2025 Advances In Pediatrics Symposium Syllabus
May 30, 2025

Videos, Slides and Resources

5.25 CME - 5.25 MOC PART 2

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Thank you for attending our conference. All videos and slides are available below. 

Please complete the conference evaluation linked below. CME certificates are available on the PeerPoint site. If you are seeking MOC, please see the process below.

To obtain your CME Certificate (Now Available):

  • How to Obtain Your CME Certificate

    1. Open your web browser and go to: https://peerptlogin.com
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    4. Click on: “Click here to take survey” (this will open the survey).
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    6. Go to the “Print CME Certificates” tab.
    7. Next to the conference description, select “Assign Credit Hours.”
    8. A window will open displaying the maximum credit hours available for the conference.
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      • If you attended only part of the conference, select the actual number of hours you attended.
    9. Select “Save Credit Hours.”
    10. Click “View/Print.”
    11. Depending on your device:
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      • A window will open prompting you to download the certificate. Select “Save File.”

MOC Part 2 (A two-step process)

Step 1: Review the Conference Pearls

Step 2: Complete the Reflective Statements

After completing Step 1 (Having reviewed the conference Pearls), please proceed to complete the Reflective Statements exercise. As stipulated by the American Board of Pediatrics, completion of these two steps count as meeting the requirements to obtain MOC Part 2 for this conference.

Videos

Presentation Slides

To access all presentation slides, please look for the “Click to view the slides” link in the corresponding lectures below.

After the completion of the Symposium, please make sure to fill out the POST EVENT EVALUATION. We appreciate your feedback!

Colleen Kraft, MD, MBA, FAAP

8:10 AM - 8:50 AM - Caring for Children in Immigrant Families

  • Recognize the challenges facing children in immigrant families in 2025
  • Identify important resources to care for children in immigrant families

Edward S. Curry, MD, FAAP

8:50 AM - 9:30 AM - How to Diagnose and Treat ADHD in a Busy Practice

  • Develop an efficient office workflow for ADHD evaluation and treatment
  • Increase confidence in diagnosing and treating ADHD and its co-morbidities
  • Access resources necessary to assist in providing outstanding ADHD care to children

Morning Break 

9:30 AM - 10:10 AM - Visit the Exhibits | Research Posters | Meet the Professors

Alaina Vidmar, MD, FAAP

10:10 AM - 10:50 AM - Comprehensive Pediatric Obesity Care

  • Review epidemiology of pediatric obesity
  • Describe comprehensive obesity treatment
  • Highlight obesity pharmacotherapy use in youth and identify pediatric criteria for bariatric surgery

Sharief Taraman, MD, FAAP

10:50 AM - 11:30 AM - Keynote Lecture: Advances of AI in Healthcare & Pediatrics

  • Define how AI is being used in healthcare & the benefits with specific examples within pediatrics
  • Have a framework to evaluate accuracy/utility of AI in healthcare
  • Identify risks of AI in healthcare including privacy, regulatory, ethical, & potential biases

11:30 AM - 12:10 PM - Ped's RAP Podcast Live Recording: “But I Did My Own Research”: Combatting Medical Misinformation

Video Link coming soon

Lunch 

12:10 PM - 1:30 PM - Business Meeting | Visit the Exhibits | Research Posters

Felice Adler, MD, FAAP

1:30 PM - 2:10 PM - S. Michael Marcy, MD, FAAP Memorial Lecture:

Tiny Patients, Big Responsibility: Cultivating Antimicrobial Stewardship in Pediatric Care

  • Define the core principles of antimicrobial stewardship and explain its importance in outpatient pediatric practice for improving patient outcomes and combating antimicrobial resistance
  • Develop evidence-based prescribing strategies for common pediatric infections that minimize unnecessary antibiotic use while ensuring appropriate treatment of bacterial infections

           

Gina Solomon, MD, MPH

2:10 PM - 2:50 PM - Post-Fire Threats to Children's Health

  • Identify the potential health effects of at least three contaminants found in Los Angeles fire zones
  • Provide actionable guidance to parents in at least two common post-fire scenarios

2:50 PM - 3:30 PM - Research Awards and Presentation

Research Awards Winners Speakers

  • Tiffany Chen, MD – Increasing Firearm Screening in Resident Pediatric Well-Child Checks
     
  • Dina Ghanim, BA – Primary and Dental Care Utilization Among Children with Neurodevelopmental Disorders in FQHCs

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of PeerPoint Medical Education Institute and the American Academy of Pediatrics – CA2. PeerPoint Medical Education Institute is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. PeerPoint Medical Education Institute designates the live format for this educational activity for a maximum of 5.25 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn up to 5.25 MOC points in the American Board of Pediatrics’ (ABP) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABP MOC credit.

The Hybrid approval period is: May 30, 2025