Continuing Medical Education Conferences
The Continuing Medical Education (CME) department offers more than 25 conferences each year on a variety of topics, including pediatric cardiology and emergency medicine. Unless noted otherwise, conferences are held in Philadelphia.
Upcoming conferences include:
May 16, 2012
Pediatric Cardiovascular Nursing Conference
Philadelphia, Pa.
This one-day conference will provide continuing education on exciting and innovative advancements as well as the nursing care of the single ventricle patient. The presentations will address topics spanning from the pre/post-op phases of the patient as well as the long-term complications and outpatient management. The conference is directed towards nurses, advanced practice nurses and other medical staff that care for this pediatric population.
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May 17, 2012
Neonatal Nursing Symposium
Philadelphia, Pa.
This one-day program will provide neonatal nurses with the most up to date information on a variety of complex physiologic and developmental neonatal issues. Research and technology are constantly expanding and this program will review some of the latest therapies utilized in the treatement of the sick neonate.
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June 6-7, 2012
Fifth International Nursing Conference on Child and Adolescent Cancer Survivorship
Williamsburg, Va.
This conference is designed for nurses and other healthcare professionals interested in the care of children and adolescent survivors of cancer. It provides an opportunity for international networking.
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June 22-23, 2012
Fetal Cardiovascular Imaging Symposium
Philadelphia, Pa.
This one-and-a-half day conference will provide continuing education on the primary principles of fetal cardiovascular disease and the techniques and approach of fetal echocardiography imaging for a variety of conditions. Presentations will review topics ranging from genetics, early first trimester imaging, prenatal counseling and outcomes for congenital heart disease to specific lectures and live imaging demonstrations of the normal cardiovascular system as well as complex anomalies such conotruncal and single ventricle defects.
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July 28, 2012
Heart & Mind Education Day
Philadelphia, Pa.
This conference is an opportunity to learn, meet other families, and ask questions of the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia's doctors, nurses and other staff members.
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August 15-18, 2012
North American Society for Pediatric Exercise Medicine (NASPEM) Biennial Conference
Philadelphia, Pa.
The NASPEM meeting provides a unique setting by which physicians, pediatric specialists, other clinicians, students, and researchers collaborate, share, and discuss new trends in pediatric exercise medicine research and clinical practice in a non‐threatening forum. Attendees include clinicians, students, and researchers from around the United States, Canada, and Europe.
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September 21-22, 2012
Fifth Annual Pediatric Global Health Symposium: Reconciling Compassion with Practice in Global Health
Philadelphia, Pa.
This program will provide learning opportunities to begin to analyze and reconcile the tensions between the expression of compassion, the ethics of practicing healthcare in different cultures and the staggering health needs of large populations of vulnerable people.
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October 4-5, 2012
Care of the Surgical Neonate: Where the Journey Begins
Philadelphia, Pa.
Neonates with surgical birth defects may remain in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) for weeks or months making their care both challenging and rewarding. Advances in prenatal diagnosis have allowed us to predict, plan and anticipate the needs of these very specialized patients. This two-day conference will provide continuing education on exciting and innovative care of the surgical neonate from prenatal diagnosis to postnatal management.
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October 13, 2012
Ninth Annual Update on Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus
Philadelphia, Pa.
This half-day course is for pediatric ophthalmologists, pediatric healthcare providers and general ophthalmologists, as well as optometrists, orthoptists, ophthalmic technicians, and other specialists interested in our topics.
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November 1, 2012
Advances in Neonatology
Philadelphia, Pa.
The course directors and planning committee in the Division of Neonatology at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia are planning the 8th Annual Advances in Neonatology conference on Thursday, November 1, 2012 to be held at The Union League of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. The purpose of “Advances in Neonatology” is to teach Neonatologists, Neonatal Fellows, Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants strategies for managing conditions in the sick neonate.
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For more information please contact:
Ms. Glorene Ford
Meeting Planning Manager
Department, Continuing Medical Education
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
34th Street and Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA. 19104
Phone: 215-590-5263
Fax: 215-590-4342
Email: fordg@email.chop.edu
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