Pediatric Primary Care Symposium

Pediatric Primary Care Symposium is organized by Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and will be held on Apr 05, 2025 at Virtua Voorhees Hospital, Camden, New jersey, United States of America.

Description:
This program will provide practical information and updates on evaluation and management of commonly encountered pediatric conditions. The interprofessional education program is designed for the pediatric healthcare community of South Jersey, which includes pediatricians, pediatric hospitalists and emergency medicine physicians, family medicine physicians, advanced practice providers, pediatric trainees and pediatric nurses.

Objectives:
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

• Describe the approach to addiction (marijuana and tobacco) and lessons learned from control efforts focused on parents and adolescents
• Describe the approach to common infectious diseases and emerging outbreaks
• Describe the management of anger and aggressive behavior
• Review the approach to common skin conditions
• Discuss obesity and weight management options
• Review advances in the management of food allergies
• Review the evaluation and approach to penicillin allergy
• Demonstrate the orthopedic examination and assessment of the student athlete