Growth Hormone Deficiency Research Highlights
This 15-minute CME program highlights the latest clinical research about Growth Hormone Deficiency (GHD).
GHD is a rare endocrine disorder characterized by insufficient levels of growth hormone being secreted from the anterior pituitary gland. A hallmark of prolonged GHD is growth retardation or deceleration, as well as short stature. Additionally, growth hormone deficiency is associated with metabolic abnormalities, impaired cardiovascular function, fatigue, delayed or incomplete puberty, ... |
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Building and Maintaining a Multidisciplinary Team for Lysosomal Disorders
This CME/CE activity with Drs. Ozlem Goker-Aplan and Walla Al-Hertani describes the importance of a multidisciplinary team approach to managing lysosomal diseases, as well as some of the challenges involved in creating and maintaining that team.
At the end of this activity, participants should be able to:
- Describe the need for a team approach to care
- Describe best practices to build a multidisciplinary team for a new patient
- Describe best practices to maintain a multidisciplinary... |
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Patient, Provider, and Caregiver Connection™: Challenges in Diagnosis and Management for Patients with ADHD During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Target Audience
This educational activity is directed toward psychologists, pediatricians, primary care clinicians, NPs, PAs, and other healthcare professionals involved in the management of patients with ADHD.
Activity Overview
This video-based program is designed for health care professionals to explore the diagnosis and treatment of patients with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) through a unique perspective, putting the patient voice front and center. A patient will lend... |
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Refining Management of Classical Hodgkin Lymphoma: What’s on the Horizon for Pediatric Management and AYA Survivorship
Target Audience
The educational design of this activity addresses the needs of community-based and academic/specialist hematologists, hematologic oncologists, medical oncologists, hematopathologists, primary care providers, family practitioner internists, hematology/oncology nurses and nurse navigators, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and pharmacists.
Program Overview
New treatments are poised to expand the armamentarium for pediatric classical Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL). Given the... |
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Expert Illustrations & Commentaries™: Emerging Strategies for the Treatment of Chronic Active Antibody-Mediated Rejection in Renal Transplant Recipients
Target Audience
This educational activity is directed toward transplant physicians, transplant surgeons, and nephrologists. Other clinicians who manage renal transplant patients are invited to participate.
Activity Overview
This Expert Illustrations and Commentaries™ is a video-based program in which 2 experts discuss the etiology and management of antibody-mediated renal transplant rejection. In this activity the faculty focus on the pathophysiology, current and emerging therapeutic st... |
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Ensuring Gender-Affirming Health Care for Transgender and Gender-Diverse Youth
Transgender youth see higher rates of suicide, poorer health outcomes, and an overall lack of access to quality care. In this expert interview, join pediatrician and child psychiatrist, Jason Rafferty, MD, MPH, EdM, from the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, on a path to ensuring equitable and comprehensive healthcare for transgender and gender diverse youth. Ensure your transgender and gender diverse youth patients are receiving the care they deserve. |
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Transfusion-Related Iron Overload"Evidence-Based Approaches to Improve Chelation Outcomes
Target Audience
This educational activity is directed toward hematologists. Pediatricians, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and other clinicians involved in the management of patients with iron overload are also invited to attend.
Program Overview
Patients who require ongoing red blood cell transfusions, such as individuals with transfusion-dependent thalassemia or sickle cell disease, may develop iron overload. Severe or long-term iron overload can result in a higher ri... |
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The InFLUence of Vaccine Technology on Pediatric Influenza Outcomes
Influenza causes a range of illnesses in children, from uncomplicated, self-limited illness to severe disease and death. The high infection rate of influenza in children leads to the spread of the virus in the community. If an outbreak of influenza coincides with that of COVID-19, the impact on the pediatric population will be even more severe. Among children 6 months and older who died from influenza between 2010 and 2016, only 22% were fully vaccinated against influenza. Although COVID mitig... |
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Community Practice Connections™: Transforming How We Treat Sickle Cell Disease: Holistic Approaches to Addressing Clinical Challenges Across the Patient’s Lifespan
Target Audience
This activity is directed toward hematologists, pediatricians, emergency medicine clinicians, pain management specialists, specialty NPs, PAs, RNs, and other HCPs involved in the management of patients with SCD.
