Prevention and Early Recognition of Stroke in Children with Sickle Cell Anemia – Raj Warrier, MD, DCH, FAAP, FIAP

Objectives:

1. Explain the significance of screening all children for risk of stroke

2. Demonstrate the efficacy of initiating preventive measures

3. The Learner will be able to recommend and plan tests and therapeutic initiatives

Accreditation: The Louisiana AAP is accredited by the Texas Medical Association to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit: The Louisiana AAP designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Stop, Look, and Listen: How to pinpoint Medical Child Abuse – Paige Culotta, MD, FAAP

Objectives:

1. The learner will be able to identify patterns in medical child abuse.

2. Participants will explore characteristics that may contribute to an early diagnosis of medical child abuse victims.

3. Learners will gain the ability to plan a multidisciplinary evaluation for patients with concerns of medical child abuse.

Accreditation: The Louisiana AAP is accredited by the Texas Medical Association to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit: The Louisiana AAP designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Hematological Management of Heavy Menstrual Bleeding for the Pediatrician – Maria Velez, MD, FAAP

Objectives:

1. Describe the most common clinical presentation of bleeding disorders in girls and adolescent with heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB) or abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB)

2. Identify the most appropriate laboratory tests to evaluate a girl or adolescent with possible bleeding disorder

3. Discuss the multidisciplinary management of girls and adolescent females with bleeding disorders.

Accreditation: The Louisiana AAP is accredited by the Texas Medical Association to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit: The Louisiana AAP designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Care of Children with Cleft Lip and Palate – G Kyle Fulton, MD, FAAP

Objectives:

1. Emphasize the importance of multi-disciplinary care for children with cleft lip and palate

2. Outline overall timeline of care for children with cleft lip and palate

3. Discuss potential interventions by primary care pediatricians throughout childhood

Accreditation: The Louisiana AAP is accredited by the Texas Medical Association to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit: The Louisiana AAP designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Breeze into Pediatric Care Coordination with a New Interactive Toolkit – Julie Emory, MS

Objectives:

1. Assemble a clinic team to assess care coordination services and set improvement targets.

2. Assess the clinic’s care coordination services using the care coordination capacity checklist or other quality improvement tool (QI).

3. Develop an implementation plan for an improvement target using the toolkit worksheets or other quality improvement tool.

4. Access the regional pediatric referral guides (regional resource guide).

Accreditation: The Louisiana AAP is accredited by the Texas Medical Association to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit: The Louisiana AAP designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Physician Contracts: Beyond the Compensation – Michael Johnson, Esq.

Accreditation: The Louisiana AAP is accredited by the Texas Medical Association to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit: The Louisiana AAP designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Introduction to the WIC Program – Mia Rowe, MPH and Patty Abraham, MPH, RDN, CDCES, LDN

Accreditation: The Louisiana AAP is accredited by the Texas Medical Association to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit: The Louisiana AAP designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Louisiana Syphilis Update – John Vanchiere, MD, PhD, FAAP

Accreditation: The Louisiana AAP is accredited by the Texas Medical Association to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit: The Louisiana AAP designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

The Epidemic Before the Pandemic: E-Cigarette and Vaping Associated Lung Injury – David Swetland, MD, FAAP

Accreditation: The Louisiana AAP is accredited by the Texas Medical Association to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit: The Louisiana AAP designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Website Content for an Effective Website Presence – Dan Feiten, MD, FAAP and Rebecca Schaad

Accreditation: The Louisiana AAP is accredited by the Texas Medical Association to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit: The Louisiana AAP designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics Basics: Pediatric Neurodevelopmental Assessment – Robert Voigt, MD

Accreditation: The Louisiana AAP is accredited by the Texas Medical Association to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit: The Louisiana AAP designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

First Contact Headache in Primary Care: Migraine in Pediatrics – Jessica Gautreaux, MD

Accreditation: The Louisiana AAP is accredited by the Texas Medical Association to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit: The Louisiana AAP designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.