Description: 

Pediatric medicine is a rapidly evolving field. In light of this there will often be a gap between physicians' current knowledge on how to handle difficult cases and thus it will impact their competence and may adversely affect patient outcomes. The goal of this conference is to close the gap between physicians' current knowledge with discussion of current pediatric and pediatric intensive care journal articles to generate discussions about how to manage patients and diseases so all physicians and healthcare professionals caring for the children in Sutter Children's Center have the most updated knowledge.

Target Audience: 

Nurse Practitioner (NP)

Nurse, Registered (RN)

Physician Assistant (PA)

Learning Objectives:

After Attending this Activity, Learners Should be Able to:

 1. Critique 1-2 scientific research articles pertaining to pediatric critical care that identifies care and treatment options for optimal treatment of complex and unusual pediatric illnesses.

2. Discuss direct application of reviewed study results with pediatric sub-specialists.

3. Evaluate the role of social determinants of health, including cultural and linguistic factors, and the impact of clinician implicit biases which may negatively impair desired health outcome results and proactively address these barriers in any consideration of new practice implementation. 

Providing Culturally Appropriate Care which is Free of Implicit Biases (AB 1195 & 241):

Learners are strongly encouraged to engage in self-directed learning related to the impact of implicit biases in this clinical area via the references provided below:

1. Raphael, J. & Oyeku, S. (2020). Implicit bias in pediatrics: An emerging focus in health equity research. Pediatrics, 145(5). https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2020-0512
2. O’Gurek, D. & Henkr, C. (2018). A Practical Approach to Screening for Social Determinants of Health. American Academy of Family Physicians. https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2018/0500/p7.html 

Disclosure of Financial or In-Kind Commercial Support & Conflict of Interest

No one involved in the planning or presentation of this educational activity have any relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. No financial or in-kind commercial support was received to produce or promote this educational activity.   

– Provider Designee/Verification:  Kerri Maya, MSL, RN