Connecticut Children's Grand Rounds

Activity Objectives Relate neuroembryological and developmental neuroanatomical data with clinical neurological examination. Apply updates to the Sarnat grading scale of neonatal encephalopathy. Understand the importance of proteoglycans in cerebral development and malformations as the most recently recognized major factor in morphogenesis of the CNS. Claim CME Credit Here!

Activity Objectives ASSESS Characterize cannabis use quickly: frequency, product, potency, timing, function, and consequences. INTERPRET Distinguish possible cannabis effects or withdrawal from depression, anxiety, ADHD, bipolar disorder, and psychosis. PRESCRIBE Incorporate cannabis use into decisions about starting, changing and monitoring psychiatric medications. ACT Use brief intervention, har...

Activity Objectives Empower increased understanding and awareness of the role of palliative care in addressing suffering in pediatrics. Explore grief as it relates to pediatric palliative care. Inspire all of us to recognize the best way to provide pediatric palliative care guided by compassion, curiosity, and presence. Claim CME Credit Here!

Activity Objective: Describe the role of pharmacotherapy in pediatric obesity care using the new CLASP tool guidelines. Claim CME Credit Here!

Activity Objectives Describe how storytelling can engage children and caregivers in healthy eating and behavior change. Identify strategies to support families facing barriers to healthy food access and nutrition resources. Explore how storytelling can strengthen nutrition education and behavioral support across diverse families, settings, and practice contexts. Claim CME Credit Here!

Activity Objectives: Compare the nature of genomic alterations that define clinically important subsets of acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Give examples of how genomic insights inform risk stratification and management of acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Claim CME Credit Here!

Activity Objectives: Describe the role of pharmacotherapy in pediatric obesity care. Discuss expected benefits, limitations, and pitfalls of treatment. Claim CME Credit Here!

Event Objectives: Identify major advances in child health and pediatric care in the United States, including improvements in survival, prevention, therapeutics, and outcomes for previously life-limiting conditions. Examine concerning trends in child and adolescent health, including infant and maternal outcomes, mental health, chronic disease, access to care, and the growing influence of social and...

*This activity includes 1 hour of Risk Management State-Required Education* Identify common documentation and charting pitfalls that may contribute to pediatric malpractice risk. Claim CME Credit Here!

Activity Objectives Recall information about youth experiencing acute mental health symptoms and their caregivers. Examine the integral role of caregivers of youth with acute mental health symptoms linkage to community-based mental health services. Discuss the clinical trajectory for youth with acute mental health symptoms and what this means for caregivers. Claim CME Credit Here!

Activity Objectives Differentiate the clinical presentations of tick-borne diseases in children and how to investigate them. Understand the changing epidemiology of Lyme disease and other tick-borne infections. Recognize emerging diseases such as alpha-gal syndrome and Powassan virus. Claim CME Credit Here!

Objectives Event Objectives: Compare and Contrast: Severe Persistent vs Poorly Controlled vs Difficult to Treat Asthma. Describe Asthma Cytokine Pathways and the Corresponding Biologic Mechanism of Action. Recognize the importance of multimodal asthma approach, limits, and future directions. Claim CME Credit Here    From < https://www.buzzsprout.com/admin/469609/episodes/19356039/edit > 

Describe how newborn screening has evolved to incorporate family-centered coordination and longitudinal support. Identify how communication, navigation, and provider coordination influence family engagement and follow-up. Discuss how family and lived experience reshaped workflows, communication practices, and support systems within newborn screening. Apply lessons from newborn screening to broader...

* No CME is awarded for this activity  Includes presentation of the Leon Chameides Lifetime Achievement award, Dr. Scott Schoem. 

Event Objectives: Describe the use of simulation in safer firearm storage education for pediatric residents. Discuss how simulation increases comfort of pediatric residents in discussing safer firearm storage at well visits. Evaluate caregiver comprehension and usability of a pediatric SMART asthma action plan using iterative field testing and health literacy principles. Identify differences in in...

Event Objectives Implement at least one subtractive change in their practices. Understand the scope of healthcare delivery's environmental impact. Perform procedures with less materials waste and use. Claim CME Credit Here!

Event Objectives: Identify historical milestones in congenital catheterization, and the technology which has allowed for advancement of the field. Describe the new transcatheter technologies available to treat congenital heart disease. Gain an appreciation for the collaborative approach between surgical and interventional cardiology teams in treating complex heart defects. Claim CME Credit Here!

Event Objectives: Identify actionable genes within a pharmacogenetic panel. Understand the risk of using pharmacogenetics as the primary driver in the selection of medications for psychiatric treatment. List resources that provide evidence regarding relevant gene-medication pairs and be introduced to a tool, sequence2script, that can help inform providers of the most up-to-date guidelines regardin...

Event Objectives Review the Allergy Center’s treatment protocol for managing food allergies using Sublingual Immunotherapy (SLIT). Analyze clinical outcomes and results associated with the use of SLIT in the treatment of food allergies to inform evidence-based practice. Claim CME Credit Here!

Event Objectives: Use the See/Believe/Create framework to identify at least one actionable, evidence-based change in their practice or community to reduce preventable morbidity and mortality among their patients. Apply the Burden × Amenability framework to rank preventable conditions by their potential for population-level impact—and explain why that ranking should drive clinical and advocacy prio...

Event Objectives: Describe the epidemiology and clinical presentation of FPIAP/CMPA and its newly identified position on the atopic march. Explain how management of children with FPIAP/CMPA might differ in infants who are breastfed vs. formula fed, and when early allergen introduction may be indicated. Explain why FOBT, FIT, Calprotectin, EDN, and Zonulin are not helpful biomarkers of FPIAP/CMPA....

Event Objectives: Characterize sources of cognitive errors in cases of possible child abuse. Understand current lack of agreement in cases of possible child abuse. Explore possible solutions to reduce variability and error. Claim CME Credit Here!

Event Objectives: Understanding the rationale behind the importance of accurately identifying true Amoxicillin allergy Learning how to safely implement in private practice Claim CME Credit Here!

Event Objectives: Discuss the state of healthcare delivery for youth with autism and other neurodevelopmental disabilities (NDDs). Describe the SAFE initiative and key domains that healthcare settings must consider to improve care access and outcomes for youth with NDDs and their families. Identify opportunities and priorities for clinical implementation, medical education, advocacy, and research...

Event Objectives: Understand how to reduce the risk of injury around water. Describe the major safety issues of e-bikes. Learn about the continuing threat to teen drivers. Claim CME Credit Here!