Pediatric Update for Primary Care: Emergency Medicine and Infectious Diseases
Jul 21, 2023 – Jul 23, 2023
Mackinac Island - Grand Hotel
Horse-drawn carriages. Afternoon Tea in the Parlor. Croquet and bocce in the Tea Garden. Dressing up for dinner and nightly dancing to the sounds of the Grand Hotel Orchestra. Sitting in a rocking chair on the world’s longest porch with views of the Straits of Mackinac. Located on northern Michigan’s Mackinac Island, Grand Hotel beckons you to a bygone era of old-world hospitality and charm. They’ve been welcoming guests since 1887, and they continue to embrace our rich history with inspired enhancements and cherished traditions. Prepare to explore this top resort in the Midwest and National Historic Landmark. Then, prepare to return and create a few new traditions of your own. At Grand Hotel, no two rooms are alike. Their unique accommodations have been individually decorated by America’s first and most acclaimed design firm — and each features a specific theme brought to life with colorful décor.
Tuition Discount
Past Attendees Save $50: Past MCE Conferences attendees (within the previous three years) automatically receive a $50 discount at checkout.
Bring a Friend or Colleague and Save $50: If you are attending with another healthcare professional you are eligible for a $50 discount.
Overview & Agenda
Pediatric Update for Primary Care: Emergency Medicine and Infectious Diseases – 12 Credits
Overview
This conference is designed to provide primary care clinicians with up-to-date, evidence-based information on commonly encountered issues in Pediatric Emergency Medicine and Pediatric Infectious Diseases, while suggesting pragmatic approaches to clinical management. The discussion-based format of the conference will encourage audience participation through dynamic lectures, case-based studies, and hands-on workshops. Keynote speakers will present and critically assess recent advancements and industry updates in Pediatric Emergency Medicine and Pediatric Infectious Diseases with the goal of enhancing the knowledge-base and core competence of attendees. The successful completion of this interactive program diagnosing, treating, and prescribing the most effective courses of treatment, with the ultimate goal of improving patient outcomes.
Target Audience
All Physicians and other Healthcare Professionals seeking clinical information about issues in Pediatric Emergency Medicine and Pediatric Infectious Diseases.
Speakers
Our presenting national faculty speakers make it their professional goals to enhance the training of primary care clinicians. This Continuing Medical Education program promises to help you learn the most current, best medicine, and techniques for making the diagnosis easier during a 20-minute office visit.
Topics and Objectives
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Let’s Use Our Heads
Objectives: 1) Understand how to manage children who have sustained concussions and discuss Return to Play and Return to Learn Guidelines 2) Apply guidelines in the management of children with head injury, including the ordering of a head CT 3) Utilize imaging studies appropriately in the evaluation of children with head injury
The Eyes Have It
Objectives: 1) Understand eye anatomy and the key steps in a thorough eye examination 2) Summarize which clinical conditions may be identified by each step in the eye examination 3) Treat eye pathology, resulting from infection or trauma, and understand when to refer a child to an ophthalmologist 4) Recognize the clinical differences between periorbital cellulitis and orbital cellulitis
Thinking Better: Medical Decision-Making at the Bedside
Objectives: 1) Discuss how pattern recognition, memory, and making snap judgments may lead to diagnostic errors 2) Understand the cognitive errors that physicians make most frequently 3) Develop an approach to medical decision-making that will help avoid diagnostic error
Visual Diagnosis
Objectives: 1) Demonstrate the ability to identify diagnoses in children by simple visual inspection 2) Discriminate among common pediatric diagnoses by asking appropriate patient history questions 3) Appreciate the importance of pattern recognition in establishing a diagnosis
Infants Behaving Badly
Objectives: 1) Develop a thorough differential diagnosis for ill-appearing infants 2) Summarize the key management strategies in actual cases of ill-appearing infants 3) Select appropriate diagnostic studies in the evaluation and management of infants with interesting and uncommon diagnoses
Does My Patient Need Surgery?
Objectives: 1) Be able to make rapid management decisions based on children presenting signs and symptoms suggestive of a surgical emergency 2) Select appropriate diagnostic studies in the evaluation of children with surgical emergencies 3) Avoid activities that will result in a delayed diagnosis for children with surgical emergencies
Pediatric Infectious Diseases
COVID-19: Where Are We and Where Are We Going?
Objectives: 1) Discuss current epidemiologic trends in COVID-19 disease 2) Plan appropriate diagnostic and therapeutic interventions for suspected COVID-19 3) Identify appropriate vaccination strategies for COVID-19
What’s New in Pneumonia?
