Series Description: 

Pediatric medicine is an extremely rewarding but challenging field. Pediatric morbidity and mortality is especially hard on family and hospital staff who have become so invested in these patients’ care. Some degree of morbidity and mortality will always be expected, but as a designated Children’s hospital, we strive to reduce our M&M to as low as possible and to learn from cases where unexpected or unfortunate outcomes occurred. Often, these outcomes are multifactorial in the making – ranging from social determinants of health to challenging handoffs, communication issues, systems issues, etc. This M&M conference series will monthly discuss Pediatric Cardiothoracic morbidity and mortality. This conference series will address the need for discussion of cases and current and expert information to provide the best patient care management for complicated challenging pediatric cardiothoracic patients.

Target Audience: 

Nurse Practitioner (NP)

Nurse, Registered (RN)

Physicians (MD or DO)

Physician Assistant (PA)

Students of Health Professions

Learning Objectives: 

1. Utilize evidence-based medicine to identify care and treatment options for optimal treatment of complex and unusual pediatric cardiothoracic patients.

2. Improve competency in interactions with families of diverse cultures and belief systems and how they perceived health and illness and responded to various diseases, symptoms and treatments.

References Provided for Self-Directed Learning in Compliance with Assembly Bills 1195 & 241- Providing Culturally Appropriate Care which is Free of Implicit Biases:

1. O’Gurek, D. & Henkr, C. (2018). A Practical Approach to Screening for Social Determinants of Health. American Academy of Family Physicians. https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2018/0500/p7.html 
2. Holroyd, J., Scaife, R., & Stafford, T. (2017). Responsibility for implicit bias. Philosophy Compass, 12. https://doi.org/10.111/phc3.12410
3. Raphael, J. & Oyeku, S. (2020). Implicit bias in pediatrics: An emerging focus in health equity research. Pediatrics, 145(5). https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2020-0512

Disclosure of Financial or In-Kind Commercial Support & Conflict of Interest

No one involved in the planning or presentation of this educational activity have any relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. No financial or in-kind commercial support was received to produce or promote this educational activity.   

– Provider Designee/Verification:  Kerri Maya, MSL, RN

Accreditation

In support of improving patient care, Sutter Health, is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), and the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Credit Designation Statement

Sutter Health designates this LIVE activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ for physicians, 1.00 continuing professional development contact hours for nurses, 1.00 knowledge-based contact hours for pharmacists, and 1.00 approved continuing education hours for social workers. Learners should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Note to Other Disciplines: AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ Continuing Medical Education is acceptable for meeting the continuing education requirements for Pharmacists, Physician Assistants, Psychologists, Registered Nurses, and Respiratory Care Practitioners. For other disciplines, please check with the regulatory board for your discipline to confirm what type of credits meet the continuing education requirements. Continuing education hours for nurses accredited by ANCC, via Joint Accreditation.