2012 NASPGHAN
Nutrition University
Webinar Series
Introduction
Nutritional disease is common and thus nutritional status is an important characteristic that needs to be considered and assessed in all patient populations, especially children, as research demonstrates long-standing effects of nutritional status on future health. This course seeks to provide an update on nutritional assessment techniques and effective nutritional interventions to help learners implement optimal strategies into their clinical practice.
Target Audience
This activity is designed for pediatric gastroenterology fellows and pediatric gastroenterologists who have an interest in nutrition. Nurses and dieticians are also welcome to participate.
MODULE 1 contains the following four lectures and can be accessed here.
| Nutrition and the Gastroenterologist: Improving Patient Outcomes with Nutritional Assessment and Therapy in IBD | Valeria Cohran, MD, MS |
| Energy and Protein Metabolism | Praveen Goday, MBBS |
| Nutrition Assessment and Growth Charts: What do we Really Need to Know | Maria Mascarenhas, MBBS |
| Parenteral Nutrition | Robert Shulman, MD |
MODULE 2 contains the following four lectures and can be accessed here.
| Enteral and Parenteral Access: Lines, Locks and Tubes | Mark Corkins, MD |
| Critical Care Nutrition Pearls | Valeria Cohran, MD, MS |
| Nutrition in Liver Disease | Samuel Kocoshis, MD |
| Enteral Nutrition | Mark Corkins, MD |
MODULE 3 contains the following six lectures and can be accessed here.
| Short Bowel Syndrome | Samuel Kocoshis, MD |
| Overview of Obesity and Bariatric Nutrition | Ann Scheimann, MD,MBA |
| Perioperative Nutrition | Robert Shulman, MD |
| Food Allergies and Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Diseases | Glenn Furuta, MD |
| Failure to Thrive | Praveen Goday, MBBS |
| Cystic Fibrosis | Maria Mascarenhas, MBBS |
Learning Objectives
After participating in these CME modules, learners should better be able to:
1. Discuss the critical elements of pediatric nutrition
2. Implement appropriate nutritional assessment methods in pediatric patients
3. Optimize management of pediatric patients who have specialized nutrition needs/requirements
| Chair | Ann Scheimann, MD, MBA Associate Professor of Pediatrics Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Baltimore, MD |
| Faculty | Valeria Cohran, MD, MS Medical Director of Intestinal Rehabilitation and Transplant Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Children's Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL |
| Mark R. Corkins, MD, CNSP, SPR, FAAP Professor of Pediatrics Division Chief of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital/University of Tennessee Health Science Center Memphis, TN |
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| Glenn T. Furuta, MD Professor of Pediatrics University of Colorado School of Medicine Director, Gastrointestinal Eosinophilic Diseases Program Children’s Hospital Colorado and National Jewish Health Aurora, CO |
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| Praveen S. Goday, MBBS, CNSC Associate Professor Medical College of Wisconsin Milwaukee, WI |
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| Samuel A. Kocoshis, MD Professor of Pediatrics University of Cincinnati College of Medicine Medical Director Intestinal Care Center and Intestinal Transplantation Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center Cincinnati, OH |
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| Maria R. Mascarenhas, MBBS Section Chief, Nutrition Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Associate Professor of Pediatrics Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA |
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| Robert J. Shulman, MD Professor of Pediatrics Baylor College of Medicine Children's Nutrition Research Center Texas Children's Hospital Houston, TX |
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| CME Content Reviewers | Edward J. Hoffenberg, MD Professor of Pediatrics Director Center for Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Children's Hospital Colorado and University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine Aurora, CO |
| Sunny Z. Hussain, MD Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics Louisiana State University Health Science Center Children’s Hospital Shreveport, LA |
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| Deepali Tewari, MD Fellow Pediatric Gastrenterology New York Medical College Valhalla, NY |
Physicians
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint sponsorship of the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (NASPGHAN) and The NASPGHAN Foundation for Children’s Digestive Health and Nutrition. NASPGHAN is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
AMA PRA Statement
NASPGHAN designates this enduring activity for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ as follows:
Module 1 is a maximum of 2.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.
Module 2 is a maximum of 2.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.
Module 3 is a maximum of 3.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.
Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Statement of Disclosure
All faculty/speakers, planners, abstract reviewers, moderators, authors, coauthors, and administrative staff participating in the continuing medical education programs sponsored by NASPGHAN are expected to disclose to the program audience any/all relevant financial relationships related to the content of their presentation(s). Accordingly, the NASPGHAN staff have reported no financial relationships with any commercial interests related to the content of this educational activity.
Dr. Corkins, Dr. Goday, Dr. Hussain, Dr. Hoffenberg, Dr. Kocoshis, Dr. Mascarenhas, Dr. Scheiman, Dr. Shulman and Dr. Tewari have nothing to disclose.
Dr. Cohran reported that she serves on the speaker’s bureau for Abbot Laboratories and Nutricia North America.
Dr. Furuta reported that he serves as a consultant for Meritage Pharma, Inc and Nutricia North America.
Conflicts with Drs. Cohran and Furuta were resolved by restricting the presenters to best available evidence and the ACCME content validation statement.
Matt Kilby, medical editor, has nothing to disclose.
Cristina Germond, program manager, has nothing to disclose.
In accordance with ACCME Standards for Commercial Support of CME, NASPGHAN and The NASPGHAN Foundation for Children’s Digestive Health and Nutrition implemented mechanisms to identify and resolve conflicts of interest for all individuals in a position to control content of this CME activity. To resolve identified conflicts of interest, the educational content was peer-reviewed by a physician member of the NASPGHAN Review Committee who has nothing to disclose. The resulting certified activity was found to provide educational content that is current, evidence-based, and commercially balanced.
Disclosure of Unlabeled or Investigational Drugs
This educational activity may contain discussion of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the US Food and Drug Administration. The opinions expressed in the educational activity are those of the faculty. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings. Further, attendees/participants should appraise the information presented critically and are encouraged to consult appropriate resources for any product or device mentioned in this program.
How to Receive CME Credit
The release date for this CME activity is May 24, 2012; Expiration Date: May 31, 2015. To receive CME credit for participating in the activity modules, participants must review the CME information (learning objectives, disclosures, etc.), listen to the webcast, and complete the activity posttest and evaluation questions (a seperate posttest and evaluation must be completed for each of the 3 modules). To complete the activity posttests and evaluations, please follow instructions provided on the landing pages for each of the modules. Certificates will be provided online immediately after completion of both the posttest and evaluation. For any questions about receiving credit, please e-mail Katie@cmehelp.com.
Provider Contact Information
Jointly sponsored by NASPGHAN and The NASPGHAN Foundation for Children’s Digestive Health and Nutrition.
For questions, please contact:
NASPGHAN
PO Box 6
Flourtown, PA 19031
Phone: (215) 233-0808
Fax: (215) 233-3918
Disclaimer
The content and views presented in this educational activity are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of NASPGHAN, The NASPGHAN Foundation for Children’s Digestive Health and Nutrition, or Nutricia North America. This material is prepared based upon a review of multiple sources of information, but it is not exhaustive of the subject matter. Therefore, health care professionals and other individuals should review and consider other publications and materials on the subject matter before relying solely upon the information contained within this educational activity.
Policy on Privacy and Confidentiality
NASPGHAN and The NASPGHAN Foundation for Children’s Digestive Health and Nutrition will make every effort to protect the privacy of every individual participant of this activity and will use information gathered only to maintain records as required by the American Medical Association (AMA) and ACCME.
This activity does not require readers to "register" to review the material, with the exception of physicians and other health care providers who desire to receive CME credit for this accredited activity. If an individual completes a CME for this accredited activity, we are required by the AMA and ACCME to collect personal information on the individual, such as their name, address, and phone number, that will allow us to issue a CME certificate to them and to keep this information on file for up to 6 years.
Personal information gathered will not be released to any other company or organization for any purpose. This information remains totally confidential.
Copyright
© Copyright 2012 NASPGHAN and The NASPGHAN Foundation for Children’s Digestive Health and Nutrition.
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Jointly sponsored by NASPGHAN and The NASPGHAN Foundation for Children's Digestive Health and Nutrition |
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This educational activity is supported by an independent medical education grant from Nutricia North America. |
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