Objectives: 1) Identify optimal antibiotic choices for pneumonia in the office setting 2) Plan an optimal length of antibiotic therapy
Herpes are Like Diamonds, They’re Forever
Objectives: 1) Recognize the common presentations, diagnosis, and management of EBV and HSV in children
Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy: What Works, What Doesn’t?
Objectives: 1) Identify novel strategies to discuss vaccine skepticism in the office setting 2) Discuss how we maintain vaccine safety systems in the USA
What’s All the Pus About? Staphylococcal and Streptococcal Infections
Objectives: 1) Plan appropriate management strategies for skin and soft tissue infections, due to S. aureus and S. pyogenes 2) Identify suppurative and nonsuppurative complications of streptococcal infections 3) Plan appropriate therapy for recurrent skin and soft tissue infections
Field Notes: Recent Cases From Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Objectives: 1) Hone the ability to build differential diagnoses for acute infectious processes 2) Identify common and uncommon causes of infectious disease syndromes 3) Recognize characteristics of new emerging infections, such as monkeypox
Rules of Immunity: Considering Primary Immunodeficiencies in the Office Setting
Objectives: 1) Identify the most common causes of primary immunodeficiency in children 2) Recognize the most common ‘red flags’ for consideration of immune deficiency
History is Everything: Evaluation of Fever of Unknown Origin
Objectives: 1) Develop a systematic evaluation of children with FUO 2) Identify patterns seen in commonly diagnosed infectious causes of FUO
Please Note: Content is subject to change without notice. Please refer to the activity website for the most current information.
Program Schedule
Date
Location
Description
Time
July 21, 2023
Grand Hotel Conference Room
Conference Day 1
Continental Breakfast for Registered Attendees
Check-In Opens at 7:00 AM
7:30 AM - 11:50 AM
July 22, 2023
Grand Hotel Conference Room
Conference Day 2
Continental Breakfast for Registered Attendees
7:30 AM - 11:50 AM
July 23, 2023
Grand Hotel Conference Room
Conference Day 3
Continental Breakfast for Registered Attendees
7:30 AM - 11:50 AM
Accreditation
Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education – ACCME
MCE Conferences is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
MCE Conferences designates this live activity for a maximum of 12 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credits commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
ABIM MOC Recognition
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 12 (part II) MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.
American Academy of Family Physicians – AAFP
This live activity is being reviewed and will be acceptable for up to 12 Prescribed credits by the American Academy of Family Physicians. AAFP Prescribed credit is accepted by the American Medical Association as equivalent to the AMA PRA Category 1 credit toward the AMA Physicians Recognition Award. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
The College of Family Physicians of Canada – Mainpro-M1
The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) is the accrediting body for family medicine continuing medical education (CME) in the United States of America. CFPC members who complete any live CME/CPD program accredited by the AAFP for Prescribed credit can claim the equivalent number of Mainpro-M1 credits.
American Osteopathic Association – AOA
CME activities approved for AAFP credit are recognized by the AOA as equivalent to AOA Category 2 credit.
American Academy of Physician Assistants – AAPA
AAPA accepts Category 1 CME approval from the AAFP.
American Association of Nurse Practitioners – AANP
AAFP Prescribed Credits are accepted by the AANP.
American Nurses Credentialing Center – ANCC
According to the ANCC, the continuing education hours approved by the AAFP meet the ANCC-accredited CNE criteria.
Pharmacology Credits
This course is being reviewed and will be acceptable for up to 12 CE credits; please verify with your Medical Board which hours may be applied toward Pharmacology credit.
Hotel Accommodations
Lodging Reservations – To make your lodging reservation, please Click Here or contact our office via email at info@mceconferences.com.
Please note: Room categories are based on availability at the time of request.
Accommodations: Grand Room – These smaller guest rooms offer interior views of the hotel. Grand Rooms include a king or queen bed, 2 queen beds, or 2 double beds. Here at Grand Hotel, every room and suite features its own design and ambiance, so images that appear may not reflect the actual room booked. While every stay at America’s Summer Place includes modern amenities, exceptional service, a variety of activities, and timeless traditions, each room is truly unique.
- Grand Room – $418 Per Room Per Night Plus Applicable Taxes and Fees
- Room and Bedding Options:
-Two Double-size Beds or Two Queen Beds
-One King-size Bed or One Queen Bed
- Room and Bedding Options:
Note: Room categories are based on availability at the time request.
