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Professional Educational Opportunities


Advanced Practice Nursing Conference
October 23, 2009
Ritz Charles Conference Center
Overland Park, Kansas
15th Annual Conference Pediatric Advanced Practice Nursing

2009 Clinical Advances in Pediatrics symposium (CAPs)
November 18-20, 2009
Children's Mercy Hospitals & Clinics
Kansas City, Missouri
www.childrensmercy.org/cmhn

Children's Mercy Health Network is pleased to sponsor the 42nd Annual Clinical Advances in Pediatrics symposium. We invite you to attend this two and a half day conference which endeavors to provide research, academic, and clinical information in a format that emphasizes the practical application of current concepts in the pediatric practice setting. This much-anticipated annual learning event is designed for pediatricians, pediatric specialists, family physicians, and allied health professionals involved in the care of children and adolescents. For more information, please visit www.childrensmercy.org/cmhn or contact Jena Parker at (816) 701-5213.

Save the Date: Springfield Pediatric Specialty Care Update
April 17, 2010
University Plaza Hotel
Springfield, Missouri
mmcmillan@cmh.edu

Grand Rounds
Each of these programs will be held from 8- 9a .m. in the Children’s Mercy Hospital Auditorium. They will all be remotely broadcast to the Teen Clinic, Children’s Mercy South, and the Housestaff Classroom.

Date: 10/15/09
Topic: Kantor Memorial Lecture  - The Gut Microbiome in Health and Disease – New Developments
Speaker: Alessio Fasano, MD, University of Maryland

Date: 10/22/09               
Topic: Procedural Sensitization and What We Can Do to Prevent It”
Speaker: Mark Connelly, PhD, CMH Behavioral and Developmental Sciences

Date: 10//29/09               
Topic: Quality Counts: Using Data from the Pediatric Health Information System (PHIS) for Quality and Research
Speaker: Matt Hall, PhD, and David Bertoch from Child Health Corporation of America 

CMH Employees