Learn more about meetings available to professionals, vaccine webinars scheduled for the next year, CME opportunities available through the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and related health observances. Meetings 2018 Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices June 20-21, 2018; Atlanta, GA 2018 National Association of School Nurses conference June 30 – July 3, 2018; Baltimore, MD Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine Preventable Diseases (The Pink Book) Course Sept. 11-13, 2018; Greenwood Village, CO ID Week 2018 Oct. 3-7, 2018; San Francisco, CA Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices Oct. 24-25, 2018; Atlanta, GA 2018 American Academy of Pediatrics conference Nov. 2-8, 2018; Orlando, FL CHOP-sponsored meetings The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s Continuing Medical Education department offers several courses related to different aspects of pediatrics. Live webinars 2018 Pink Book Webinar Series – A series of 15 webinars presented Wednesdays at noon eastern time from June 6, 2018, through Sept. 26, 2018. Vaccine Update Webinar Series – Dr. Paul Offit Sept. 5, 2018 (revised date) Vaccine Update Webinar Series – Dr. Paul Offit Nov. 14, 2018 Webinars — on-demand Vaccine Update Webinar Series (multiple events) - Dr. Paul Offit Recent event: March 28, 2018, Current Issues in Vaccines related to hepatitis B vaccine, influenza, HPV, and meningococcal disease CDC’s Archived NetConferences (various topics) CDC’s Immunization Courses: Webcasts and Self Study Pursuit of the Three C’s — providing a framework for the delivery of confident, concise, and consistent recommendations for routinely recommended vaccines for adolescents at 11 to 12 and 16 years of age). Find more information about this project of the UNITY Consortium or learn more about the Consortium and its other projects on the Consortium website National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID) archived webinars (various topics; continuing ed) There Never Was an Age of Reason: Vaccines, Vaccine Hesitancy and Vaccine Decision Making – presented by Dr. Edgar K Marcuse and offered by WithinReach You Are the Key to HPV Cancer Prevention – presented Yolanda Evans on April 15, 2015, and updated February 15, 2017. Offered by WithinReach and Cardea Increasing Adolescent Immunization Coverage – offered by the National HPV Vaccination Roundtable. Supporting materials and more information are also available. EQIPP: Immunizations – Improve Your Practice Rates – focused on improving HPV vaccination rates; free for AAP members; fee for non-members. HPV Vaccination is Cancer Prevention – presented by Boston University School of Medicine Autism Science Foundation’s 2018 Day of Learning Presentations – presentations include: From Genes to Biology: What We’re Learning and Why It Matters – presented by Dr. John Spiro, Simons Foundation How are Girls and Boys with Autism Different? – presented by Dr. Somer Bishop, University of California, San Francisco Does Diet Make a Difference in Autism? – presented by Dr. Susan Hyman, University of Rochester Does Pain Feel Different to People with Autism? – presented by Dr. Michelle Failla, Vanderbilt University Is Medical Marijuana a Treatment Option? – presented by Dr. Orrin Devinsky, New York University Why Won’t My Child Sleep? – presented by Dr. Ashura Buckley, National Institute of Mental Health How Can We Improve Adult Outcomes? – presented by Dr. Julie Lounds Taylor, Vanderbilt University Vital Signs: Asthma in Children – United States, 2001 -2016 – presented by Medscape and based on MMWR data ACIP Recommended Immunization Schedule for Adults Aged 19 Years or Older – United States, 2018 – presented by Medscape and based on MMWR article Observances World Hepatitis Day, July 28, 2018 National Immunization Awareness Month, Aug. 2018 World Rabies Day, Sept. 28, 2018 National Primary Care Week, Oct. 2-6, 2018 World AIDS Day, Dec. 1, 2018 National Influenza Immunization Week, Dec. 4-11. 2018 Reviewed on May 30, 2018