On the cover: Sports medicine physician Rebecca Carl, MD, with Caroline Dunphy, patient and participant in the Knee Injury Prevention Program (KIPP)
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Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 2 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits.™ Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
The Child's Doctor Editorial Staff
Editor-in-Chief
Edward S. Ogata, MD
Chief Medical Officer
Medical Editor
Joseph R. Hageman, MD
Member, Medical and Dental Staff Association
CME Director
Wayne H. Franklin, MD
Attending Physician, Cardiology
Editor
Vita Lerman
Public Affairs
Editorial Board
Dianna W. Brogan, MD
Member, Medical and Dental Staff Association
James S. Donaldson, MD
Department Head, Medical Imaging
Mina K. Dulcan, MD
Department Head, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Thomas P. Green, MD
Department Head, Medicine
Steven C. Hall, MD
Department Head, Anesthesiology
Elizabeth J. Perlman, MD
Department Head, Pathology
Ruben J. Rucoba, MD
Member, Medical and Dental Staff Association
Rebecca Unger, MD
Member, Medical and Dental Staff Association
The Child's Doctor
Journal of Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago
Spring 2009
You can now read CME articles, take quizzes, and receive credit online. View new CME section.
CME ARTICLES
Release date: June 15, 2009. Termination date: June 15, 2010.
Estimated time to complete this educational activity is 2 hours. Adobe Acrobat is required to access this program.
Process for obtaining CME category 1 credit: 1) review the target audience, learning objectives, faculty credentials and disclosure information; 2) read the articles; 3) complete and submit the post-assessment, evaluation form and the registration form in these pages.
Target audience: Community physicians
The Child's Doctor CME program is sponsored by Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine.
Author disclosures:
- Drs. Ali, Carl, Lowry, Smidt, Wagner, and Weese-Mayer have no industry relationships to disclose and do not refer to products that are still investigational or not labeled for the use in discussion.
Editorial disclosures:
- Drs. Hageman, Brogan, Donaldson, Green, Hall, Ogata, Perlman, Rucoba, Unger, and Ms. Lerman have no industry relationships to disclose.
- Dr. Dulcan has received travel reimbursement as a member of the Eli Lilly Strattera global advisory board. Dr. Dulcan also has received book royalties and travel reimbursements from the American Psychiatric Publishing for serving as author, editor, and editorial advisory board member.
- Dr. Franklin has received an honorarium as a consultant for Medtronic – Cardiovascular.
CME: Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries in Young Athletes
Rebecca L. Carl, MD, attending physician, Institute for Sports Medicine
Educational Objectives: Describe the prevalence of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries in young athletes; conduct diagnostic assessment and consider management options; discuss prevention of ACL injuries with young athletes
CME: Preventing Vitamin D Deficiency in Pediatrics
Farah N. Ali, MD, attending physician, Kidney Diseases
Educational Objectives: Explain rationale behind recent AAP guidelines to double vitamin D intake from infancy through adolescence, compared to previous recommendations; discuss classical actions of vitamin D and its newly recognized functions; describe risk factors for vitamin D deficiency that might call for higher doses of vitamin D to prevent deficiency
CME: Unraveling the Mystery of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
Debra E. Weese-Mayer, MD, medical director, Center for Autonomic Medicine in Pediatrics (CAMP)
Educational Objectives: Describe the potential genetic diseases that can be uncovered in investigating a SIDS case, to offer families genetic counseling and opportunities to prevent sudden death; systematically investigate a SIDS case to rule out conditions that might explain the cause of death, to provide answers to families; discuss the tissue bank option with parents of a child lost to SIDS and explain how they can help speed scientific discovery to prevent SIDS
CME: Emotional and Behavioral Aspects of Pediatric Obesity
Kelly Walker Lowry, PhD, medical psychologist, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Educational Objectives: Describe common psychiatric and psychological comorbidities in overweight or obese youth; identify common symptoms of depression, anxiety, disordered eating behaviors, poor self-esteem or body dissatisfaction, and peer teasing; recognize when to refer a child or family to a mental health specialist for further evaluation or treatment
CME: Dermatology Quiz and Case Discussion
Aimee C. Smidt, MD, fellow, Pediatric Dermatology
Annette Wagner, MD, attending physician, Dermatology
Educational Objectives: Recognize the disorder described in the vignette and shown in the photographs; describe clinical features and differential diagnosis; describe management approaches
DEPARTMENTS
Research: Piecing together the genetics of SIDS
Vita Lerman, editor, Public Affairs
Selected Abstracts from Children's Memorial Investigators
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