Pediatric Pearls Winter

Wednesday, January 24, 2024, 8:00 AM - 12:30 PM, Chicago/ Stream Live, Chicago, IL


This half day live streamed meeting designed by pediatric specialists for the primary care audience will cover a variety of conditions, disorders and concerns that the primary care provider encounters in their daily practices. This program will include hot topics like pneumonia, dialysis, eczema and food allergies, acne, trending topics in infectious diseases and skin anomalies including birthmarks and moles and their management and the importance of the father child connection.

1. Discuss evidence for shorter antibiotic duration for common outpatient infections
2. Discuss new vaccines and the rationale for updated vaccine recommendatio
3. Discuss the etiology, identify the clinical characteristics, interpret diagnostic testing, and plan the management of children with uncomplicated pneumonia and children at risk for severe or recurrent pnuemonia
4. Explain when surgery is necessary for pigmented and non-pigmented lesions
5. Discuss if management of these lesions can altered by associated risks including a malignant potential and leptomeningeal melanosis and when reconstructive options should be used
6. Discuss sociocultural shifts in families resulting in increased father engagement
7. Describe the inter-relation between father wellbeing with the wellbeing of mothers and children and ways to engage the father in the pediatric setting
8. Identify which pediatric patients are at risk for infertility and how we assess that risk
9. Discuss the options for fertility preservation based on the child’s diagnosis and risk assessment
10. Discuss what is new in pediatric dialysis and other common pediatric renal issues

ONLINE (preferred method): For registration and payment, please visit luriechildrens.org/pearls.

CALL-IN: For registration and payment, please call Stephanie Cardona at 312.227.7411 or Claudia Cooper at 312.505.1736. 

Please retain a copy of your registration for your records. Mailing and faxing registration have been discontinued..

This will be a HALF-DAY, VIRTUAL event.


MDs, DOs, PhDs, and APRNs - $115

CIN and CCPA Members, Fellows, RNs, Other Healthcare Professionals, and Hospital Employees - $100

Residents and Medical Students - $75

*Registration is due approximately 10 days prior to each course and is non-refundable unless cancellation is received seven days prior to the event. If registering for the discount package will all five events (Pediatric Pearls Fall, ENT, Winter, Spring, and Emergency Medicine), registration is due October 23, 2023.


**NEW REFUND POLICY FOR 2023**

  There is a new, strict no-refund policy unless request is received seven days prior to the event. Consideration will be given to emergency situations and a credit for a future event will be offered.

The Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation Statement

The Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 4.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

For questions or more information, please call 312.227.7411, or email [email protected] or [email protected].

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (4.25 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (4.25 hours)

Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

Feinberg School of Medicine adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. All individuals in a position to control the content of a Continuing Education activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers, or others are required to disclose all financial relationships with ineligible entities (commercial interests). All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.