CME Calendar
Please see the individual CME events listed below for more details.
Pre-registration is required for all events.
For more information or program updates, please contact Children’s Continuing Medical Education Office: 206-987-5701.
August 6-9, 2009
North Pacific Pediatric Society (Jointly Sponsored)
179th Scientific Conference
Suncadia Resort
Cle Elum, WA
Visit www.northpacificpediatricsociety.org for meeting details or to register.
August 21, 2009
When Children Die: Special Challenges & Ethical Considerations in the ICU
2nd Annual Ron Lemire Northwest Symposium on Contemporary Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Please mark your calendar to join friends, colleagues and keynote speaker Robert Truog, MD, Professor of Medical Ethics, Anesthesiology and Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Children’s Hospital of Boston at Seattle Children’s for interesting and educational discussions surrounding Pediatric Critical Care.
View the brochure (PDF).
August 28-30, 2009
Regional Anesthesia in Children
Please join us at Seattle Children’s for this unique three-day course for anesthesia specialists that includes both didactic sessions and small group hands-on ultrasound workshops with live models. Special guest speakers include Per-Arne Lönnqvist from Stockholm, Sweden and Allison Kinder-Ross from Duke University.
View the brochure (PDF).
October 24, 2009
Childhood Obesity
2nd Annual Nutrition Symposium
Please join us for discussion and presentations by pediatric experts from the fields of medicine and nutrition who will highlight issues related to co-morbidities of pediatric obesity as well as strategies for prevention and management, including local and state advocacy.
View the brochure (PDF).
November 5, 2009
Promoting Resilience and Balance in Healthcare Careers
WorkLife Balance Symposium
In our quest for work-life balance, we strive to remind ourselves of the passion we have for children - their health and their lives - that allows us to invest time, energy and emotion into our jobs. When work or family presents challenges, it is important to find ways to refocus and move forward. Please join us immediately following Pediatric Grand Rounds for this program which offers a variety of strategies for advancing work-life balance and the opportunity to experience options to incorporate. Keynote speaker: Daniel Shapiro, PhD, Chair, Humanities Dept., Penn State College of Medicine and author of 2 books: Mom’s Marijuana: Love, Life and Beating the Odds and Delivering Doctor Amelia: The story of a gifted young obstetrician’s mistake and the psychologist who helped her.
View the brochure (PDF).
March 12-14, 2010
Pediatric Horizons - Then & Now
NPPS 180th Scientific Conference (Jointly Sponsored)
Bell Harbor International Conference Center
Seattle, WA