reporting System (PARS).

Session date: 
01/18/2024 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm CST
Location: 
Virtual
United States
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
    AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
  • 1.00 Hours of Participation
    Hours of Participation credit.
  • 0.25 NP Pharmacology
    NP Pharmacology credit.
  • 1.00 NP Contact Hours

Please login or register to take this course.