Program Overview
Significant progress has been made in the management of sickle cell disease (SCD) in recent years, leading to increased life expectancy for patients. The number of available medications continues to grow; further, novel agents and gene therapies on... |
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Identifying Patients at High Risk of COVID-19 Complications: Considerations for Community Care to Reduce Morbidity, Mortality, and Hospitalization Risk
Target Audience
This activity is designed to meet the educational needs of primary care physicians, internists, pharmacists, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and other members of the multidisciplinary team to ensure optimal patient outcomes in outpatient management of COVID-19 infection and potential complications of disease in at-risk populations.
Program Overview
This program uses a game-based approach to explore the current understanding of COVID risk assessment, diag... |
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Pediatric Immunizations: Immunization Schedule and Recommendations
The online Pediatric Immunizations course covers routine immunizations and the recommended immunization schedule from the Centers for Disease Control. Guidelines for administering vaccines and possible reactions and contraindications will also be discussed. Upon completion of the is course, participants will be awarded 2.27 ANCC contact hours. |
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A Deeper Dive into the Diagnosis and Management of Food Allergies
Food allergies are serious and potentially lifelong disorders that require most patients to adhere to strict elimination diets, which can lead to nutritional, psychosocial, and financial burdens for patients and families. In this modular continuing education series, Dr. Sandra Hong and Dr. Anna Nowak-Wegrzyn review clinical considerations across the spectrum of food allergy, providing a comprehensive overview for clinicians who encounter patients with food allergies. Concepts covered will incl... |
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Advances in™ Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia: Investigating the Impact of Emerging Agents
Activity Overview
This online educational activity is designed to provide expert interpretation of new and emerging data on the treatment of congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH), with a forward-looking perspective on how new and novel agents might impact clinical practice. The essentials of disease classification and clinical trial data, current and emerging treatment strategies, and management of CAH from infancy to adulthood will be presented in a multimedia format, including a series of vi... |
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Starting Now: Conversations About Seizures and Rescue Therapies
Every person living with epilepsy should have a seizure action plan. Every person with epilepsy should also know about seizure rescue therapies. Improving care for people with epilepsy starts with a conversation about seizure action plans and rescue therapies.
In this activity, celebrity advocate Jack Coleman (“Dynasty”, “Heroes”, “The Office”) introduces adults with epilepsy and care partners who talk about the impact of seizure action plans and rescue therapies. Epilepsy nurse... |
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FAQs in Peanut Allergy: Exploring Unanswered Questions Following Allergy Meeting Updates
Target Audience
This educational activity is directed toward allergist/immunologists, internists, pediatricians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and registered nurses. Other health care professionals involved in the management of patients with food allergy will be invited to participate as well.
Activity Overview
The PER FAQ™ is an innovative video-based activity that features a clinical expert answering questions submitted by learners who participated in a related PER Postga... |
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Targeting Pharmacotherapy to Effectively Manage Eosinophilic Esophagitis
Two leading specialists in eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) explore the increasing disease burden of this underrecognized cause of esophageal dysfunction that affects all age groups worldwide. A type-2 inflammatory condition, EoE is frequently characterized by allergic comorbidity but can also be misdiagnosed as the more common condition of gastroesophageal reflux disease. New and emerging treatments promise to improve outcomes for people with EoE. Drs. Mirna Chehade and Ikuo Hirano share best p... |
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Current Management of Domestic Violence - Responding to IPV
This course helps you screen for, respond to, document, and manage your patients who are suffering from abusive relationships. Includes up to 17 patient cases in 5 different specialties.
Outcome Objectives:
As a result of completing this activity, the participant will be better able to:
- Screen patients for intimate partner violence (IPV) and appropriately respond to disclosures of abuse.
- Recognize patterns of abuse and properly document IPV.
- Assess the safety of IPV victims.
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Gene Therapy for Hemophilia B"The Next Step Forward in Disease Management
Target Audience
This educational activity is directed toward hematologists and hematologist-oncologists. Pediatricians, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and other clinicians involved in the management of patients with hemophilia B are invited to attend.
