Connecticut Children's Grand Rounds

Impact of Covid-19 on out Inner-City Youth John Schreiber, MD, MPH- Division of Infectious Diseases,Connecticut Children’s; Professor of Pediatrics, UConn School of Medicine   Danielle Warren-Dias, MSc,BC-HP, Certified Recovery Coach Angel Ruiz, BS Certified Recovery Coach

Series Objectives: Provide Open forum Q&A to address Covid-19 concerns & inquiries. Review Covid-19 daily updates. Event Objectives: Identify & engage patient & family needs & concerns during regarding Covid-19

Weekly Covid Updates- Dr. John Schreiber Supporting Adolescents and Young Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic - Dr. Jessica MacCormac

Identify the features of COVID-19 transmission that present challenges to reopening society and economy. Describe approaches, including testing, to mitigate the health impact of COVID-19 as we reopen. Discuss future scenarios and the risk of COVID-19 resurgence after reopening.

Richard Antaya, MD John Schreiber, MD

Covid-19 Updates

Describe advances in our understanding of asthma pathogenesis and how these advances direct our current therapy. Recall the rationale for SMART asthma care and create SMART asthma care plans. Identify contemporary unknowns related to asthma and its future therapies.

Identify how long to observe children after various exposures to laundry detergents pods. Recall about the impact of code choreography on time to critical events during a resuscitation. Distinguish the various prescriptive practices and outcomes of ondansetron prescribing for children in the emergency department.

Summer Fever When to Think Lyme, When to Think Covid & When to think of other Infectious Diseases  John Schreiber, MD Hassan El Chebib, MD

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List at least two patient care topics for which there is solid data to guide Pediatric Critical Care physicians’ actions. Describe the three key elements of “burnout” as defined by Maslach. Describe how “the hospital” and individuals can work together to increase engagement and build a better future.

Summarize the major global forces now causing neglected and vaccine preventable diseases to re-emerge over the last five years. Report on how COVID-19 has become a major global health threat in this context. Summarize the major approaches to global health vaccines for these new 21st century diseases.

Identify current telemedicine regulations. Review guidelines to maximizing the benefits and minimizing the risks of providing telemedicine services. Predict what the future may hold for telemedicine.

Describe the function of Feeding Team appointments to families to manage expectations and help them prepare for the visit. List at least 2 strategies which can be given to families which could be protective against feeding difficulties. Identify patient populations who may benefit from a comprehensive multidisciplinary feeding evaluation.

Describe phenotypes of FPIES. Discuss approach to diagnosis of FPIES. Analyze management of FPIES.

Identify dimensions of context in primary care that influence the strategies that one might choose in standardizing EHR vs. allowing flexibility. Describe dimensions of standardization, how an EHR supports/shapes standardization (data, tasks, roles) (conflicts/opportunities) that occur in each category, between standardization/customization. Discuss Information Exchange/Patient complexity to creat...

1. Describe how COVID attacks the heart.  2. Describe approach to dealing with COVID patients needing cardiac evaluation.  3. Illustrate various subspecialty services that exist within the division of pediatric cardiology 

1. Identify unique challenges facing providers right now. 2. Apply supportive strategies for today and the reimagined future.

Describe the ways in which parent technology use interrupts or displaces parent-child activities and potential effects on child development and behavior. Describe basic aspects of persuasive design. Develop competence in addressing media use during clinical encounters using parent-centered approaches.

1. Summarize evidence on the usefulness and limitations of telehealth for medically complex pediatric patients.  2. Illustrate how several specialties at Connecticut Children’s are managing their patient populations.  3. Review cross-cutting strategies for successful telehealth experiences. 

Provide medical updates and information during the Coronavirus outbreak.

Identify major diagnoses of pediatric dysphagia. Recall the different diagnostic modalities for dysphagia and their appropriate use. Analyze diagnostic patterns of esophageal motor disorders on esophageal manometry.

Describe the Female Athlete Triad. Describe some injuries and concerns that are specific to female athletes. Describe some tools available to help identify at-risk athletes.

Analyze opportunities for increasing the value of pediatric services. Describe the outcomes and components of pediatric care that can support children's lifelong well being. Analyze and participate in discussions about current initiatives in Connecticut that support the transformation of child health services.

Identify suicide as a national and global public health threat. Describe the implications of suicide epidemiology in the general medical setting. Describe research on suicide risk screening and management tools and how they are applied to real world medical settings.