Description

Boston Children’s Hospital is happy to partner with Optum MA for the 15th annual Advancing Integration of Care Course. This course is developed specifically for Optum MA clinicians and will be held on two separate evenings on Wednesday, November 4th, and Monday, November 9th. The course format is a virtual lecture via Zoom with time for questions and answers from learners.

The relationship Boston Children’s has developed with Optum MA is part of the foundation of the collaborative relationship. Each year, Optum MA reviews its strategic priorities for clinical care to inform the topics for the event. This course offers an opportunity for primary care clinicians to learn with subspecialists with the goal of improving patient and family-centered care integration.

Course Format 

This year’s course will be fully digital and be presented online, via Zoom.

Learning Objectives: 

This year’s course will be fully digital and be presented online, via Zoom.

Learning Objectives: 

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

Pediatric Sleep Disorders: OSA, Sleep Studies, and Behavioral Sleep Counseling

1. 1. Recognize the signs and symptoms of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in children and apply current recommendations for sleep screening at well-child visits.
   2. Describe indications for pediatric sleep studies. Who orders these studies?
   3. Discuss current management options for children with persistent OSA following tonsillectomy and adenotonsillectomy.
   4. Apply evidence-based behavioral sleep counseling strategies to address common pediatric sleep concerns in the primary care setting.

Asthma Update: Rethinking Albuterol Monotherapy Under the New GINA Guidelines

1. 1. Describe the rationale behind the updated GINA recommendation against SABA (albuterol) monotherapy, including the evidence linking frequent SABA use to airway inflammation, exacerbations, and increased mortality risk.
   2. Review SMART (Single Maintenance and Reliever Therapy) for the general PCP.
   3. Apply current GINA-based treatment strategies to construct an asthma action plan for a child with mild intermittent asthma and exercise-induced symptoms.
   4. Update PCPs on new developments in management of asthma.  What are pulmonologists doing today that we might not be aware of.  

Dermatology Practical Pearls: Molluscum, Warts, Hemangiomas, and Eczema

1. 1. Identify clinical features of molluscum contagiosum and describe treatment options, including in-office cantharidin application, expected efficacy, and appropriate patient/family counseling on observation versus treatment.
   2. Describe current first-line and adjunct options for common cutaneous warts in children.
   3. Recognize infantile hemangiomas. Which hemangiomas do we refer to a specialist?  Which hemangiomas are appropriate for PCPs to apply topical timolol and how?  What is the natural history of these lesions?
   4. Eczema: when to prescribe topical tacrolimus in pediatric eczema management, including appropriate patient selection and counseling on side effects and off-label use. 

Bathroom Mishaps: A Urological Approach to Dysfunctional Voiding and Bedwetting

1. 1. Differentiate dysfunctional voiding from other causes of daytime urinary incontinence and nocturnal enuresis in children.
   2. Describe the relationship between bladder and bowel dysfunction (BBD) and its effect on lower urinary tract symptoms.
   3. Apply first-line behavioral strategies—timed voiding, pelvic floor relaxation, and constipation management—in the primary care setting prior to specialist referral.
   4. Identify red-flag findings in a child with voiding dysfunction or enuresis that warrant referral to pediatric urology.

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.   

Registration Type	Rate
Physician	Free
Nurse	Free
Trainee/Student	Free

Pre-registration is required. Once you have registered you will receive a confirmation email with a registration receipt. Course access instructions will be sent a few days prior to the course launch. If you have questions or need assistance with registration, please direct all inquiries to cmedepartment@childrens.harvard.edu.

Online Course Cancellation, Transfer & Refund Policy
Due to the propriety materials and content of each course, online virtual courses orders are NOT eligible for refund, cancellation or transfer.

Other Terms and Conditions:
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. 

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.

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

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 5 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 5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™. Physician Assistants should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in this activity.

Nurse

Boston Children’s Hospital designates this activity for 5 contact hours for nurses. Nurses should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

Dietitian

This activity has been approved for 5 CPEUs. Completion of this RD/DTR profession specific or IPCE activity awards CPEUs (One IPCE=One CPEU). RDs and DTRs are to select activity type 102 in their activity log. Sphere and Competency selection is at the learners discretion.

MOC II

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the activity, with individual assessments of the participant and feedback to the participant, enables the participant to earn:

5 MOC points in the American Board of Pediatrics (ABP) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program.

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.