Connecticut Children's Grand Rounds
By: Connecticut Children's
Language: en
Categories: Health, Fitness, Medicine, Science, Life, Mental
Pediatric Grand Rounds at Connecticut Children's provides pediatric practitioners with high-quality, evidenced-based continuing medical education that is both practical and cutting edge.
Episodes
1.6.25 Pediatric Grand Rounds " The Federal Medicaid Landscape: How Medicaid Policy Changes are Impacting The Health of Children and Families" by Paul Kidwell & Robert Duncan, MBA
Jan 06, 2026Event Objectives:
Understand why Medicaid matters for Connecticut Children’s, our patients and their familiesLearn about Connecticut Children’s partners in Medicaid advocacyDiscuss how Medicaid policy changes are likely to impact children and families in 2026Claim CME Credit Here!
Duration: 00:59:03Pediatric Podcast Pearls "Common Dental Topics in Pediatric Practice" by Ronald Albert, MD
Jan 05, 2026Event Objectives:
Identify risk factors for rapid decay developmentWhat strategies can families implement at home to reduce decay riskClaim CME Credit Here!
Duration: 00:31:0612.19.25 Ask the Experts, "Hep B, Measles, and Flu, Oh My! Updates from Infectious Diseases", by Laura Kvenvold, MD
Dec 19, 2025Event Objectives:
Evaluate evidence for newborn dose of hepatitis B vaccine in light of new ACIP recommendations.Review epidemiology and diagnosis of measles.Discuss updates about the 2025-2026 influenza season, including vaccines and treatment.Claim CME Credit Here!
Duration: 01:01:5512.16.25 Pediatric Grand Rounds "Pediatric Burn Injury" by Ema Zubovic, MD
Dec 16, 2025Event Objectives:
Identify updated vocabulary for burn classification.Identify appropriate initial dressings for acute burn injury.Understand complications of burn injury and their prevention.Claim CME Credit Here!
Duration: 00:54:3612.12.25 Ask the Experts, "Understanding PANS, PANDAS, and Sydenham Chorea: clinical insights, evidence for inflammation, and treatment approaches", by Frankovich, Jennifer MD
Dec 12, 2025Event Objectives:
Recognize post-streptococcal neuroimmune conditions by identifying their hallmark features and understanding the epidemiological evidence for strep-associated neuropsychiatric conditions.List three objective signs of inflammation that can be observed on skin and joint examOutline the general principles for treating post-streptococcal inflammatory disorders.Claim CME Credit Here!
Duration: 01:00:0312.9.25 Pediatric Grand Rounds, "Vesicoureteral Reflux in the 21st Century" by Daniel Herz, MD
Dec 09, 2025Event Objectives:
History of VUR ManagementMaking sense of the dataEstablish a management philosophy that prioritizes renal risk from an individual and population based perspectiveClaim CME Credit Here!
Duration: 00:46:2812.2.25 Pediatric Grand Rounds, "Fetal Fentanyl Syndrome: A New Teratogenic Disorder" by William Brucker, MD
Dec 03, 2025Event Objectives:
Discuss historical risk factors associated with fetal fentanyl syndrome.Review physical exam findings associated with Fetal Fentanyl Syndrome.Discuss transient abnormalities in 7 and 8-dehydrocholesterol associated with fetal fentanyl syndrome.Claim CME Credit Here!
Duration: 00:59:58Pediatric Podcast Pearls: "Triage & De-escalation: Acute Adolescent Crisis Management" by Amy Signore, PhD
Dec 01, 2025Event Objectives:
Assess and stratify the immediate risk for self-harm or harm to others in adolescents presenting with suicidal ideation (SI), guiding appropriate triage decisions (e.g., home, EMPS, ER).Utilize effective in-office de-escalation strategies and immediately establish core safety measures for pediatric patients experiencing an acute psychological crisis.Integrate knowledge of adolescent confidentiality laws and high-risk factors (trauma, LGBTQ+ status) to structure challenging patient encounters and determine appropriate parental involvement.Claim CME Credit Here!
Duration: 00:26:1611.25.25 Pediatric Grand Rounds, "Pediatric Spine Deformities Beyond Scoliosis" by John Stelzer, MD
Nov 26, 2025Event Objectives:
Increase knowledge and awareness of spinal deformities other than idiopathic scoliosis.Discuss evaluation and treatment of spine disorders in the outpatient setting.Identify when to refer spine patients to spine specialists.Claim CME Credit Here!
Duration: 00:47:1411.21.25 Ask the Experts, "Clicks, Likes, and Limits - What Physicians Need to Know About Healthy Tech Use", by Michael Robb, PhD
Nov 24, 2025Event Objectives:
Discuss the latest research findings on media and technology use among children and adolescents.Gain practical guidance on promoting healthy media habits.Claim CME Credit Here!
Duration: 00:58:4311.18.25 Pediatric Grand Rounds, "Neuroprotection in the Preterm Infant: Effects of age, sex and drugs" by Ted Rosenkrantz, MD
Nov 18, 2025Event Objectives:
List perinatal conditions that lead to brain injury.List neuroprotective therapies shown to protect the brain in term infant and harm the brain in preterm infants.Understand that different therapies may benefit one sex and harm the other sex.Claim CME Credit Here!
Duration: 00:58:1911.11.25 Pediatric Grand Rounds, "Improving Outcomes and the Patient Experience in Pediatric Neurosurgery" by Matthew Smyth, MD
Nov 12, 2025Event Objectives:
Identify options for Chiari malformation surgery, craniofacial surgery and epilepsy surgery in children that optimize outcomes while providing less invasive alternatives.Claim CME Credit Here!
