Harvard Primary Care Pediatrics 2024
A comprehensive pediatric primary care update designed for clinicians who provide care to infants, children, and adolescents. This course helps pediatric providers stay current with recent clinical advances, practice guidelines, management strategies, and common challenges in general pediatrics.
Harvard Primary Care Pediatrics 2024 is a recorded medical course focused on practical updates in pediatric primary care. The course includes didactic lectures, panel discussions, brief management problems, and clinically relevant pediatric topics that primary care providers can apply in daily practice.
Focus: Infants, children, adolescents, pediatric respiratory disease, ENT, ophthalmology, office emergencies, pediatric UTIs, GI allergy, puberty, adolescent health, newborn medicine, social media, pediatric surgery, gender affirming care, and pediatric dermatology.
About This Course
The practice of general pediatrics requires a broad knowledge base across many areas of child and adolescent care. Keeping up to date can be challenging for busy clinicians, especially as guidelines, standards of care, and clinical recommendations continue to evolve.
This course presents state-of-the-art pediatric information selected for practical value in primary care. It focuses on topics that are commonly needed in daily pediatric practice and often not emphasized enough during training.
Why Choose This Course
Key Highlights
- Comprehensive 2024 pediatric primary care update
- Designed for clinicians caring for infants, children, and adolescents
- Covers respiratory, mental health, endocrine, GI, dermatology, ENT, and emergency topics
- Includes practical pediatric case discussions and management problems
- Useful for primary care physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, residents, and pediatric clinicians
- Focused on incorporating recent advances, guidelines, and published standards of care into daily practice
Core Learning Areas
Complete Curriculum
Day 1: Pediatric Primary Care Foundations
- Welcome remarks and course overview
- Pediatric pulmonology: The Lung and Short of It
- Otolaryngology panel discussion with illustrative cases
- Common eye problems: when to treat and when to refer
- Clinicopathological conference: pediatric case records discussion
- Office emergencies in pediatric practice
- Primary care challenges of preterm infants and children
- Growing healthy: tackling pediatric obesity in primary care practice
- The Epi-Center: cracking the code on pediatric food allergies
Day 2: Pediatric Infections, GI, Endocrine & Adolescent Care
- Urine Trouble: pediatric UTIs in primary care
- Cannabis: from diagnosis to treatment
- Management of cow’s milk protein allergy and allergic colitis in infancy
- Deconstructing puberty: an endocrinologist’s approach
- Substance use disorder in teens and young adults
- Hot topics in adolescent sexual health
- Maintaining personal well-being in a rapidly changing healthcare environment
- What’s new in newborn medicine
Day 3: Adolescent Health, Surgery, Gender Care & Dermatology
- Screenagers: navigating social media with adolescents in primary pediatric practice
- Pediatric surgical problems you don’t want to miss
- Case-based surgical problems seen in the primary care setting
- Gender affirming care for pediatricians
- Pediatric dermatology: practical and puzzling patients from private practice
- Clinical pearls for pediatric diagnosis and referral decisions
- Practical pediatric updates for primary care clinicians
Clinical Practice Updates
- Recent basic science and clinical advances in pediatrics
- Practice guidelines and published standards of care
- Diagnosis and management of pediatric respiratory disease
- Diagnosis and management of pediatric endocrine disease
- Diagnosis and management of pediatric GI disease
- Mental health and adolescent care updates
- Traditional pediatric care principles in light of recent scientific advances
Learning Objectives
By Completing This Course, You Will Be Able To:
- Evaluate recent basic science and clinical advances in pediatrics
- Incorporate practice guidelines and published standards of care into pediatric diagnosis and management
- Improve care for pediatric mental health, respiratory, endocrine, and GI conditions
- Assess traditional principles of pediatric care in light of recent scientific advances
- Recognize and discuss different approaches to pediatric patient care
- Strengthen clinical decision-making for infants, children, and adolescents in primary care
- Apply pediatric updates to common office, referral, and urgent care situations
Who Should Take This Course
This course is designed for primary care physicians, pediatricians, family medicine physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, residents, fellows, and healthcare professionals who provide care for infants, children, and adolescents.
Delivery & Access
This course package is provided for recorded learning access. No CME points or certificate are associated with this product.
Faculty Highlights
Reviews
A comprehensive approach to pediatric care. The course covers the practical topics needed in primary care pediatrics.
Well structured and easy to follow. The modules make complex pediatric topics more manageable for daily practice.
Engaging and informative presentations with practical pediatric case discussions and clinically useful updates.
FAQ
Who is this course best suited for?
It is ideal for primary care physicians, pediatricians, family medicine physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, residents, fellows, and clinicians who provide care to infants, children, and adolescents.
What topics are covered?
The course covers pediatric pulmonology, ENT cases, common eye problems, office emergencies, preterm infant care, pediatric obesity, food allergies, pediatric UTIs, cannabis and substance use, cow’s milk protein allergy, puberty, adolescent sexual health, newborn medicine, social media, pediatric surgical problems, gender affirming care, and pediatric dermatology.
Is this course practical for daily pediatric primary care?
Yes. The course is designed to provide state-of-the-art pediatric information that primary care providers can incorporate into daily practice.
Does this product include CME or a certificate?
No. This course package does not include CME points or a certificate.
Who can I contact for support?
You can contact us at [email protected].
Dr. Emily Carter –
“The Harvard Primary Care Pediatrics 2024 course offers a comprehensive approach to pediatric care. It covers everything I needed to know!”
Dr. Sarah Lee –
“The content is well-structured and easy to follow. Each module builds on the last, making complex topics more manageable.”
Dr. Kevin Patel –
“The presentations were engaging and informative. The faculty’s expertise really shone through, making the learning experience enjoyable.”
Dr. Jason Kim –
“The course provided excellent networking opportunities with fellow pediatricians and experts. It was great to share experiences and insights.”
Dr. Anita Gupta –
“The case studies presented were highly relevant and helped bridge theory with practice. I learned a lot from the discussions.”
Dr. Robert Brooks –
“I appreciated the convenient online format of the course. It made it easy to participate from anywhere without compromising my schedule.”
Dr. Jessica Tran –
“I highly recommend the Harvard Primary Care Pediatrics course. The content is top-notch and incredibly useful.”
Dr. Tina Martinez –
“The interactive elements, including Q&A sessions, made the learning experience engaging and dynamic.”
Dr. Christopher Wong –
“The information presented is current and relevant, addressing the most pressing issues in pediatric care today.”
Dr. Rachel Kim –
“The faculty members are exceptional, bringing a wealth of knowledge and practical experience to the course. Their enthusiasm is inspiring.”
Dr. Lisa Carter –
“This course is suitable for all levels of pediatric training. Whether you’re a resident or an established physician, you’ll find it beneficial.”