October 9, 2024 from 7:45 am – 4:45 pm at the Nittany Room – Ramada by Wyndham State College Hotel & Conference Center
This activity is designed to educate learners about the abuse of street drugs and obtain information to give to their patients, the most recent treatment of sickle cell disease, thalassemia, and inflammatory bowel disease, how to work up hematologic diseases, and about autism at various ages and the best ways to deal with them.
Target audience: This program is designed for community pediatricians, family physicians, physician assistants, residents, nurses, medical students, and others interested in the health and well-being of children.
Registration is required by September 25, 2024. (Lunch is provided for in-person registrations)
- In-Person – $100
- Virtual – $55
- CVIM (In-Person or Virtual) – $55
- Students (In-Person) – $55
- Students (Virtual) – $0
If paying by check, please make checks payable to MNMC CME Program. For credit card payment, please call 814.231.7174.
Agenda
|
7:15 am |
Registration/Breakfast |
|
7:45 am
|
Welcome Nathaniel Townsand, MD, Chair, Dept. of Pediatrics, Mount Nittany Health |
|
7:50 am
|
Moderator and Overview of Conference Thomas Martin, MD |
|
8:00 – 9:00 am
|
Work-up and Diagnosis for Pediatric or Adolescent Patient with Drug Use/Abuse Sheryl Ryan, MD – Adolescent Medicine, Professor of Pediatrics, Penn State Health |
|
9:05 – 10:05 am |
Short- and Long-Term Effects of Various Street Drugs (aka, Ammunition for Discussion With Your Patients) Corey McBrayer, DO – Adolescent Medicine, Penn State Health |
|
10:05 am |
Break |
|
10:20 – 11:20 am
|
Hemoglobinopathies and Treatment Gayle Smink, MD, MPH – Pediatrics Hematology and Oncology, Penn State Health |
|
11:20 am |
Lunch |
|
12:15 – 1:15 pm |
Hematology for the General Pediatrician Gayle Smink, MD, MPH – Pediatrics Hematology and Oncology, Penn State Health |
|
1:20 – 2:20 pm |
Inflammatory Bowel Disease Eve May, MD – Gastroenterology, Penn State Health |
|
2:20 pm |
Break |
|
2:35 – 3:35 pm
|
Spinal Muscular Atrophy Vincent Carson, MD – Pediatric Neurology, Clinic for Special Children |
|
3:40 – 4:40 pm |
Autism Update Matthew Weeks, DO – Autism and Developmental Institute, Geisinger Health System |
|
4:45 pm |
Adjourn |
Continuing Medical Education Information
Designation
- The Mount Nittany Medical Center designates this activity for a maximum of 7 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.
- This program meets the criteria for 7 of the 12 hours required in patient safety/risk management as defined by the PA State Board of Medicine.
Accreditation
- The Mount Nittany Medical Center is accredited by the Pennsylvania Medical Society to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
- In order to obtain CME credit you must:
- Complete the post-activity evaluation
- Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
NCPD Information
- This activity provides 7 nursing continuing professional development (NCPD) contact hours.
- Mount Nittany Medical Center is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by Pennsylvania State Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
- In order to obtain NCPD contact hours you must:
- Credit awarded commensurate with participation.
- Must complete the post-activity evaluation.
Faculty Disclosure and Commercial Support
- None of the planners, faculty, or others in control of content for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
- This activity received no commercial support or sponsorship.
If you have questions, please contact:
Chelsea Cole
Continuing Education Coordinator
Mount Nittany Medical Center
814-234-6762 or ccole@mountnittany.org