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The Breakdown of the Patient-Physician Relationship: and Its Role in Medical Child Abuse
Medical child abuse (also known as Munchausen syndrome by proxy, caregiver-fabricated illness in a child or factitious disorder by proxy) can be very difficult to diagnose. It is a rare form of abuse involving the persistent fabrication, falsification or induction of physical or mental illness in a child by an adult, leading to unnecessary and potentially harmful medical investigations and/or treatment. Common conditions and symptoms that caregivers create in instances of medical child abuse include failure to thrive, allergies, asthma, vomiting, diarrhea, seizures, and infections.
Today's guest lecturer is James Metz, MD a pediatric hospitalist, head of the Child Protection Team at the University of Vermont Children’s Hospital and an assistant professor at the Robert Larner MD College of Medicine at The University of Vermont. He specializes in child abuse medicine and child protection and prevention.
Target Audience
Physicians, Advanced Practice Providers, Nurses, Social Workers, Law Enforcement, Legal Professionals.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this activity participants will be able to:
- Define medical child abuse (MCA).
- Recognize vulnerable populations and systems.
- Describe the differential diagnosis of MCA.
Practice Change: Apply skills in preventing, identifying, and managing cases of MCA.
Contact Information:
- For questions regarding the Nemours Children's Health CARE Program, please contact Stephanie Deutsch, MD | [email protected]
- For technical questions regarding this course please contact Betsy Lee | [email protected]
- Please park in the Visitor Parking lot.
- Enter through the Atrium entrance to pass through security.
- Wear your organization ID badge for access to Nemours Children's Hospital.
- You will be directed to the third floor lecture hall.
The Microsoft Teams link to access the lecture virtually is located on the Register Tab.
James Metz, MD MPH
In support of improving patient care, Nemours Children’s Health is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Physicians
Nemours Children’s Health designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Nurses
Nemours Children’s Health designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.00 contact hours for nurses. Nurses should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Nemours Children’s Health is accredited by the Florida Board of Nursing to provide nursing continuing education: Provider #50-1428. This course is approved activity for 1.0 contact hours.
To earn nursing contact hours for this activity, please attend the entire presentation and then complete the online evaluation, which will be distributed via email following the presentation.
Physician Associates
Nemours Children’s Health has been authorized by the American Academy of Physician Associates (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for a maximum of 1.0 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. Physician Associates should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.
Other Professions
A certificate of participation will be provided to other health care professionals requesting credits. Please check with your accreditation board to make sure they accept AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.
Below are the credit types available to you per your professional designation.
Available Credit
- 1.00 AAPA Category I CME
The Nemours Foundation has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit to participants in The Breakdown of the Patient-Physician Relationship: and Its Role in Medical Child Abuse. Approval is valid from 3 months 1 day. AAPA reference number: CME-
This activity is designated for 1.00 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.
- 1.00 MOC ABS – SurgerySuccessful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME requirements of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit.
- 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
The Nemours Foundation is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Nemours Foundation designates this activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
- 1.00 ANCC Nursing Contact Hour
Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by Pennsylvania State Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
This activity is designated for 1.00 contact hours.
- 1.00 Continuing EducationThis activity is designated for 1.00 continuing education credits.
Price
Non-Nemours Associate In-Person attendees: pre-registration is required to help streamline security protocols.
Virtual attendees: click the Take Course button to access the Microsoft Teams Link.
Required Hardware/software
If joining the lecture virtually: Be sure to download the Microsoft Teams app before the day of the conference. Best viewing if using Google Chrome as a browser.