Duration: 00:59:0111.4.25 Pediatric Podcast Pearls "Building Collaborative Networks to Establish Pediatric Emergency and Critical Care Fellowship in Low-Resource Settings: Ethiopian Experience" by Tigist Bacha, MD, MPH
Nov 04, 2025Event Objectives:
Review the need for a Pediatric Emergency and Critical Care (PECC) fellowship in low-resource settings.Discuss the challenges, opportunities, and lessons learned in developing a PECC fellowship in resource-limited environments.Explore the role of international collaboration in the success and sustainability of PECC fellowship programs.Claim CME Credit Here!
Duration: 00:53:06Pediatric Podcast Pearls: "Pediatric Dermatology: Tips and Tricks for the Primary Care Provider" by Keri Wallace, MD
Nov 03, 2025Event Objectives:
Design initial acne treatment regimens that minimize irritation and improve adherence.Select appropriate topical treatments for pediatric atopic dermatitis, including steroid potency, vehicle, and indications for non-steroidal agents.Claim CME Credit Here!
Duration: 00:30:4110.28.25 Pediatric Grand Rounds, "A Personal Perspective on Substance Use Disorder in the Family" by John Lally, APRN, MA and Laura Lally, RN
Oct 28, 2025Event Objectives:
Identify at least two stigmatizing words and alternatives.Discuss the correlation between mental health and substance abuse.Claim CME Credit Here!
Duration: 01:00:1310.21.25 Pediatric Grand Rounds, "Some of My Favorite Infectious Stories: 1977 - 2025" by Henry Feder, MD
Oct 21, 2025Event Objectives:
Become familiar with the bullous eruption of atypical hand, foot, mouth disease.Understand the concept of a bat bite.Clarify that "Chronic Lyme disease" defined as, persistent infection despite antibiotic therapy, has never been scientifically shown.Claim CME Credit Here!
Duration: 01:00:1010.17.25 Ask the Experts, "Finding focus: Mindful & equitable management of ADHD for Primary Care", by Robert Keder, MD
Oct 17, 2025Event Objectives:
Utilize core features of the MTA study when managing ADHD in school age children.Describe the role of neurodiversity in providing equitable behavior management for children with ADHD.Employ mindful medication management strategies for school age children with ADHD.Recognize ecosystem/environmental factors affecting children with ADHD in schools.Claim CME Credit Here!
Duration: 01:00:0210.14.25 Pediatric Grand Rounds, "Integrating Science with Care: The Development of a Partner Driven Team-Based Model of CBT for Youth Anxiety" by Jennifer Freeman, PhD
Oct 14, 2025Event Objectives:
Review the evolution of training tools and a partner-driven team-based outpatient approach to CBT for pediatric anxiety.Discuss how team-based models can expand the mental health workforce and improve access to quality care.Identify strategies to accelerate and scale innovative training and workforce development solutions to address the youth anxiety crisis.Claim CME Credit Here!
Duration: 00:57:5210.7.25 Pediatric Grand Rounds, "Joint Effort: Collaborating for Clarity in Pediatric Rheumatology Referrals" by Heather Tory, MD, MPH, CPPS
Oct 07, 2025Event Objectives:
Identify common referrals in pediatric rheumatology and utilize resources available for guidance.Apply evidence-based approach to the initial evaluation of patients presenting with musculoskeletal complaints.Differentiate clinical features suggestive of inflammatory versus non-inflammatory etiology of symptoms in patients presenting with musculoskeletal complaints.Claim CME Credit Here!
Duration: 00:59:44Pediatric Podcast Pearls: "ENT Topics" by Rachelle Wareham, MD
Oct 06, 2025Event Objectives:
Discuss appropriate guidelines for treating or observing without initial treatment acute otitis media in infants and children.Review guidelines for tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy in childrenReview guidelines for referral to otolaryngology for tympanostomy tube placement.Review diagnosis and treatment of chronic sinusitis in children.Claim CME Credit Here!
Duration: 00:32:449.30.25 Pediatric Grand Rounds, "ABI & PEDIATRICS" by Victor Darr, BA, CBIS
Sep 30, 2025Event Objectives:
Define at least five key terms related to brain injury, including acquired brain injury (ABI) and traumatic brain injury (TBI).List at least three common causes of ABI and TBI.Distinguish at least four key differences between pediatric and adult brain injury.Claim CME Credit Here!
Duration: 00:54:089.23.25 Pediatric Grand Rounds, "Bridging Gaps in Pediatric Sickle Cell Disease: Developing a Provider-Focused Intervention to Address Implicit Bias" by Siddika Mulchan, PsyD
Sep 23, 2025Event Objectives:
Identify at least two systemic factors contributing to poor health outcomes in youth with sickle cell disease.Explain the impact of provider bias on health outcomes in pediatric sickle cell disease.Describe two bias-mitigating strategies that can be used by health care providers.Claim CME Credit Here!
Duration: 00:53:509.19.24 Ask the Experts, "Providing Early Relational Health Simply and Reducing Burnout", Barry Zuckerman, MD
Sep 23, 2025Event Objectives:
Review Historical Basis for Early Relational Health SimplyLearn how to easily implement Early Relational Health in Primary CareExplain how to best support parents in the first 6 months after the birth of a babyClaim CME Credit Here!
Duration: 00:57:139.16.25 Pediatric Grands, "Surgical and Medical Frontiers in Pediatric Obesity: Evidence, Barriers, and Opportunities" by Cornelia Griggs, MD
Sep 16, 2025Event Objectives:
Describe the current epidemiology of pediatric obesity, including prevalence, comorbidities, and the clinical consequences of underdiagnosis.Evaluate the evidence regarding the safety and effectiveness of metabolic/bariatric surgery and pharmacotherapy (e.g., GLP-1 receptor agonists) as treatment options for adolescents with severe obesity.Identify barriers to care—including stigma, provider bias, and limited access—and propose strategies to improve referral patterns, equity, and outcomes in pediatric obesity management.Claim CME Credit Here!
