Description

The Pediatric Environmental Health Center at Boston Children’s Hospital and the New England Region Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit (PEHSU) welcome health professionals to attend the monthly virtual Pediatric Environmental Health (PEH) Grand Rounds.

This Grand Rounds series will provide healthcare providers with state-of-the-science content on current topics in pediatric environmental health. Such information will fill in the knowledge gaps of practitioners, enabling them to effectively counsel families whose children face possible health issues due to environmental chemicals, toxins, and other insults. The PEH Grand Rounds will also educate on practice strategies for the biomonitoring of children at risk for specific exposures to environmental pollutants.

Course Format 

This course will be presented online via Zoom, optimizing virtual interactions between faculty and participants and facilitating interactive discussions.

Course Topic: 

From Sludge to Blood: Community-based Research and Clinical Care of Patients Impacted by PFAS Contamination in Maine

Speakers:

Abby Fleisch, MD, MPH

Professor of Pediatrics, Tufts University School of Medicine

Attending Physician, Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, Maine Medical Center

Faculty Scientist, MaineHealth Institute for Research

Rachel Criswell, MD, MS

Attending Physician, Family Medicine, Maine Health

Faculty Scientist, MaineHealth Institute for Research

Assistant Professor of Family Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine

This talk will describe a community per and polyfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) contamination in central Maine from biosolids (treated sewage sludge) reused as fertilizer on farmland. Drs. Criswell and Fleisch will describe their formation of a community-academic partnership to identify exposure pathways and mental health impacts of PFAS-contaminated biosolids. Finally, they will describe their clinical care of patients affected by PFAS and use of the medication cholestyramine to reduce serum concentrations of PFAS.

A short Q&A will follow the presentation.

Learning Objectives: 

At the conclusion of this educational program, learners will be able to:

To register, please click on the register tab above. If this is your first time registering for a conference at Boston Children’s Hospital, you will need to create an account. Returning users can log in to their account to complete the registration process.   

General Admission (CE Credits):    $25.00

General Admission (No CE Credits): Free

Course Cancellation, Transfer & Refund Policy

Online/Virtual Course Registrations: Due to the propriety materials and content of each course, online virtual courses orders are NOT eligible for refund, cancellation or transfer. Online training courses may NOT be transferred to another Participant. Participants have 2 weeks to access any virtual online course content. Participants have until the expiration date to access and complete any enduring material courses. Boston Children’s Hospital CE is not responsible for user technical difficulties including loss of internet, power outages, etc.

In-Person Course Registrations: For in person course registrations, refunds are available on the following schedule: 100% refund up to 8 weeks before the first day of the course; 50% refund up to 2 weeks before the first day of the course; No refunds will be processed for cancellations within 2 weeks of the first day of the course

Boston Children’s offers the opportunity to change your attendance preference: Should your circumstances change after you have registered for either the ONLINE or IN-PERSON program, you have the ability to change from one attendance option to the other up until two weeks before the program begins. Please contact us via email if you would like to make a change.

“No shows” for both in person and virtual courses are subject to the full course fee and no refunds will be issued once the course has started.

Refunds will be made in the following ways: For payments received by credit or debit cards, the same credit/debit card will be refunded.

*If you have extenuating circumstances, please contact us at continuingeducation@childrens.harvard.edu

Cancellation of Services

Although highly unlikely, in case an event is canceled or postponed, Boson Children’s can provide a full refund or offer a credit towards future events to those who have already registered.

Accreditation

In support of improving patient care, Boston Children’s Hospital is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

 

 

 

Physician

Boston Children’s Hospital designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in this activity.

Physician Assistant

Boston Children’s Hospital designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in this activity.

Nurse

Boston Children’s Hospital designates this activity for 1.00 contact hours for nurses. Nurses should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

Disclosure Policy 
Boston Children’s Hospital adheres to all ACCME Essential Areas, Standards, and Policies. It is Boston Children’s policy that those who have influenced the content of a CE activity (e.g. planners, faculty, authors, reviewers and others) disclose all relevant financial relationships with commercial entities so that Boston Children’s may identify and resolve any conflicts of interest prior to the activity. These disclosures will be provided in the activity materials along with disclosure of any commercial support received for the activity. Additionally, faculty members have been instructed to disclose any limitations of data and unlabeled or investigational uses of products during their presentations.

Disclosure Statement

The following planners, speakers, and content reviewers, on behalf of themselves, have reported the following relevant financial relationships with any entity producing, marketing, reselling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on patients: 

Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

Boston Children’s Hospital adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers or others are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (commercial interests). All relevant conflicts of interest have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.