Learn new tips to boost pediatric care at course in historic Santa Fe

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The Southwest beckons those seeking a continuing medical education getaway that features art, culture and nature April 24-26 at the Eldorado Hotel & Spa and Santa Fe Convention Center.

Practical Pediatrics offers quality sessions on common practice issues presented as lectures, interactive seminars and question-and-answer sessions. Stay to explore the pueblos, historic sites and museums of the oldest capital city in the United States. Course highlights and faculty include:

• “Evaluation and Management of Hearing Loss,” “Rhinitis and Sinusitis: When to Treat Snotty Noses and What to Do When Nothing Else Seems to Work,” “Otoscopy and Clinical Diagnosis of Ear Disease: Pearls for a Difficult Exam” and “Diagnosis and Management of Obstructive Sleep Apnea,” with Benjamin B. Cable, M.D., FAAP, of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences;

• “Respiratory Consequences of Dysfunctional Swallowing in Children,” “Wheezing in Children: When and How to Consider Something Besides Asthma,” “Outpatient Management of Chronic Lung Disease in Former Premature Infants” and “Chronic Cough,” with Gerald M. Loughlin, M.D., FAAP, of Cornell University;

• “Milk Intolerance: Is It Lactose, Allergy, IBS … or Superstition?” “Celiac Disease: a Primer for ALL Physicians,” “Tell Tale Signs of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Children” and “Identifying Liver Disease in Obese Children: Now What to Do?” with Jenifer Ruth Lightdale, M.D., M.P.H., FAAP, of the University of Massachusetts Medical School;

• “Beyond Time Out: Management of Oppositional and Defiant Behavior in Toddlers and Preschool Children,” “Transition to Adulthood for Children with Developmental Disabilities: Whose Responsibilities, What Resources?” “Management of ADHD in Primary Care” and “Management of Sleep Problems in Children and Youth,” with Nathan Jon Blum, M.D., FAAP, of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine;

• “Papulosquamous Disorders,” “Acne,” “Hemangiomas and Vascular Malformations” and “Life-Threatening Pediatric Dermatoses,” with Patricia Anne Treadwell, M.D., FAAP, of Indiana University School of Medicine; and

• “Hot Topics in Pediatric Infectious Diseases,” “Recurrent Fevers: Evaluation of the Child with Monthly Fevers,” “Tick Borne Illnesses” and “Community Acquired Pneumonia: Old Tricks for an Old Dog,” with William V. Raszka Jr., M.D., FAAP, of the University of Vermont College of Medicine.

Earn a maximum of 17.25 AMA PRA Category 1 credits and 10 Maintenance of Certification Part 2 points. Register by March 25 for early bird rates.