OVERVIEW

35th Annual Pediatric Infectious Disease Update Virtual Conference is organized by University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and will be held from Apr 16 - 17, 2021.

Credits
AMA Credit Designation:
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences designates this live activity for a maximum of 7.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

ACPE Designation Statement: These knowledge based activities will provide pharmacists up to 7.0 contact hours or 0.7 CEU. CE credit information, based on verification of live attendance and completion of the program evaluation, will be provided to NABP within 60 days after the activity completion.

ANCC Credit Designation: The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences designates this live activity for a maximum of 7.0 ANCC contact hours. Nursing contact hours will be awarded for successful completion of program components based upon documented attendance and completion of evaluation materials.

MOC PART 2 Credit: Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the activity, with individual assessments of the participant and feedback to the participant, enables the participant to earn 8.5 MOC points in the American Board of Pediatrics’ (ABP) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program.

Overview:
The 2021 Pediatric Infectious Disease Update, presented by the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at Arkansas Children’s Hospital, is a two-day seminar held annually for family physicians, general practitioners, pediatricians, internists, pharmacists, and nurses.

The course provides in-depth discussion of infectious diseases and highlights new treatments for diseases seen frequently by practicing physicians.

Objectives:
• Discuss the differential diagnosis and diagnostic testing of various infectious diseases and clinical etiologies presented
• Develop strategies for implementing the most current recommended group B strep prophylaxis and postnatal evaluation and treatment for early onset sepsis
• Recognize, diagnose and manage patients with measles or exposed to measles
• Discuss the presentation, diagnosis and management of acute flaccid myelitis
• Discuss the epidemiology and identify the evidence-based treatment of community acquired pneumonia
• Facilitate the proper evaluation and treatment of a child exposed to maternal syphilis
• Devise a treatment plan for community acquired pneumonia, accounting for risk factors for drug resistance
• Evaluate a child for neonatal herpes and develop a treatment plan