Duration: 00:58:589.9.25 Pediatric Grand Rounds, "Informed Consent in the Current Medical Malpractice Climate: Strategies to Mitigate Risk", by Joyce Lagnese, JD
Sep 09, 2025Event Objectives:
Construct Informed Consent practices that comply with the legal requirements under CT lawIdentify circumstances that justify engaging in treatments without informed consentAppreciate the negative medicolegal consequences for failure to procure adequate informed consentClaim CME Credit Here!
Duration: 01:00:109.2.25 Pediatric Grand Rounds, "Successes and Challenges in Pediatric Cancer: The Children’s Oncology Group (COG) Perspective", by Douglas S. Hawkins, MD
Sep 02, 2025Event Objectives:
Understand the role of the Children’s Oncology Group in pediatric cancer research.Describe the potential for molecular profiling to guide pediatric cancer treatment and barriers to implementation.Describe barriers to new agent development in pediatric oncology.Claim CME Credit Here!
Duration: 00:58:39Pediatric Podcast Pearls: "Connecticut's Birth to Three System: Information for Families and Professionals" Rebecca Smith and Bethanne Vergean
Sep 01, 2025Event Objectives:
A overview for Pediatricians on the referral process for Birth to Three providing a better understanding on how the process works when to referral or when to provide resources for Help Me Grow 211 Child Development and Sparkler.Claim CME Credit Here!
Duration: 00:34:596.20.25 Ask The Experts "Measles and Other Vaccine Preventable Infections" by Henry Feder, MD and John Schreiber, MD
Jun 26, 2025Event Objectives:
Understand the conditions of immunization and American Public Health circa 1920.Claim CME Credit Here!
Duration: 01:07:256.24.25 Pediatric Grand Rounds, "A Decade of Transformation at Connecticut Children’s: Advances in Clinical Care, Education and Research", by Juan C Salazar, MD, MPH, FAAP
Jun 24, 2025Event Objectives:
To provide a historical perspective for how Connecticut Children’s has influenced pediatric health care in our region.To better understand the trajectory of the Department of Pediatrics within the framework of Connecticut Children’s and the University of Connecticut School of Medicine.To summarize key advancements in pediatric research, education and clinical care, over the past 12 years.Claim CME Credit Here!
Duration: 00:56:026.17.25 "Invisible Wounds: Understanding the Needs of Pediatric Sepsis Survivors" by Mallory Perry-Eaddy, PhD, RN
Jun 17, 2025Event Objectives:
Describe the long-term impact of pediatric sepsis on survivors and families with a focus on post-intensive care syndrome in children (PICS-p) and unmet needs after discharge.Highlight the role of translational and outcomes research in improving follow-up care with examples from the Persist-PICU study and other related projects.Examine the role of implicit bias in shaping health outcomes including disparities in sepsis recognition treatment and follow-up care among marginalized pediatric populations.Claim CME Credit Here!
Duration: 00:45:106.3.25 Pediatric Grand Rounds, "Resident & Fellow Research Day", by Caroline Figgie, MD Surabhi Khasgiwala, MD Akshaya Sekar, DO Libby Ekman, MD
Jun 03, 2025Event Objectives:
Learn about two measures of weight stigma: weight bias internalization and weight-based teasing.Understand the characteristics associated with higher weight bias internalization in adolescents with Type 1 diabetes mellitus.Share findings of three PDSA cycles initiated to improve utilization metrics of medication historians in the inpatient setting.Discuss future goals to help improve metrics further.Identify cost drivers and potential areas for optimizing ADHD pharmacologic treatment under Medicaid with a focus on high-expenditure medications.Explore conditions that promote growth and toxin production by the Klebsiella oxytoca species complex.Review experimental model to explore link between endogenous glycan... Duration: 01:02:355.27.25 Pediatric Grand Rounds, "An Update on Outpatient Spinal Disorders", by Brian G. Smith, MD
May 27, 2025Event Objectives:
Increase knowledge and awareness of Outpatient Spinal Disorders.Identify when to refer spine patients.Discuss what is new in outpatient care of spine disorders.Claim CME Credit Here!
Duration: 00:58:195.20.25 Pediatric Grand Rounds, "A Renaissance in the Understanding and Management of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)", by Julie Khlevner, MD
May 20, 2025Event Objectives:
Understand the symptom based ROME IV Criteria for diagnosing pediatric irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).Recognize the current concepts in pathogenesis of IBS.Review the diagnostic approach and current treatment strategies for pediatric IBS.Claim CME Credit Here!
Duration: 01:00:375.16.25 Ask the Experts, "A Classroom Every Week: The National Overdose Crisis and the Role of Pediatric Clinicians" or the "Worst of Times", Scott Hadland, MD, MPH, FAAP
May 19, 2025Event Objectives:
Describe the epidemiology of substance use and its harms in adolescents and young adults (“youth”)Ensure evidence-based prevention screening treatment and harm reduction for youthClaim CME Credit Here!
Duration: 00:58:355.13.25 Pediatric Grand Rounds, "Penicillin Allergy in 2025", by Roland Solensky, MD
May 13, 2025Event Objectives
Recall and summarize the role of allergy testing and challenge in diagnosis of penicillin allergy.Describe the detrimental clinical consequences of being labeled penicillin allergic.Apply their knowledge to de-label penicillin allergy in their practice.Claim CME Credit here!
