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Pediatric Grand Rounds
Start Date: 2/10/2017Start Time: 8:00 AM
End Date: 2/10/2017End Time: 9:00 AM
Event Description

Research Presentations

Topics and Presenters
Understanding Genetic Contributions to Congenital Scoliosis and Vertebral Malformations
Phillip Giampietro, MD, PhD, section chief of clinical genetics, St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children; professor of pediatrics

Improving Situational Awareness and Contingency Planning Through Just-in-Time Simulation
Emmanuelle Topiol, MD
, pediatric chief resident, St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children
Kheyandra Lewis, MD, attending physician, Section of Hospital Medicine, St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children; assistant professor of pediatrics

Improving Timely Delivery of Antibiotics for Late Preterm and Term Neonates with Maternal Chorioamnionitis at the Hahnemann University Hospital NICU
Samuel Ajayi, MD, fellow, Section of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children

Association of Neighborhood Socioeconomic Measures with Bacterial Infections and Hospitalization in Infants 90 Days Old
Jeffrey Yaeger, MD, MPH
, attending physician, Section of Hospital Medicine, St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children; assistant professor of pediatrics

Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of the activity, participants should be able to:

  • Discuss spinal column formation as a complex process involving multiple patterning genes.
  • Illustrate how a just-in-time simulation curriculum can improve clinical reasoning and foster an interdisciplinary team shared mental model.
  • Demonstrate the role of teamwork in patient care delivery.
  • Demonstrate the association between health determinants and infections in young infants and how these factors may also relate to other clinical outcomes.

Target Audience
Physicians, nurse practitioners, nursing personnel and health care professionals

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 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).

All speakers, planners and moderators have nothing to disclose.

Additional Information
For more information, contact Alma Barberena at alma.barberena@tenethealth.com.

Continental breakfast is available at 7:30 a.m. outside DiGeorge Center. Parking passes for visiting physicians are available.

Location:
Angelo M. DiGeorge Teaching Center, Lower Level
St. Christopher's Hospital for Children
Audience:
  • Graduate Students
  • Faculty
  • Staff
  • Medical Residents/Fellows
  • Special Features:
  • Free Food
  • CEU Available

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