Accommodations: Lake View Room – Our Lake View Rooms are all about options. Choose from a larger guest room with interior views or a smaller guest room with lake views. Additionally, you have the choice of a king or queen bed, 2 double beds, or 2 queen beds. Here at Grand Hotel, every room and suite features its own design and ambiance, so images that appear may not reflect the actual room booked. While every stay at America’s Summer Place includes the same modern amenities, exceptional service, a variety of activities, and timeless traditions, each room is truly unique.
- Lake View Room – $557 Per Room Per Night Plus Applicable Taxes and Fees
- Room and Bedding Options:
-Two Double-size Beds or Two Queen Beds
-One King-size Bed or One Queen Bed
- Room and Bedding Options:
Note: Room categories are based on availability at the time request.
Amenities – Amenities Include: Complimentary WiFi, Air Conditioning, in room safe, flat screen TV, Iron and Ironing Board, Fitness Facilities, Outdoor Heated Swimming Pool and Whirlpools (open seasonally).
Additional Lodging Information
- Check-in/ Check-out: Accommodations are available for check-in at 4:00PM. Check out is at 11:00AM.
Lodging Deposit – A Credit Card is used at the time of booking to guarantee your reservation. Balance due to the hotel upon arrival.
Lodging Cancellations – Terms and conditions as per MCE’s room allotment agreement with conference lodging venue:
- Cancellation made 31 days or more prior to arrival: A full refund will be issued.
- Cancellation 30 days or less prior to arrival: No refunds will be issued.
- No-shows and early departures are considered a cancellation: No refunds will be issued.
All lodging cancellations must be made directly with the lodging venue. Please refer to your lodging confirmation for contact information and policies.
Register & Book Your Lodging Early! The MCE reduced room rates will be available to registered attendees up until June 13, 2022 (based on availability). Our allotment for reduced room rates may sell out before this date. We urge you to secure your lodging reservation as early as possible. Reduced rates will also be offered 3 nights pre and post-program dates (based on availability).
Room Reservation Guidelines – The lodging reservation link has been created for the MCE Conference continuing medical education program, and only guests that are registered for this CME conference are eligible to use this site in order to access discounted rooms and/or theme park tickets (if applicable).
- Attendees must register within (7) seven days of booking MCE discounted lodging to avoid cancellations or increased nightly rates (depending on Hotel/Resort policy).
- We allow a maximum of 2 room reservations per registered attendee, based on availability and rates at the time of booking.
- Rooms and/or tickets (if applicable) cannot be purchased for the purpose of, or with the intention of being resold.
- All reservations must be made under the registered attendee’s’ name, as all reservations and ticket orders (if applicable) will be audited against the CME program registration list. Should it be necessary, we reserve the right to contact you to request proof of registration. If it is discovered that the reservation and/or ticket order is not for an MCE Conferences participant, the reservations and/or ticket order may be canceled or modified based on the Hotel/Resort policy, and deposits may not be eligible for a refund.
Please note: In order to provide a quality and interactive CME program, MCE Conferences will limit the number of registrations per conference.
Additional Travel Information
Mackinac Island, located in Lake Huron, between the lower and upper peninsulas of Michigan, is completely car-free (with the exception of a few emergency vehicles).
Interstate I-75 brings you to the ferry docks of both Mackinaw City (Lower Peninsula) and St. Ignace (Upper Peninsula). Access to the island can be made from both of these cities. The exits are clearly marked for several miles.
All season long, Mackinac Island is serviced from both of these cities by two ferry companies: Shepler’s Ferry and Star Line Ferry. Each company offers a unique fleet of ferry experiences.
Pellston Airport is serviced by Sky West (Delta) and is approximately fifteen miles from the island. Mackinaw Shuttle Services is located in the main terminal of the airport to provide ground transportation to the ferries headed towards the island.
Chippewa County Airport is about 30 minutes from the ferry docks in St. Ignace. This airport offers the convenience of a smaller airport with state of the art facilities and security.
Additionally, Great Lakes Air is a full service, affordable passenger and freight charter service that offers a 7 minute flight from St. Ignace to Mackinac Island. Fresh Air Aviation also services the Island with private aircraft charters.
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What Are You Waiting For?
Register Early! In order to provide a quality and interactive CME program, MCE Conferences will limit the amount of registrations per conference. Some conferences may have a lower registration limit due to the destination logistics and lodging availability.