Duration: 00:58:005.6.25 Pediatric Grand Rounds, "Detective to Doctor: Sexual Harm Patterns and Insights from a Seasoned Investigator", by retired detective Alison Sullivan
May 06, 2025Event Objectives:
Have assumptions related to sexual harm challenged in addition to gaining new insights on the subject.Claim CME Credit Here!
Duration: 00:57:20Pediatric Podcast Pearls: "Allergy Updates" by Gavin Schwarz MD
May 05, 2025Event Objectives:
Review appropriate use of allergy medications including side effects.Understand the role and risks/benefits of allergy immunotherapy.Discuss updates in food allergy management.Claim CME Credit Here!
Duration: 00:34:044.29.25 Pediatric Grand Rounds, "SOS! Is it AHT or SBS?", Angela Doswell, MD
Apr 30, 2025Event Objectives:
Explore the history and evolution of terms related to non-accidental head trauma in infants.Describe the clinical characteristics of abusive head trauma (AHT).Discuss strategies to identify infants at risk for AHT.Claim CME Credit Here!
Duration: 00:51:534.25.25 Ask the Experts, "Updates in Pediatric Pharmacotherapy: The Gene Therapy Frontier", by Paulette Grocki, PharmD, MBA, BCPS
Apr 25, 2025Event Objectives:
Describe the different types of gene therapy.Describe the different vectors used.Describe some of the FDA approved products in pediatrics.Claim CME Credit Here!
Duration: 00:57:024.22.25 Pediatric Grand Rounds, "State of the Art: Advances in Interventional Pediatric and Congenital Cardiology" by Irfan Warsy, MD, Caitlin Heyden, DO, Cesar Igor Mesia, MD, and Shailendra Upadhyay, MD, CEPS, FHRS
Apr 22, 2025Event Objectives:
Review the Historical Progression of Interventional Cardiology in Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease.Highlight Cutting-Edge Catheter-Based Therapies for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Conditions.Understand Contemporary Catheter-Based Arrhythmia Management Options in Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease.Claim CME Credit Here!
Duration: 01:03:204.15.25 Pediatric Grand Rounds, "Prevention Plushies and Paralegals: the Full Continuum of Trauma Care", by Marion Henry, MD
Apr 17, 2025Event Objectives:
Discuss how trauma care starts well before the trauma bay and lasts long after.Explain additional resources beyond the surgical trauma team that lead to best outcomes in trauma care.Consider how addressing mental health and legal challenges can help in trauma recovery.Claim CME Credit Here!
Duration: 00:56:304.8.25 Pediatric Grand Rounds, "NKOTB - Pediatric Dermatology Therapeutic Update for the Pediatrician", Keri Wallace, MD, FAAP
Apr 08, 2025Event Objectives:
List the topical medications approved by the FDA for use in pediatric dermatologic diseases in the past five years.Describe the general risks and benefits of recently-approved systemic medications approved for use in pediatric dermatologic diseases.Claim CME Credit Here!
Duration: 00:57:56Pediatric Podcast Pearls: "Pain Treatment in the Pediatric Primary Care Setting Topics" William Zempsky, MD
Apr 07, 2025Event Objectives:
How does pain present at different developmental age groups.Assessment of pain.Treatment of acute and chronic pain.Brief discussion of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome.Claim CME Credit Here!
Duration: 00:29:494.1.25 Pediatric Grand Rounds, "Addressing Trauma and Gun Violence Prevention", Nicole Hockley - Sandy Hook Promise Foundation
Apr 01, 2025Event Objectives:
Provide pediatric healthcare professionals with the knowledge strategies and actionable recommendations on addressing trauma mental health challenges and gun violence within the pediatric population.Claim CME Credit Here!
Duration: 00:57:543.21.25 Ask the Experts, "Eating Disorders in Boys and Men", by Jason Nagata, MD, MSc
Mar 25, 2025Event Objectives:
Recognize gender differences in the presentation of eating disorders in adolescents and young adults.Describe characteristics of disordered eating behaviors for weight loss and for muscle-enhancement.Identify gaps in medical treatment guidelines for boys and men with eating disorders.Claim CME Credit Here!
Duration: 00:58:553.25.25 Pediatric Grand Rounds "A Panel Discussion on Gender Affirming Care in a Changing Sociopolitical Environment: The Mental Health Impacts" by Drs. Melissa Santos, John Brancato, and Christine Skurkis
Mar 25, 2025Event Objectives:
Discuss the research on the mental health of transgender and gender diverse youth.Analyze the legislative efforts to limit access to gender affirming care for youth.Review the perspectives of parents and caregivers of transgender youth.Claim CME Credit Here!
Duration: 00:57:513.18.25 Pediatric Grand Rounds "The Art and Science of Intestinal Failure Management" by Tom Jaksic, MD, PhD
Mar 18, 2025Event Objectives:
Define pediatric intestinal failure and evaluate its prognosis.Create a successful nutritional medical and surgical plan for children with pediatric intestinal failure.Identify remaining challenges in the treatment of pediatric intestinal failure.Claim CME Credit Here!
Duration: 00:55:083.11.25 Pediatric Grand Rounds "Fetal Imaging: Past Present and Future" by Pamela Ketwaroo, MD
Mar 11, 2025Event Objectives:
List common indications for fetal MRI.Discuss improvements in the last 2 decades of fetal imaging.Known when patients might be a candidate for prenatal intervention.Claim CME Credit Here!
