28th Annual Infectious Diseases In Children Symposium

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