Thursday, September 17, 2015 - 3:00pm to Thursday, September 17, 2015 - 4:30pm ET
Expiration Date:
Access to the evaluation and certificate for the live webinar will be available until Wednesday, October 14, 2015 - 8:00pm ET
Target Audience:
This activity has been designed to meet the educational needs of nurses, physicians, and other health and legal professionals involved in the care of children that have been victims of head trauma.
Statement of Need/Program Overview:
Head trauma occurs frequently in children and can be the result of accidental or abusive means. Differentiation between accident and abuse is important for the safety of the child and well-being of the family.
Healthcare providers should understand key features of the history, exam and test result findings that would help differentiate between accidental vs. abusive cause of a head trauma in children.
After completing this activity, the participant should be better able to:
- Identify 2 typical features of a subgaleal hematoma.
- Differentiate between a simple and complex skull fracture
- Describe appropriate evaluation for suspected abusive head trauma in children under the age of 5 years.
Presenter(s):
Karen Farst, MD MPH
Dr. Farst has worked as a child abuse pediatrician with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Center for Children at Risk and Arkansas Children’s Hospital since 2004. After residency training in internal medicine and pediatrics, she was in private practice for 3 years before completing a fellowship in child abuse pediatrics at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. Her work duties at Arkansas Children’s Hospital include medical evaluations for abuse and neglect with the Team for Children at Risk, education of medical and non-medical professionals on the medical aspects of child maltreatment and administration of the Center for Children at Risk. She serves on the Board of Directors for the National Children’s Alliance as well as the Child Abuse Pediatrics sub-board of the American Board of Pediatrics.
Physician Accreditation Statement:
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of Postgraduate Institute for Medicine and International Association of Forensic Nurses. The Postgraduate Institute for Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Physician Credit Designation:
The Postgraduate Institute for Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Nursing and Other Continuing Education Accreditation Statement:
The International Association of Forensic Nurses is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. JBS International, Inc. is an approved provider through NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals (Provider Number 000208).
Nursing and Other Continuing Education Credit Designation:
The International Association of Forensic Nurses designates this live activity for 1.5 Nursing CE Credits. JBS International, Inc. designates this live activity for 1.5 Continuing Education Unit (CEU) contact hours.
Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest:
Postgraduate Institute for Medicine (PIM) requires instructors, planners, managers and other individuals who are in a position to control the content of this activity to disclose any real or apparent conflict of interest (COI) they may have as related to the content of this activity. All identified COI are thoroughly vetted and resolved according to PIM policy. PIM is committed to providing its learners with high quality CME activities and related materials that promote improvements or quality in healthcare and not a specific proprietary business interest of a commercial interest.
The planners and managers reported the following financial relationships or relationships to products or devices they or their spouse/life partner have with commercial interests related to the content of this CME activity: The following PIM planners and managers, Trace Hutchison, PharmD, Samantha Mattiucci, PharmD, CHCP, Judi Smelker-Mitchek, RN, BSN and Jan Schultz, RN, MSN, CCMEP, hereby state that they or their spouse/life partner do not have any financial relationships or relationships to products or devices with any commercial interest related to the content of this activity of any amount during the past 12 months. The following International Assoication of Forensic Nurses planners and managers, Jennifer Pierce-Weeks, RN, SANE-A, SANE-P and Sarah Tucker, BA, hereby state that they or their spouse/life partner do not have any financial relationships or relationships to products or devices with any commercial interest related to the content of this activity of any amount during the past 12 months.
Media:
Live webinar
Disclosure of Unlabeled Use:
This educational activity may contain discussion of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the FDA. The planners of this activity do not recommend the use of any agent outside of the labeled indications. The opinions expressed in the educational activity are those of the faculty and do not necessarily represent the views of the planners. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings.
Disclaimer:
Participants have an implied responsibility to use the newly acquired information to enhance patient outcomes and their own professional development. The information presented in this activity is not meant to serve as a guideline for patient management. Any procedures, medications, or other courses of diagnosis or treatment discussed or suggested in this activity should not be used by clinicians without evaluation of their patient’s conditions and possible contraindications and/or dangers in use, review of any applicable manufacturer’s product information, and comparison with recommendations of other authorities.
CNE CEU Evaluation:
Nurses: How to Obtain your CEU or CNE Certificate
IAFN and JBS will use their standard activity evaluation for CNE and CEU.
For any questions relating to CNE (nursing) or CEU certification, please contact us at [email protected].
CME Evaluation:
Physicians: How to Obtain your CME Certificate
PIM supports Green CME by offering your Request for Credit online. If you wish to receive acknowledgment for completing this activity, please follow the steps below:
- Go to CME University at: www.cmeuniversity.com and register or login
- Once logged in, click on “Find Post-test/Evaluation by Course” at the top of the page
- Type in “10864" in the box, and hit enter
- Click on the activity title
- Complete the online posttest and evaluation and obtain your CME certificate to download and/or print for your files.
Upon completion of the online posttest and evaluation form, you will have immediate access to a certificate of attendance to print or save for your files. You can save your certificate by selecting the “Save” option on the print screen.
For any questions relating to CME (physician) certification for this activity, please contact Postgraduate Institute for Medicine at: [email protected] or (303) 799-1930.
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This webinar will provide an overview of different types of head trauma encountered in pediatric practice (contact injuries, hypoxia/ischemia, and acceleration/deceleration). Case presentations will be used to highlight the importance of history, physical exam and usage of objective testing strategies in differentiating accidental vs. abusive causes of pediatric head trauma.