Duration: 00:57:423.4.25 Pediatric Grand Rounds "Evaluation and Management of Hypertension in Children and Adolescents" by Robyn Matloff, MD, MPH
Mar 04, 2025Event Objectives:
Familiarize yourself with the 2017 updated definitions suggested work up and treatment of pediatric hypertension.Understand the acute and long term complications of pediatric hypertension.Obtain a basic understanding of indications and interpretation of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring.Claim CME Credit Here!
Duration: 00:58:58Pediatric Podcast Pearls: "Assessing Autism Spectrum Disorder in Primary Care Pediatrics" Katharine Zuckerman, MD
Mar 03, 2025Event Objectives:
Understand the diagnostic criteria for autism spectrum disorderUnderstand the components of an autism diagnostic assessmentUnderstand services children need after the diagnosis of autism or another developmental disabilityClaim CME Credit Here!
Duration: 00:28:452.25.25 Pediatric Grand Rounds "Pediatric Wilderness Medicine" by Noah Jablow, MD, FAWM
Feb 25, 2025Event Objectives:
Discuss the various components that comprise the field of wilderness medicine.Review the expectations for children of various ages when in the wilderness.Identify preventive care strategies for pediatric patients with regard to wilderness injuries and exposures.Claim CME Credit Here!
Duration: 00:53:582.21.25 Ask the Experts, "Weight Loss Management" by Jessica Williams, MD, FAAP, D-ABOM and Anthony Angotta, PA-C
Feb 21, 2025Event Objectives:
Discuss the approach to medication management for pediatric obesityIdentify common medications for obesity treatment and consider risks, benefits of each classUnderstand the strategies for best efficacy and tolerance of medication treatmentClaim CME Credit Here!
Duration: 01:00:152.18.25 Pediatric Grand Rounds "Educate Before You Advocate: How to Keep Children at the Center of Federal Lawmaking" by Elizabeth Brown, MPS
Feb 18, 2025Event Objectives:
Explain how the Children's Hospital Association advocates with policymakers to ensure children's access to healthcare.Describe the current political climate in Washington, D.C.Claim CME Credit Here!
Duration: 00:59:272.11.25 Pediatric Grand Rounds "Pediatric Hearing Loss: CMV Genetics and Funky Anatomy" by Margaret Kenna, MD, MPH
Feb 12, 2025Event Objectives:
Understand basic diagnostic tests for congenital CMV hearing loss genes and utility of CT vs. MRI temporal bone imaging.Use the HL algorithm to develop an effective diagnostic strategy for unilateral/bilateral sensorineural and mixed hearing loss.Find causes that are potentially treatable dangerous if missed or affect prognosis.Understand role of emerging gene therapy.Claim CME Credit Here!
Duration: 00:58:012.4.25 Pediatric Grand Rounds "Global Health Initiative in Republic of Mauritius to Reduce Neonatal Mortality" By Arvin Bundhoo, MD
Feb 04, 2025Event Objectives:
Defining GH in 2025GH and Newborn HealthOverview of a GH initiative in republic of MauritiusClaim CME Credit Here!
Duration: 00:52:28Pediatric Podcast Pearls: "Talking to Teens About Sex: A Guide for Healthcare Providers" Alyssa Bennett, MD
Feb 03, 2025Event Objectives:
Discuss approaches to support the development of healthy sexual relationships in teens (ie sexual attractions, consent, STI and pregnancy prevention.
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1.28.25 Pediatric Grand Rounds "Children's Legal Rights to Prompt and Individualized Services: Accessing Medically, Developmentally, and Educationally Necessary Supports for Children" by Sarah Eagan, JD
Jan 28, 2025Event Objectives:
Discuss basic knowledge regarding children's rights under federal and state law to necessary services.Discuss legal entitlements including: Medicaid Americans with Disabilities Act and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.Discuss common barriers to services faced by children and families and advocacy strategies to remedy these barriers.Claim CME Credit Here!
Duration: 00:58:311.24.25 Ask The Experts "Kawasaki Disease: How to Find It and How to Treat It" by Jane C. Burns, MD
Jan 24, 2025Event Objectives:
Identify key pitfalls that lead to the missed diagnosis of KD.Discuss changes in AHA recommendations for treatment.Understand current initiatives to create a diagnostic test for KD.
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1.21.25 Pediatric Grand Rounds "Prenatal Repair of Myelomeningocele: Past, Present and Future" by Timothy Crombleholme, MD and David Hersh, MD
Jan 21, 2025Event Objectives:
Understand the problem with neurulation in the development of open neural tube defects and the “second hit hypothesis."Understand the results of the MOMS Trial and the implications for prenatal repair myelomeningocele.Understand the limitations of our current approach to prenatal myelomeningocele repair and technical advances which have the potential to improve outcomes in the future.
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1.14.25 Pediatric Grand Rounds "Change from Within: A 10-Year Journey to Improve Health in Five Wellville Communities" by Rick Brush
Jan 14, 2025Event Objectives:
Describe effective strategies to improve long-term community health and wellbeing.Differentiate collaborative approaches from individual efforts to improve health.Apply insights to health-improvement opportunities that would benefit from greater alignment and coordination among stakeholders.
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1.7.25 Pediatric Grand Rounds "Innovative Strategies for Improving Personal Wellness and Workplace Culture in Pediatrics" by Karen Moody, MD
Jan 07, 2025Event Objectives:
Apply a validated self-evaluation measure of burnout and/or wellness and determine the meaning of their score.Describe the implementation and benefits of a meaningful recognition program on staff culture burnout and wellness.Explain the roles of institutional leaders healthy policy makers and staff members in addressing the epidemic of burnout.
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Pediatric Podcast Pearls: "How to Improve Pediatric Sleep" by Lynelle Schneeberg, PsyD
Jan 06, 2025Event Objectives:
Discuss how undiagnosed sleep apnea could be related to a diagnosis of ADHD.Describe why a child who can self-soothe is likely to be a better sleeper.