Activity Overview
Gene therapy for hemophilia B has the potential to reduce the treatment burden for patients and their care partners by eliminating the need for regular prophylaxis through long-term expression of endogen... |
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Pediatric Immunizations Should Not Be a Sticking Point
The goal of this CE presentation is to educate licensed pharmacists on pediatric immunization schedules, proper administration, and provide resources/tools to overcome pediatric vaccine hesitancy. By the end of this program, pharmacists will successfully have completed two hours of immunization-related CE in accordance with U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) requirements. This program is a recorded webinar originally presented in March 2021. |
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Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: Recognizing Its Earliest Signs in Infancy and Care Transition into Adulthood
Target Audience
The intended audience for this activity are neurologists, neuromuscular specialists, pediatric neurologists, genetic counselors, and pediatricians.
Program Overview
Join a panel of expert clinicians to identify the subtle and very early signs of DMD that may be detected before functional symptoms are noticed and that can help earlier diagnoses and appropriate interventions. Panelists will review the importance of matching mutations to therapeutic decisions, discuss emergin... |
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Optimizing Transition from Pediatric to Adult Care - LIVE STREAMING
In this special program, faculty from Harvard Medical School, the Brigham Transition Care Team, and the Boston Children’s Hospital BRIDGES Adult Transition Program provide strategies, best practices, and guidance to:
• Identify adult care providers and successfully transfer patients with rare or complex health care needs
• Assess and improve the efficacy of your current transition processes
• Tailor transition strategies to patient age, disease type, and physical/ intellectual capab... |
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Is It Safe? Safety Surveillance through the Antiretroviral Pregnancy Registry
Is It Safe? Safety Surveillance through the Antiretroviral Pregnancy Registry
Release Date: June 2, 2023
Expiration Date: June 2, 2024
Estimated Time to Complete: 1.25 hour
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Clinical Gap and Educational Need
Antiretroviral therapy should be initiated for all persons with HIV who are pregnant regardless of CD4 count according to current guidelines. There is often minimal data available to make recommendations, however, for use in pregnancy. One key consideration is... |
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From Evidence to Empowerment: Supporting Bottle-Feeding Parents with Emerging Science
Most infants will receive a bottle at some point in their first year, whether breastmilk or formula. However, some experts have concerns about the impact of bottle feeding and how it differs from breastfeeding. Some research suggests that bottle feeding may increase the risk of overfeeding and rapid weight gain. Current research explores how new bottle-feeding techniques may help avoid these potential risks.
Join Dr. Alison Ventura, pediatric nutrition researcher, and Jadah Parks Chatterje... |
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Applying Guidelines and Latest Evidence to the Management of Moderate‐to‐Severe Asthma in Children and Adults
Target Audience
The educational design of this activity addresses the needs of pulmonologists, allergists/immunologists, NPs and PAs, and other clinicians involved in the management of patients with moderate‐to‐severe asthma.
Program Overview
Patients with asthma and underlying comorbidities require personalized treatment to achieve asthma control. Children with asthma have an especially high burden of symptoms, and are at risk of impaired lung development if asthma control cannot be ... |
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FOP: Enhancing Diagnosis and Management to Improve Patients’ Quality of Life
Target Audience
The educational design of this activity addresses the needs of the primary audience of orthopedists, bone specialists, rheumatologists, pediatric rheumatologists, and genetic counselors, and the secondary audience of PCPs, pediatricians, dermatologists, endocrinologists, occupational therapists, oncologists, general practice NPs and PAs, and specialist NPs and PAs.
Program Overview
Because fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva, or FOP, is exceedingly rare, even specialists... |
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Dialogues about FOP: What Patients Wish More Doctors Knew to Enhance Early Recognition and Management
Target Audience
The educational design of this activity addresses the needs of the primary audience of PCPs, pediatricians, dermatologists, endocrinologists, occupational therapists, oncologists, general practice NPs and PAs, specialist NPs and PAs, and the secondary audience of orthopedists, bone specialists, rheumatologists, pediatric rheumatologists, genetic counselors, and dentists.
Statement of Need/Program Overview
Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) causes abnormal bone for... |
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Managing Opioid Misuse Disorder in Pregnancy and Neonatal Care
This course familiarizes physicians with evaluation and treatment of patients who present with maternal opioid use during and after pregnancy.
