Event Description
Topic
Up in Smoke: The Pediatrician's Role in Ending the Tobacco Epidemic
Presented By
Blair Dickinson, MD, MS, FAAP, assistant professor of pediatrics; attending physician, Section of Hospital Medicine, and associate director, Pediatric Residency Program, St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children
Learning Objectives
- List the impacts of second- and third-hand smoke exposure on children
- Demonstrate the “Ask-Assist-Refer” method of smoking cessation counseling
- Identify approaches to incorporating smoking cessation counseling into pediatric care
- Describe the prescription of nicotine replacement therapy
- Review the types of electronic nicotine delivery systems
Target Audience
Physicians, nurse practitioners, nursing personnel, fellows, residents, medical students and other health care professionals who take care of children
Continuing Medical Education Credits
St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children is accredited by
the Pennsylvania Medical Society to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
St. Christopher’s Hospital for
Children designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only
the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the educational activity.
Disclosure
Speakers and all others who have the ability to control the content of continuing medical education
activities sponsored by St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children are expected to disclose to the audience whether they do
or do not have any real or apparent conflict(s) of interest or other relationships related to the content of their
presentation(s).
Planners and moderators have nothing to disclose for this live event.
Additional Information
Continental breakfast is available at 7:30 a.m. outside DiGeorge Center. Parking passes for visiting physicians are available. |