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12.20.24 Ask the Experts, "Chasing Covid-19 Variants", by Paul Offit, MD
Dec 20, 2024Event Objectives:
Understand the thinking behind a routine Covid-19 vaccine recommendation for everyone in the US over 6 months of age.Understand the thinking behind updating yearly Covid-19 vaccines.
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12.17.24 Pediatric Grand Rounds "The Clinical Utility of a Genetic Evaluation for Congenital Heart Disease" by Amy Roberts, MD
Dec 17, 2024Event Objectives:
Identify specific subtypes of CHD that are most likely of an identifiable genetic etiology.Evaluate for the common comorbidities associated with the most common cardiovascular genetic diagnoses.
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12.10.24 Pediatric Grand Rounds, "Firearm Injury Epidemiology and Prevention" by Douglas Wiebe, PhD
Dec 13, 2024Event Objectives:
Describe the mortality burden of firearm injuries in America.Describe the Haddon Matrix as a framework for identifying opportunities to prevent firearm injury.Articulate how features of the built and social environment contribute to firearm injury and death.Explain the potential for firearm buy-back programs to help prevent firearm injury and death.
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12.3.24 Pediatric Grand Rounds, "Facial Paralysis: Evaluation and Management of Congenital and Acquired Palsies in the Pediatric Patient" by Ema Zubovic
Dec 04, 2024Event Objectives:
Identify the common etiologies of facial paralysis presenting in childhood.Describe the clinical examination and evaluation of a child with facial paralysis.Describe the surgical approach to facial reanimation.
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Pediatric Podcast Pearls: "Pediatric Ophthalmology for The Primary Care Physician" by Majida Gaffar, MD
Dec 02, 2024Event Objectives:
Determine referral criteria in visually significant ocular conditionsDiscuss treatment options for various types of conjunctivitis
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11.26.24 Pediatric Grand Rounds, "Neonatology: My Research Career as a Curious Doctor" by Leonard Eisenfeld, MD
Nov 26, 2024Event Objectives:
Understand team work in initiating research.Appreciate defining problems.Understand the importance of providing solutions to clinical problems.
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11.22.24 Ask the Experts, "Talking with Children About War and Other Humanitarian Crises in the News", by David Schonfeld, MD
Nov 25, 2024Event Objectives:
Provide practical advice to parents and other caregivers about how to talk with children about wars and other humanitarian crisesOutline some of the causes of ineffective communication whether due to the source (e.g. media) or recipient (i.e. the child) of the information
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11.19.24 Pediatric Grand Rounds, "Frenetic Connectedness Masquerading as Productive Communication: The Benefits and Burden of Constant Contact" by Philip Mack, MD
Nov 20, 2024Event Objectives:
Review the frequency and factors contributing to “burnout” amongst physicians and all professionals.Explore the burden created by the explosions of frictionless communication (via text EHR inbox or email etc..) and the paradoxical reduction in productivity and efficiency.Advocate for the adoption of a work environment that respects focus reduces interruptions shrinks in-box off hours burden and sets appropriate expectations for patient/staff communications.
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11.12.24 Pediatric Grand Rounds, "Approach to Unusual Thyroid Function Tests in Pediatric Patients" by Nordie Bilbao, MD
Nov 13, 2024Event Objectives:
Distinguish thyroid function patterns that require immediate action.Discuss slight alterations in thyroid function that can occur in states of altered physiology in children and adolescents, that do not require immediate treatment.
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11.5.24 Pediatric Grand Rounds, "Championing Change: The Power of Advocacy in Health Care" by Katie Orrico, JD
Nov 05, 2024Event Objectives:
Understand the Role of Advocacy in Health Care: Identify the various forms of advocacy including patient professional and policy advocacy and understand their importance in driving systemic improvements in health care delivery and outcomes.Analyze the Impact of Advocacy on Health Policy: Examine how health care advocacy can influence policy changes at local state and national levels and explore case studies of advocacy efforts that have successfully led to significant health policy reforms.Develop Skills for Effective Advocacy: Learn practical strategies and communication skills necessary for effective advocacy including how to engage stakeholders build coalitions and... Duration: 00:54:53Pediatric Podcast Pearls "Psychological Maltreatment" by Ada Booth, MD
Nov 01, 2024Event Objectives:
Review definitions and classification schemes for psychological maltreatment.Identify possible red flags for psychological maltreatment in a patient or caregiver history.
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10.29.24 Pediatric Grand Rounds, "Understanding and Improving Pain Communication" by Elizabeth Hintz, PhD
Oct 29, 2024Event Objectives:
Identify three propositions for what pain is a communicative phenomenon.Describe pathways through which communication can influence health outcomes.Apply recommendations for improving pain communication by avoiding discrediting silencing and stereotyping.
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10.22.24 Pediatric Grand Rounds, "The Impact of Climate Change on Vector-borne Diseases" by Desiree LaBeaud, MD
Oct 22, 2024Event Objectives:
Understand the environmental processes changing as result of climate change and how they impact the prevalence incidence and distribution of vector-borne diseaseDescribe how climate change is influencing the distribution of specific VBDsExplore what actions health professionals can take to protect patients vulnerable to these diseases
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10.18.24 Ask the Experts, "Syphilis in the United States - An Epidemic of Avoidable Proportions", by Kevin O'Callaghan, MBBCh, BAO FAAP
Oct 21, 2024Event Objectives:
Compare rates of syphilis over time and between demographic factors and understand features associated with higher ratesReview specific missed opportunities for the prevention of congenital syphilisDescribe future directions to improve screening and treatment of syphilisClaim CME Credit Here!