Outcome Objectives:
As a result of completing this activity, the participant will be better able to:
- Identify the specific problems encountered by women using opioids during pregnancy
- Evaluate pregnant patients with a history of maternal opioid use
- Differentiate between maintenance options for opioid treatment during pregnancy
- Assess... |
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Thymidine Kinase 2 Deficiency: From Diagnostic Odyssey to Timely Diagnosis and Treatment
Mary Kay Koenig, MD, a leader in the management of patients with mitochondrial diseases, delves into the complexities of managing patients with thymidine kinase 2 deficiency (TK2d). In this 1-hour activity, Dr. Koenig shares her insights in the clinical presentation of TK2d through real case studies and offers guidance on overcoming the ‘diagnostic odyssey’ experienced by many patients with mitochondrial disease. She also discusses the clinical criteria for referring patients to specialize... |
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Ace the Case: Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH) Presentations in the Primary Care Setting
Pulmonary hypertension (PH) comprises a heterogeneous group of disorders that share a common clinical feature - mean pulmonary artery pressure greater than 20 mm Hg. PH may involve multiple clinical conditions and may be associated with a variety of cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. Early diagnosis is critical to ensure patients are eligible for the widest spectrum of treatment options and that treatment is initiated as early as possible in the disease process. PH is classified into 5 c... |
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Ace the Case: Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH) Presentation and Evaluation by Pulmonary Specialist
Pulmonary hypertension (PH) comprises a heterogeneous group of disorders that share a common clinical feature - mean pulmonary artery pressure greater than 20 mm Hg. PH may involve multiple clinical conditions and may be associated with a variety of cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. Early diagnosis is critical to ensure patients are eligible for the widest spectrum of treatment options and that treatment is initiated as early as possible in the disease process. PH is classified into 5 c... |
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Ace the Case: Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH) Treatment Decisions and Therapy Initiation by Pulmonary Hypertension Specialist
Pulmonary hypertension (PH) comprises a heterogeneous group of disorders that share a common clinical feature - mean pulmonary artery pressure greater than 20 mm Hg. PH may involve multiple clinical conditions and may be associated with a variety of cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. Early diagnosis is critical to ensure patients are eligible for the widest spectrum of treatment options and that treatment is initiated as early as possible in the disease process. PH is classified into 5 c... |
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Cleveland Clinic 16th Annual Obesity Summit
Cleveland Clinic’s 16th Annual Obesity Summit features a diverse mix of faculty experts discussing innovative solutions and new strategies for diabetes, obesity and cardiovascular disease management. Dedicated sessions highlight the causes of obesity and diabetes, preventive strategies and therapeutic management approaches. Healthcare practitioners including physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, dieticians and therapists throughout many specialties can all benefit from the ... |
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The IMPACT Initiative Learning Center: Ultrasound Basics
Target Audience
This activity is intended for neurologists, physiatrists, orthopedic surgeons, residents, fellows, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, physical therapists, and occupational therapists who manage patients with spasticity and movement disorders.
Program Overview
This activity provides an overview of how to identify muscles/other structures with ultrasound and procedural guidance for botulinum neurotoxin injections, including scanning tips and guidance techniques f... |
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The IMPACT Initiative Learning Center: Shoulder and Arm
Target Audience
This activity is intended for neurologists, physiatrists, orthopedic surgeons, residents, fellows, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, physical therapists, and occupational therapists who manage patients with spasticity and movement disorders.
Program Overview
This activity reviews utilization of ultrasound guidance for optimizing botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT) injections in the shoulder girdle region including pattern recognition, scanning tips, and needle guidanc... |
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The IMPACT Initiative Learning Center: Hip Girdle and Thigh
Target Audience
This activity is intended for neurologists, physiatrists, orthopedic surgeons, residents, fellows, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, physical therapists, and occupational therapists who manage patients with spasticity and movement disorders.
Program Overview
This activity reviews use of ultrasound guidance for optimizing botulinum neurotoxin injections in the hip girdle region including pattern recognition, scanning tips, and needle guidance technique.
