This program is designed for pediatricians, pediatric nurses and nurse practitioners.
Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this activity, attendees should be better able to:
- Identify cutaneous eruptions that are markers of common and less common systemic illnesses
- Summarize key vaccinations in pediatric practice
- Examine new updates in the 2015 Red Book
- Explore the causes of vaccine hesitancy and challenges posed by personal belief exemptions for vaccines
- Evaluate new antibiotics that are under development and ways to better utilize older antibiotics to retain their effectiveness
- Outline the appropriate use of antiviral drugs in the management of influenza infections in children
- Review the current management of head lice
- Describe state-of-the-art approaches to superficial fungal Infections of the skin, scalp, and nails
- Review important papers on pediatric infectious diseases published over the past year
- Discuss measles prevention, including development, deployment, and success behind measles vaccination programs
