Blog Promotion 09

We are excited for the 13th Annual Pediatric Conference. We wanted to tell you a little about each topic and the presenter. It is Sept. 17, 18 2009 at Shriners Hospitals for Children in Salt Lake City. We are offering great CE credit at a very inexpensive cost. Mike Swinyard MD will kick off the conference speaking on three Endocrinological emergencies we should all be prepared for. Dr. Swinyard is an excellent resource to the healthcare community and has twice been the recipient of the “Excellence in Teaching Award. Department of Pediatrics. University of Utah School of Medicine, 19951996, 2000-2001. We will then hear from Mike Lloyd MD who will address the topic of Migraines in children and adolescents. He is a clinical instructor in pediatric neurology for the University Of Utah School Of Medicine and a Co-Director for the Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis Clinic. Next we will have the opportunity to hear from Jacques D’Astous MD who is an orthopaedic surgeon with Shriners Hospitals for Children. He is also a professor with the University Of Utah School Of Medicine, Department of Surgery. He will address common orthopaedic pediatric concerns. After lunch we will have the opportunity to hear from Julieanne Schiefelbein NNP-BC who is going to address the concerns of healthcare providers and premature infants following discharge from the NICU. Julieanne is a NNP in PCMC’s NICU and a member of the Flight Nurses for Life Flight. We wondered where childhood cancers were at in 2009 and so we asked Jenny Wright MD to address the question. Dr. Wright is certified both in internal medicine and pediatrics and is a practicing oncologist and hematologist at PCMC. She too serves as an associate professor for the University Of Utah School Of Medicine. Wrapping up Friday will be radiologist Jeffrey Prince MD. There are so many types of imaging available and we all want to order the correct imaging for our clients. Additionally we want to spend the healthcare dollar appropriately. Dr. Prince is the Vice Chairman of Medical Imaging at PCMC and an Adjunct Associate Professor at the University Of Utah School Of Medicine, Department of Radiology.

Friday we will spend the morning updating our skills in caring for the type one diabetic. There has been an explosion in the numbers of new type one diabetics in the intermountain area and the specialists are asking us to help provide care for these individuals sharing the care and not just referring them for care. We will learn from Mary Murray MD who is the Department chair at PCMC for Diabetes and a professor for the University Of Utah School Of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics in Endocrinology will update us on what is happening with Type One Diabetes Management. Dr. Murray also serves on the Utah Health Department advisory board for the Utah Diabetes Prevention and Control program. Trina Brown CPNP, CDE a member of our Conference Committee and a PNP with the Utah Diabetes Center will address the day to day management of diabetes, how to manage the numbers and what to do when these children are sick. Trina just completed her certification as a certified diabetes educator and we look forward to learning from her. Do you ever wonder what to tell the schools in relationship to caring for your Type I Diabetic children? Lucie Jarrett APRN, CDE has all of the answers for us. What about diets, what about medication, what about activities, should there be any limitations? Lucie serves as a clinical educator for the Diabetics Clinic and Education Program for PCMC. Taking a totally different direction we will next learn from Julia Lidgard SLP-CCC who will address communication disorders across childhood and adolescence. Julia serves as an Adjunct Instructor for the University of Utah Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders. Julia practices at The Children’s Center. She will provide guidelines and red flags in watching for communication disorders. Following lunch we will have the opportunity of being taught by Phillip Baese MD, Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist at the University of Utah Neuropsychiatric Institute. He will address the issue of depression and what we as providers need to know to help these clients. Dr. Baese will have an extended amount of time to teach and answer questions.

Our concluding conference speaker will be Michael Puchalski MD addressing us on current cardiology issues using dynamic illustrations of congenital heart defects and their associated concerns. Dr. Puchalski also serves as the Director of Cardiovascular MRI at PCMC and as Coordinator of Congenital Cases at the University of Utah. Following our speakers we will conclude with drawing for door prizes. We hope to see you there and support the Utah Chapter of NAPNAP and extend a warm welcome to the PA’s that share a pediatric focus. For any questions or concerns please contact Lisa Sharp FNP-BC at (801)292-1464 or [email protected].