Program Description: 

The Wisconsin Child Abuse Network (WI CAN) Educational Series consists of statewide, web-based lectures and case-based discussions on various topics related to child maltreatment delivered and led by subject matter experts.  The target audience consists of physicians, advanced practice providers, nurses, other allied health professionals, law enforcement officials, social workers and attorneys.  The goal of the educational series is to improve the recognition of child maltreatment and management of cases when child maltreatment is a concern.

Activity Director
Lynn K. Sheets, MD, FAAP
Child Abuse Pediatrician
Medical Director, Child Advocacy and Protection Services
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin
Professor of Pediatrics
Section Chief, Child Advocacy and Protection
Medical College of Wisconsin

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

AMA Credit Designation Statement
The Medical College of Wisconsin designates this live activity a maximum of 2.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.  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 2.0 hours of participation for continuing education for allied health professionals.

Nursing Contact Hours
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Wisconsin Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. 

Nurses who successfully complete each monthly activity will receive 1.0 nursing contact hours.  Nurses who successfully complete each quarterly activity will receive 2.0 nursing contact hours.

Social Work Contact Hours
Children’s Hospital and Health System, provider #1021 is approved as a provider for continuing education by The Association of Social Work Boards 400 South Ridge Parkway, Suite B, Culpepper, VA 22701. www.aswb.org.  ASWB Approval Period: 01/29/13 through 01/29/19.  Social workers should contact their regulatory board to determine course approval.  Social workers will receive 1.2 continuing education clock hours for participating in this course.

Attorney Legal Credits - Not available for On-Demand Webinars

Target audience: 
  • Pediatricians
  • Emergency Medicine Providers
  • Family Medicine Providers
  • Physician Assistants
  • Advanced Practice Nurses
  • Allied Health Care Professionals
  • Social Workers
  • Law Enforcement Professionals
  • Attorneys
Learning objectives: 

Learning Objectives

  • Improve detection of child maltreatment.
  • Understand the health care provider’s role in reporting and evaluating children suspected of being maltreated.
  • Appropriately consider other conditions that could be mistaken for child maltreatment.
  • Describe a Wisconsin law that is relevant to the child maltreatment topic.
Faculty & credentials: 

Disclosures
In accordance with the ACCME® standard for Commercial Support Number 6, all in control of content disclosed any relevant financial relationships. The following in control of content had no relevant financial relationships to disclose:

Planning Committee
Lynn K. Sheets, MD, FAAP
Jennifer Yates, MS, FNP-BC
Amanda Palm, PA-C
Connie Klick, MSW
Thomas Fallon, JD
Kathy Ardellini

Speakers
Casey Brown, MD
Medical Staff Member, Milwaukee Child Advocacy Center
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin
Fellow, Child Abuse Pediatrics
Medical College of Wisconsin

Judy Guinn, MD
Child Abuse Pediatrician, Milwaukee Child Advocacy Center
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin

Kelly Hodges, MD
Pediatrician, Milwaukee Child Advocacy Center
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Medical College of Wisconsin

Rita Kadamian, DNP, FNP-BC
Doctorate Level Nurse Practitioner
Racine and Kenosha Child Advocacy Centers
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin

Barbara L. Knox, MD *
Child Abuse Pediatrician, Child Protection Program
American Family Children's Hospital
Professor of Pediatrics
UW School of Medicine and Public Health

Hillary Petska, MD
Child Abuse Pediatrician, Child Advocacy and Protection Services
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Medical College of Wisconsin

Michael Porte, MD
Neonatologist
American Family Children's Hospital
UW School of Medicine and Public Health

Angela Rabbitt, DO
Child Abuse Pediatrician, Child Advocacy and Protection Services
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Medical College of Wisconsin

Lynn K. Sheets, MD, FAAP
Child Abuse Pediatrician, Medical Director, Child Advocacy and Protection Services
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin
Professor of Pediatrics
Section Chief, Child Advocacy and Protection
Medical College of Wisconsin

Vincent Tranchida, MD
Medical Examiner
Dane County Medical Examiner's Office

David Wargowski, MD
American Family Children's Hospital
Departments of Pediatrics and Medical Genetics
UW School of Medicine and Public Health


*Disclosure
In accordance with the ACCME® standard for Commercial Support Number 6, all in control of content disclosed any relevant financial relationships. These relationships were reviewed via the MCW conflict of interest resolution process and resolved:
Barbara L. Knox, MD, receives royalty payments from STM Learning (book publisher) as an author of a book on Abusive Head Trauma.

Contact

Name: 
Kathy Ardellini
Phone number: 
+1 (414) 266-2125
Series date: 
01/02/2017 - 12:00pm CST to 12/31/2019 - 1:00pm CST
Series location: 
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin - Web Based
9000 W. Wisconsin Ave
TO ATTEND THIS SESSION please contact Kathy Ardellini at kardellini@chw.org or 414-266-2125 for further information.
Wauwatosa, WI 53226
United States