Nemours Children's Health Cardiac Research Day 2024

May 23, 2024

Nemours Children's Health Cardiac Research Day 2024 is a scientific activity that celebrates pediatric cardiac research at Nemours.  The primary purpose is to provide an open opportunity for medical students, residents, faculty, and staff to present their research to their colleagues, and to obtain scientific feedback in a friendly environment. ​Our objective is to create an environment where researchers can learn of advancements, discuss the future of research, and ultimately form partnerships that will transform the field of Pediatric Cardiology.

Target Audience

Physicians, nurses, psychologists, and researchers.  Any and all interested Nemours associates.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:

  • Describe key steps for building a research infrastructure and available resources at Nemours Children's
  • Recognize the relationship between social deprivation and cardiovascular disease risk burden beginning in youth.
  • Describe the use of crowdsourcing methods to collect research data and how crowdsourcing can be used to co-design interventions.
  • Explain study design and outcomes assessment with N3C database and the risk prediction model for children following COVID-19.
  • Identify the complexities of healthcare systems and how qualitative research can facilitate understanding.
  • Discuss current practices and quality improvement processes for safe patient discharge.
  • Explain outcomes research and the value of registries on outcome research.
  • Describe how Social Determinants of Health affect clinical Cardiac Health Disease outcomes and processes designed to mitigate these affects.
  • Define the role of risk assessment in cardiac surgery, and the opportunity to customize a risk model for adults with congenital heart disease undergoing cardiac surgery.
  • Discuss trends in national perioperative dexmedetomidine use following congenital cardiac surgery along with signs, risk factors, and management strategies for dexmedetomidine withdrawal in the pediatric ICU setting.
  • Define high risk neonates with congenital heart disease and list alternative catheter-based interventions for palliation.
  • List different aspects of POTS and possible causes of exercise intolerance in POTS along with their therapeutic consequences.
  • Recognize the importance of cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) in quantifying cardiac wellness and the value of exercise as a safe and effective treatment to improve future health resilience for children and adolescents with heart disease.

 

Contact Information: If you have any questions regarding this course, please contact the course coordinator listed below.

  • Betsy Lee | Betsy.Lee@Nemours.org
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 3.75 MOC ABS – Surgery
    Successful 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.
  • 3.75 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 3.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

  • 3.75 Continuing Education
    This activity is designated for 3.75 continuing education credits.
Course opens: 
04/01/2024
Course expires: 
08/20/2024
Event starts: 
05/23/2024 - 1:00pm EDT
Event ends: 
05/23/2024 - 5:00pm EDT
Cost:
$0.00
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PDF icon Cardiac Research Day 2024 - Agenda.pdf

Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware
Third Floor Lecture Hall
1600 Rockland Rd.
Wilmington, DE
United States

Please refer to the agenda for further details on activities and times.

All presentations will be live streamed via Microsoft Teams

To view the full bio of faculty, please click on their name.

Course Director(s)

Shubhika Srivastava, MD

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.
Planner(s)

Carissa Baker-Smith, MD MPH MS

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Janet Prozzillo, MSN RN CPN NE-BC

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Erica Sood, PhD

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.
Speaker(s)

Claude Beaty, MD

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Bahram Kakavand, MD, FACC, FHRS, CEPS-P

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Thomas Knapp, MD

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Jennifer Nelson, MD

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Christian Pizarro, MD

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Carol Prospero, BS

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Erica Sood, PhD

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Shubhika Srivastava, MD

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Deepika Thacker, MD

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Takeshi Tsuda, MD

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Yalim Yalcin, MD

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Abbas Zaidi, MD, MS

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.
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Available Credit

  • 3.75 MOC ABS – Surgery
    Successful 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.
  • 3.75 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 3.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

  • 3.75 Continuing Education
    This activity is designated for 3.75 continuing education credits.

Price

Cost:
$0.00
Please login or register to take this course.

To ensure that your credits are awarded properly, follow these instructions to update your profile if you have not done so recently.
   •  Click on My Account, then click on Edit, 
   •  Click on the Profile tab to complete/update your profile.
   •  Be sure to verify your profession, credentials & enter all applicable license type/number.

Required Hardware/software

Please download the Microsoft Teams app prior to the event.