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The IMPACT Initiative Learning Center: Lower Limb/leg and Calf Region
Target Audience
This activity is intended for neurologists, physiatrists, orthopedic surgeons, residents, fellows, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, physical therapists, and occupational therapists who manage patients with spasticity and movement disorders.
Program Overview
This activity reviews use of ultrasound guidance for optimizing botulinum neurotoxin injections in the leg and calf region including pattern recognition, scanning tips, and needle guidance techniques
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The IMPACT Initiative Learning Center: Forearm and Hand
Target Audience
This activity is intended for neurologists, physiatrists, orthopedic surgeons, residents, fellows, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, physical therapists, and occupational therapists who manage patients with spasticity and movement disorders.
Program Overview
This activity reviews use of ultrasound guidance for optimizing botulinum neurotoxin injections in the forearm and hand including pattern recognition, scanning tips, and needle guidance techniques.
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Imaging the Acute & Critical Patient
Expedient and accurate radiologic triage is paramount in formulating treatment plans in time-sensitive scenarios, whether a patient presenting with an acute abdomen, acute stroke or the deteriorating patient in the ICU. Treatment paradigms rely heavily if not exclusively on the radiologist’s interpretation. Our distinguished faculty will provide a variety of didactic lectures and case-based presentations with disease-specific approach that includes musculoskeletal, GI/GU, chest, body, pediat... |
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Optimizing Early Nutrition for Long-Term Benefits
Sharon Donovan, PhD, RD, and Michael Georgieff, MD, review what is currently known about the influence of nutrition during the first 1,000 days of growth and development. Human milk"the model for optimal nutrition"is discussed, including its nutritive and nonnutritive components, how it functions as a dynamic biological system, and the latest breastfeeding guidelines. The implications of suboptimal early nutrition are addressed, along with the role of pediatric clinicians in providin... |
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Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Update
The Mid East Chapter of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging’s historic 50th Annual Conference presents nuclear medicine’s latest trends, advances and procedures. Adapted for the enduring material audience, Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Update features a dozen faculty members presenting this specialty’s impact on imaging, cardiology, neurology, endocrinology, oncology, rheumatology, pediatrics and much more. Practice enhancements and professional development w... |
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Penn Radiology Comprehensive Neuroradiology: Imaging Ideals (Streaming Online & USB Flash Drive)
Penn Radiology’s renowned faculty provides a thorough review of best practices in Neuroradiology. Comprehensive Neuroradiology: Imaging Ideals will benefit imagers, neurologists and neurosurgeons with an extremely detailed analysis of anatomy, techniques, modalities and procedures. Worth 23 AMA PRA Category I Credits™, applicable toward Maintenance of Certification requirements.
Topics: Neoplastic and non-neoplastic disorders of the brain, spine, head and neck, acute stroke, trauma, t... |
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Treatments for Feeding, Speech & Mouth Functions in Pediatrics - Diane Bahr, MS CCC-SLP CIMI
Early intervention and pediatric treatment are changing. There are not enough resources to serve the numerous children with feeding, speech/communication, and mouth function problems (e.g., those with prematurity, autism, Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, other congenital disorders, etc.). Occupational therapists, speech-language pathologists, early intervention specialists, dieticians, pediatricians, nurses, and others need detailed information to make appropriate referrals, choose appropriate t... |
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Banishing Basic “Feeding” Myths in the World of Pediatrics
In this lively episode, Michelle is joined by the lovely Miss Erin Forward, MS CF-SLP, formally of Rochester, NY, to bust some of our pre-conceived myths regarding treatment of “feeding” disorders in the pediatric world. Defining the etiology of the dysphagia, the confusion of utilization of EBP strategies with adults and how EBP can often become misplaced when treating pediatrics is discussed, as well as some of our favorite resources to develop our EBP for pediatrics is discussed. It... |
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Childhood Obesity: The Clinician’s Toolbox
Childhood Obesity: Clinician’s Toolbox is a 3-hour online continuing education (CE/CEU) course that explores the epidemic of childhood obesity by examining the effects of high-fat, high-sugar foods, artificial sweeteners, and food marketing on children.
We will examine the ways in which these foods alter a child’s metabolism, setting them on a course of weight gain, metabolic inefficiency, and obesity. We will also review how obesity affects children’s self-perception and sense of ide... |