Continuing Medical Education Courses
Life.Inside and Out
Perinatal and Neonatal Care Symposium
May 24-26, 2006
Grove Park Inn
Asheville , North Carolina
Wednesday -
May 24, 2006: Pre-Conference Neonatal Resuscitation Program Renewal Course
Thursday -
May 25-26, 2006: Perinatal/Neonatal Conference
Credits available from AMA, AAP, AAFP and AAPA, and CEUs available.
Perinatal and neonatal care has become a major national health concern. The southeast United States experiences some of the highest rates of premature birth, low birthweight infants and infant mortality rates of any area of the U.S. This three-day conference will address the most recent treatments, technologies and innovative care advances for perinatal and neonatal care and features a pre-conference course: Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) renewal. Proof of previous NRP certification will be required at registration.
At the conclusion of this conference, participants should be able to change their method of care by using gained knowledge to
- Identify that premature birth is a major national and regional public health concern that afflicts 10-14% of all births.
- Recognize the signs, symptoms, causes and the most recent strategies to prevent premature birth.
- Understand the societal, moral and ethical issues surrounding the resuscitation of extremely low birthweight infants.
- Differentiate how the neonatal environment and NICU design affect neonatal outcomes.
- Relate the importance of early neonatal nutrition to the hospital and long-term outcomes of premature neonates.
- Determine the importance of new treatments to the sick premature infant.
Who should attend?
Primary care physicians, nurses and allied health professionals practicing in
- Family Medicine
- Internal Medicine
- Maternal Fetal Medicine
- Neonatology
- Obstetrics
- Pediatrics
- Perinatology
Accreditation
AMA: 12.75 Category 1 credits toward the AMA Physician's Recognition Award
AAP: 12.75 AAP credits
AAFP: 12.75 Prescribed credits
AAPA: Accepts credits from AOACCME, AAFP, AMA for the PRA
CEU: 1.3 credits
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