Duration: 00:56:5810.15.24 Pediatric Grand Rounds, "Understanding Chronic Pain in X-linked Hypophosphatemia (XLH): Insights to Inform a Digital Intervention" by Carolyn M Macica, PhD
Oct 15, 2024Event Objectives:
Review the pathophysiology of pain in XLH.Identify the physical and psychosocial impact of chronic pain in XLH patients.Evaluate current pain management approaches in adults with XLH.Explore the development of digital tools for pain self-management in XLH.
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Pediatric Podcast Pearls "IBS" by Victoria Grossi, DO
Oct 08, 2024Event Objectives:
Discuss diagnosis and treatment of IBS
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10.8.24 Pediatric Grand Rounds, "Pediatric Digital Mental Health: Challenges Creative Thinking and Championing Lived Expertise" by Colleen Stiles-Shields, PhD
Oct 08, 2024Event Objectives:
Describe engagement failures of digital mental health tools to date.List specific needs minoritized youth and their caregivers express as crucial to their digital experiences.Detail the importance of lived expertise from community members through interdisciplinary colleagues in improving access to care.Claim CME Credit Here!
Duration: 00:55:0210.1.24 Pediatric Grand Rounds, "ExtraCorporeal Life Support (ECLS): Here There and Everywhere?" by Jacob Campbell, DO, MPH
Oct 01, 2024Event Objectives:
Describe the varying forms of ECLS and understand the introductory nomenclature.Discuss the evolution of ECMO and the early challenges faced by scientists in creating this form of life support.Locate resources for your patients after they have been on ECLS should there be neurodevelopmental concerns.Claim CME Credit Here!
Duration: 00:50:30Pediatric Podcast Pearls: "Ankyloglossia" by Cliff O'Callahan, MD, PhD
Sep 30, 2024Event Objectives:
Enhance the audience's understanding of current perspectives on ankyloglossia.Gaining an understanding of ankyloglossia and how to support families through the challenging first weeks of breastfeeding difficulties.Discuss of some of the interventions to consider for a child whom you have diagnosed with probable ankyloglossiaClaim CME Credit Here!
Duration: 00:28:199.24.24 Pediatric Grand Rounds, "Bariatric Surgery for the Treatment of Children with Severe Obesity: Special Populations" by Evan Nadler, MD, MBA
Sep 24, 2024Event Objectives:
Attendees will understand the need for child and adolescent bariatric surgery programs in general and specifically for children with special healthcare needs.Attendees will understand the key components of bariatric surgery programs for children and adolescents and additional needs with respect to special populations.Attendees will understand the expected outcomes for laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy in children and adolescents and how they may differ in special populations.Claim CME Credit Here!
Duration: 00:50:109.20.24 Ask the Experts, "Social Media and Kids", Paul Weigle, MD
Sep 24, 2024Objectives:
Describe how social media interacts with mental health depending on specific characteristics of the user as well as social media habits and experiences.Understand the concept of mental health contagion and how it occurs via social media.Evaluate our patient’s social media use and its importance for psychiatric diagnosis and treatment.Claim CME Credit Here!
9.17.24 Pediatric Grand Rounds, "Status of the Medical Malpractice/Regulatory Climate in CT & Strategies to Mitigate Risk" by Joyce Lagnese, JD - Danaher Lagnese, P.C.
Sep 17, 2024Review the current trends in medical malpractice settlements and verdict outcomes in CT.Discuss the challenges in malpractice defense including EHR documentation audit trails and e-discovery.Formulate strategies for reducing the risk of lawsuits and increasing the defensibility of cases.
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9.10.24 Pediatric Grand Rounds, "WILMS TUMOR: The ERAs Tour; A musical journey through the history of Wilms Tumor discovery and treatment" by Elizabeth Mullen, MD
Sep 10, 2024Event Objectives:
Apply the learned epidemiology and clinical presentation of Wilms Tumor to appropriate surveillance and/or diagnostic evaluation for children at known risk due to underlying genetic syndromes or with presentation of signs and symptoms consistent this diagnosis.Contextualize the current standard of care therapies for patients with Wilms Tumor with the history of discovery and first treatments and recognize the evolution of risk stratification as the backbone of clinical trial development in Wilms Tumor.Appraise the presented supporting data on prognostic features of outcomes for patients with Wilms Tumor and evaluate the incorporation of this information... Duration: 01:02:096.25.24 Pediatric Grand Rounds, "Connecticut Children's and the Path to the IBD Treatment Alphabet Soup" by Francisco Sylvester, MD
Jun 25, 2024Event Objectives:
Review the basics of pediatric inflammatory bowel diseases.Understand the role that Connecticut Children's has played in the understanding and management of IBD.Become aware of the risks associated with IBD therapies in children.
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6.18.24 Pediatric Grand Rounds, "Disaggregated Data and Root Cause Upstream Drivers of Health Disparities" by Jeffrey Hines, MD
Jun 18, 2024Event Objectives:
Describe systemic and structural drivers of health inequities and disparities.Explain the power of use of disaggregated data in the setting of health inequities and health disparities.Identify and list opportunities for place-based and systems-level mitigation strategies for health inequities and health disparities.Claim CME Credit Here!
