Event Schedule
Friday, September 23rd, 2011 |
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| 9:00-9:30 | Welcome/Announcements Sheila Idzerda MD, Chapter President |
| 9:30-10:45 | Overweight kids:What can we do as providers? Carla Cox Ph.D. |
| 10:45-12:00 | Vitamin D: More Than Just Bone Health Wendy Bailey, MD |
| 12:00-1:00 | Chapter Fellowship Lunch |
| 1:00-2:15 | Metabolic Syndrome : Not for Adults Only Wendy Bailey, MD |
| 2:15-2:30 | —Break— |
| 2:30-3:45 | Inside Scoop on Managing Kids on JIA Biologic Therapy Peggy Schlesinger, MD |
| 3:45-4:00 | —Break— |
| 4:00-5:30 | The Happiest Baby on the Block: A Novel Paradigm for Calming Fussy Babies and Promoting Sleep” Harvey Karp MD |
| 6:30 pm | Roundup Chapter Event—Grizzly and Wolf Discovery Center PRIVATE VIEWING AND PRESENTATION! |
Saturday, September 24th, 2011 |
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| 7:00-8:00 | Breakfast/Chapter Fellowship Meeting—Focus on Immunizations |
| 8:00-9:00 | Short Stature: Evaluation of the Vertically Challenged Wendy Bailey, MD |
| 9:00-10:30 | The Happiest Toddler: A Promising Way to Reduce Outbursts, Diminish Parental Frustration and Prevent Abuse of Children Harvey Karp, MD |
| 10:30 | —Break— |
| 10:45-11:45 | Sleep Disorders, the Basics and Role of Obesity Maida Chen, MD |
| 11:45-12:45 | Medical Home—The Good, The Bad and the Frustrating Fan Tait, MD |
Sunday, September 25th, 2011 |
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| 7:00-8:00 | Breakfast/Chapter Fellowship Meeting |
| 8:00-9:00 | Bipolar Disorder in Kids Blair Davison, MD |
| 9:00-10:00 | Pediatric Psychiatry and Meds in Children Blair Davison, MD |
| 10:00-10:15 | —Break— |
| 10:15-11:15 | Behavioral Sleep Problems in Children Maida Chen, MD |
| 11:15-12:15 | Driven kids: Enhancing athletic success through nutrition Carla Cox PhD |
| 12:15 | Closing Remarks and Evaluations |
Course Faculty
| Wendy Bailey, M.D. Pediatric Endocrinologist Children’s Hospital at Providence Anchorage, AK |
Maida Chen, M.D. Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Director, Sleep Disorders Center Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine Division Seattle Children’s Hospital University of Washington School of Medicine Seattle, WA |
Carla Cox, Ph.D. Clinical Dietician/Diabetes Educator/Certified Sports Nutritionist Western Montana Clinic Missoula, MT |
| Blair Davison, M.D. Providence Psychiatry and Neurosciences Center Missoula, Montana |
Harvey Karp, M.D., FAAP Assistant Professor of Pediatrics USC School of Medicine Los Angeles, CA |
Peggy Schlesinger, M.D. Executive Director Institute of Medicine and Humanities WWAMI Missoula, MT |
| Fan Tait, M.D., FAAP American Academy of Pediatrics Associate Executive Director Director, Community and Specialty Pediatrics Elk Grove Village, IL |
Course Objectives:
Following this Conference, the participants should be able to:
- Describe to families and children achievable exercise and diet goals for a pediatric patient.
- Separate safe from unsafe nutrition practices for sports in children.
- Discuss the diagnosis and treatment of bipolar disorder in children.
- Explain and understand pharmacologic interventions for common disorders in pediatric psychiatry.
- Discuss prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and management of juvenile idiopathic arthritis.
- Discuss the national, federal and state medical home initiatives around medical home.
- Identify risk factors in a pediatric patient’s history and physical examination that may place them at risk for metabolic syndrome and other complications of obesity.
- Recognize, treat and prevent Vitamin D deficiency in children.
- Distinguish between normal variant short stature and those with treatable etiologies in children.
- Describe the calming reflex in children and understand how to talk to parents about treating a “colicky” child.
- Explain how to perform 5 techniques that educators and parents can use to activate the “calming reflex” to calm crying and improve a baby’s sleeping.
- Outline disordered sleep with particular focus on sleep-disordered breathing in children.
- Outline diagnostic categories of behavioral sleep problems in typically developing children
Physicians:
Accreditation: This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint sponsorship of the St Vincent Healthcare and the Montana Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics. St Vincent Healthcare is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Credit designation: St Vincent Healthcare designates this educational activity for a maximum of fifteen (15)AMA PRA Category 1 Credits.™ Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Physician Assistants:
AAPA accepts certificates of participation for educational activities certified for Category 1 credit from AOACCME, Prescribed credit from AAFP, and AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by ACCME or a recognized state medical society. Physician Assistants may receive a maximum of 15 hours of Category 1 credit for completing this program.

