The goal of this educational activity is to provide pediatric caregivers with up-to-date, evidence-based information on a variety of important and current topics. Participants will gain knowledge of new developments in the field of pediatrics that will be applicable to their practice.

• Rates of physician burnout have soared during the COVID-19 pandemic. Physicians are looking for ways to feel reconnected to their patients; narrative medicine focuses on storytelling as a means to improve empathetic and humanistic patient care.

• Specific updates to the NHLBI guidelines for the diagnosis and management of pediatric asthma were issued in 2020 and due to some major changes compared to the prior guideline they have not yet been widely adopted. This workshop presents a summary of the updates for providers about the new guidelines and offers salient take home points as well as practical implementation recommendations.

• Dermatologic concerns are a frequent reason for visits to a pediatrician. However, there are new treatment modalities that pediatricians need to incorporate into their practice.

• Social media has become the new norm to communicate with our patients and their families and update them about the latest medical information. However, many providers are still struggling with navigating the wide variety of platforms and utilizing social media to influence and optimize medical care.

• This year's Henry Barnett Memorial Lecture will update providers with the latest scientific insights into pediatric SARS-CoV-2 infection, why children overall have a milder disease course compared to adults, and what may contribute to the unusual manifestation of multisystem inflammatory syndrome (MIS-C).

• Primary care clinicians and sub-specialists are often called on to support and advise transgender youth and their families about various aspects of their care. However, there is a significant gap in provider knowledge and understanding of comprehensive gender-affirming care and treatment options, as well as comfort with participating in these conversations with families.

After attending this activity, the learner should be able to:

Objective One: Identify three techniques from Narrative Medicine that can be integrated into daily practice

Objective Two: Review the 2020 National Asthma Education Prevention Program focused updates and recommendations for children with asthma

Objective Three: List traditional and novel treatments for both common and less common pediatric skin disorders

Objective Four: Identify professional development opportunities and potential risks to pediatricians’ use of social media

Objective Five: Explain why children fare better than adults when infected with SARS-CoV-2

Objective Six: Define gender affirming care and identify at least 3 treatment options in providing comprehensive gender affirming care for transgender youth

In support of improving patient care, Albert Einstein College of Medicine–Montefiore Medical Center 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.

Albert Einstein College of Medicine–Montefiore Medical Center designates this live activity for a maximum of 4.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Albert Einstein College of Medicine–Montefiore Medical Center fully complies with the legal requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act. If any participant is in need of special accommodations, please submit a written request at least two weeks prior to the activity to cme@montefiore.org.

The “Policy on Collection of Relevant Financial Relationships and Resolution of COI” of Albert Einstein College of Medicine–Montefiore Medical Center requires that individuals in a position to control the content of an educational activity disclose all relevant financial relationships with any ineligible company*. Albert Einstein College of Medicine–Montefiore Medical Center resolves all conflicts of interest to ensure independence, objectivity, balance, and scientific rigor in all their educational activities. Any presenter whose disclosed relationships prove to create a conflict of interest with regard to their contribution to the activity will not be permitted to present. All relevant financial relationships and potential conflicts of interest have been mitigated prior to the activity.

Albert Einstein College of Medicine–Montefiore Medical Center also requires that faculty participating in any CE activity disclose to the audience when discussing any unlabeled or investigational use of any commercial product or device not yet approved for use in the United States.

*The ACCME defines ineligible companies as those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

The goal of this educational activity is to provide pediatric caregivers with up-to-date, evidence-based information on a variety of important and current topics. Participants will gain knowledge of new developments in the field of pediatrics that will be applicable to their practice.

• Pediatricians routinely see children for sick visits and often need to order imaging studies to help diagnose conditions of concern. Understanding the most appropriate initial imaging modality will facilitate timely diagnosis and minimize unnecessary radiation (consistent with the Image Gently campaign).
• Advances in technology and medical care have allowed many preterm infants to overcome their early medical challenges; however, they are still faced with long term intellectual and developmental disabilities. Care givers must be able to identify these continuing health and developmental care needs after discharge from neonatal intensive care to optimize long-term outcomes for these medically complex infants.
• A cardiac examination is part of the routine pediatric physical examination. The ability to rapidly determine when an auscultated arrhythmia or electrocardiogram finding necessitates immediate intervention can be lifesaving.
• Adolescents with eating disorders can be difficult and challenging to diagnose due to atypical presentations. The ability to recognize the signs and symptoms of atypical anorexia nervosa and decide when and how to screen for eating disordered thoughts and behaviors among overweight and obese adolescents can benefit a high-risk population.
• Diversity of providers within medical institutions can bring strength and excellence to medical care as providers often care for a diverse population. Understanding strategies and tools that can lead to concrete solutions for fostering diversity, equity and inclusion in pediatrics can enhance the provision of medical care in any field.
• Recently immigrated unaccompanied children have a unique set of health, psychosocial and legal challenges. Pediatricians need to understand these challenges to be able to provide appropriate care for this at-risk population.

After attending this activity, the learner should be able to:

Objective One: Evaluate the appropriateness of ordering specific imaging studies for certain indications.

Objective Two: Identify the continuing health and developmental care needs after neonatal intensive care for preterm and medically complex infants.

Objective Three: Rapidly analyze, diagnose and formulate a treatment plan for common pediatric tachycardias.

Objective Four: Recognize the signs and symptoms of Atypical Anorexia Nervosa and decide when and how to screen for eating disorders among overweight and obese adolescents.

Objective Five: List concrete solutions to fostering diversity, equity and inclusion in Pediatrics.

Objective Six: Identify the key concepts of a psycho-social history from newly arrived unaccompanied immigrant children; and explain the medical and legal implications of that history.

Albert Einstein College of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Albert Einstein College of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 5.5 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

The Conflict of Interest Disclosure policy of Albert Einstein College of Medicine requires that faculty participating in any CME activity disclose to the audience any relevant relationship(s) with a pharmaceutical or equipment company. Any presenter whose disclosed relationships prove to create a conflict of interest, with regard to their contribution to the activity, will not be permitted to present.
Albert Einstein College of Medicine also requires that faculty participating in any CME activity disclose to the audience when discussing any unlabeled or investigational use of any commercial product or device not yet approved for use in the United States.