Duration: 01:02:116.11.24 Grand Rounds Fellow & Resident Awards (NO CME CREDIT AWARDED)
Jun 11, 2024
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6.4.24 Pediatric Grand Rounds Fellow & Resident Research Abstracts by Viven Solomon, DO, Coby Kelner, DO, Marissa Aaron, MD, and Kayla Gonzalez, MD
Jun 04, 2024Event Objectives:
The purpose of this study was to provide work flow optimization in the EHR for pediatric residents and track time use metrics as well as resident satisfaction.Review results of largest single-center study looking at pediatric and young adult patients with IBD followed and seen in Connecticut Children's initially on Originator-Infliximab (Remicade) and switched to Biosimilar-Infliximab (Inflectra).To apply lung ultrasound scores to severity of neonatal lung disease.Interpret data that suggest safety and efficacy of subcutaneous estradiol for gender-affirming hormone treatment for transgender and gender diverse adolescents and young adults.
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5.28.24 Pediatric Grand Rounds, "The Growing Athlete: Knee Injuries", by Matthew Brown, MD
May 28, 2024Event Objectives:
To be able to list the most common pediatric/adolescent knee injuries.To be able to construct a knee injury differential diagnosis based on the history and physical exam taught in the lecture.To be able to integrate this into referrals to the orthopedic sports medicine service with potential MRIs ordered to investigate suspected meniscus or ACL tears.Claim CME Credit Here!
Duration: 00:55:325.21.24 Pediatric Grand Rounds, "Anaphylaxis in Pediatrics: Diagnosis and Treatment Guideline Updates", by Vivian Hernandez-Trujillo, MD, FAAP, FAAAAI, FACAAI
May 21, 2024Event Objectives:
Understand how to diagnose anaphylaxis.Describe differences in the presentation of infants and toddlers.Discuss recent treatment updates in anaphylaxis.Claim CME Credit Here!
Duration: 01:01:565.14.24 Pediatric Grand Rounds, "My 40 Year Journey as a Physician Scientist Studying Syphilis and Lyme Disease", by Justin Radolf, MD
May 14, 2024Event Objectives:
Explain how clinical and research training are important for a successful career as a physician scientist.Discuss clinically relevant research over the years in syphilis and Lyme disease.Update on syphilis vaccine development.
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5.10.24 Ask the Experts, "Red Flags: Cutaneous Vascular Lesions in Childhood", Richard Joseph Antaya, MD
May 10, 2024Event Objectives:
Identify and understand the physiology for the two most common vascular lesions of infancy and childhood infantile hemangiomas and capillary malformations.Familiarize with the complications and treatment for hemangiomas in specific locations.Understand the treatment timing and expected results for capillary malformations and hemangiomas including beta-blockers.Recognize “red flags” on the skin which demand further evaluation and have potential for serious morbidity.Claim CME Credit Here!
Duration: 00:55:085.7.24 Pediatric Grand Rounds, "The Role of Pediatricians in Pediatric Population Health; Practical Insights from Practice Policy and Advocacy", by Sandy Chung, MD
May 08, 2024Event Objectives:
Describe the role of pediatricians in advocacy focused on improving child health through policy and in practice.Identify changes occurring in the pediatric landscape affecting practices and their patients.Claim CME Credit Here!
Pediatric Podcast Pearls: "Seizures and Epilepsy from Presentation to Treatment" by Jennifer Madan Cohen, MD
Apr 30, 2024Event Objectives:
Learn the most common ways seizures present across different ages.Understand the evaluations and testing and how they very according to the diagnosis of epilepsy.Become familiar with surgical options for intractable Epilepsy.Claim CME Credit Here!
Duration: 00:31:584.30.24 Pediatric Grand Rounds, "Supporting Healthy Child Development and Family Wellbeing in Primary Care Settings", by Manuel Jimenez, MD
Apr 30, 2024Event Objectives:
Give examples of activities that can support healthy child development and family well-being in the context of pediatric preventive care visits.Identify empirical evidence supporting a framework for children’s healthy development and family well-being that can be applied during pediatric preventive care visits.Translate knowledge on child development into action that supports healthy development and family well-being during pediatric preventive care visits.Claim CME Credit Here!
Duration: 01:00:274.23.24 Pediatric Grand Rounds, "The Center for Autonomic Dysfunction in The Young - A Unique Approach to a Unique Diagnosis", Irfan Warsy, MD, CEPS-P
Apr 23, 2024Event Objectives:
Review our experience so far pertaining to patient presentation and effective management of patients with postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS).Review common co-existing conditions that occur with POTS.Understand the various physiologic alterations that predispose to the occurrence of POTS in the young.Claim CME Credit Here!
Duration: 01:00:274.19.24 Ask the Experts, "Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes (and Bellies): Overlapping Chronic Pain Conditions in Children", Neil Schechter, MD
Apr 19, 2024Event Objectives:
Distinguish the characteristics of acute and chronic pain.Recognize and discuss the similarities between various chronic pain syndromes.Identify examples of appropriate metaphors to use when discussing chronic pain.Claim CME credit here!
Duration: 00:59:334.16.24 Pediatric Grand Rounds, "A Focus on POCUS: Clinical Applications in Pediatric Point-of-Care Ultrasonography", Rahul Shah, MD
Apr 16, 2024Event Objectives:
List characteristics of point-of-care ultrasonography.Identify clinical scenarios in which the use of point-of-care ultrasonography can help guide optimal management.Describe how point-of-care ultrasonography can enhance physical exam skills, augment teamwork, and inspire learners, patients, and caretakers.Claim CME credit here!
Duration: 01:02:554.9.24 Pediatric Grand Rounds, "The ABC's and 1-2-3's of Pediatric Trauma", Robert W. Letton Jr., MD, FACS, FAAP
Apr 09, 2024Event Objectives:
Compare and contrast current tools to determine field or hospital to hospital triage of the pediatric trauma patient.Review current image gently guidelines with respect to the pediatric trauma patient.Discuss current recommendations for management of solid organ injuries in the pediatric trauma patient.Claim CME credit here!
Duration: 00:52:47