• Contact
  • ☎
  • ✉
  • LinkedIn
  • Facebook
  • Twitter

Society for Pediatric Urgent Care

Warning: Your Internet Explorer TLS settings may not be updated with the latest security settings. To fix this issue and resolve any connection errors,
×

Updating IE TLS Security Settings:

• Open Internet Explorer
• Go to the Tools menu on your computer (the icon shaped like a gear—just below the “X” to exit the program)
• Select Internet Options from the drop down menu
• Select the Advanced tab
• Find the item on the advanced menu that says Security
• There should be three items called “TLS” (1.0, 1.1, 1.2). Make sure the box next to these three items is checked and click Apply
• Close your browser and reopen Internet Explorer to refresh changes

Society for Pediatric Urgent Care

  • About SPUC
    • Board of Directors
    • Committees
    • History
    • Founders Circle
    • Mission Statement
  • News/Resources
    • News
    • Newsletters
    • Job Bank
    • Mailing List Rentals
    • Clinical Advisor
    • Additional Resources
  • Education
    • Pediatric Urgent Care Webinars
    • Antibiotics Overuse
    • Nurses Corner
    • SPUC Reading Room
  • JOIN
    • Membership Benefits
  • Members
    • Member Login
    • Pay Dues
    • SPUC Spotlight with Ashley Robertson
      • Past SPUC Spotlight Podcasts
    • SPUC Members in The News
    • New Member Spotlight
    • New Member Letter
  • Meetings
    • Upcoming Meetings
    • Past Meetings
    • Exhibit and Promotional Information
    • Mike Moran Scholar Award
    • Other Conferences
  • Fellowships/Training
    • Pediatric Urgent Care Physician & APP Fellowship Programs
    • Resident Elective Goals and Objectives
    • Core Competencies
  • Providers
    • Providers
    • Continuing Education Resources
    • Scope of Practice and Transfer Policies
    • Urgent Care Centers
  • Get the new SPUC Mobile App
    Access Conference Information
    Keep track of SPUC updates
    Renew your dues
  • Join SPUC experts for free lunchtime webinars and earn CME!
    Weekly Webinars
  • Learn More

5th Annual Conference

 

 

THANK YOU! SPUC 2019

Thank you all who contributed to the SPUC 2019 conference at Cook Children’s Medical Center in Fort Worth, Texas, Sept 26 - 29.  Your participation and presence made this conference a great success. A special thanks to the 2019 Program planning committee and faculty and staff at Cook Children’s Medical Center, our wonderful 2019 conference host.

Attendees had a chance to meet with our valuable exhibitors who share our commitment to pediatric urgent care. SPUC 2019 Exhibitors included:

    • PM Pediatrics
    • Experity
    • Solv Health,
    • Abbott
    • Ethicon US
    • Shriners Hospitals for Children (Gaslveston)

There were dynamic speakers throughout the 3-day conferences and 1/2 day Leadership Summit. In depth topics covered included telemedicine, technology, communicating with payers, managing difficult families and patients as well as emerging infections, bronchiolitis and asthma, toxicology and the latest on the OUCH study.

We hope no one missed the four SPUC 2019 Keynote speakers who did an outstanding job sharing their expertise and kicking off each day.

Thursday Keynote: Telemedicine in Acute Care - Justin Smith, MD
Friday Keynote:   Pediatric Urgent Care: Where Are We Now?  - Beau McNeff, MBA
Saturday Keynote:  Keynote Talk: Active Shooter Response in Healthcare Settings - Brennan McCullars
Sunday Keynote: Clinical Updates in Pediatric Urgent Care - Patrick Solari, MD


Conference Workshops   

Feedback was excellent from participants who attended the numerous conference workshops and small group breakout sessions.  Leaders were a diverse and dynamic group who offered insight and hands-on practical tools and best practice methods in the pediatric urgent care setting.

  • Medical Directors Roundtable
  • The Art of the DART: Managing Expectations Around Respiratory Treatment Between Providers and Families
  • Caregiver Burnout: Taking a Stand for Our Own Wellness
  • Communication/Social Media: Managing Complaints
  • Telemedicine: How Do We Fit In
  • Ortho Stations: Hands-On Upper/Lower Extremity Exams & Ortho Splinting
  • Simulation Center: High Acuity Cases in Pediatric Urgent Care
  • Nursing - Mock Code Scenarios & Nursing Perspective
  • Woods and Weeds: Stings, Bites, Thorns, Poison Ivy, Rashes, Etc.
  • Child Life: Incorporating Child Life Techniques into Daily Patient Care
  • Foreign Body Removal - Hooks, Rings, Splinters & More: A Minor Procedure Skills Workshop
  • Working with Difficult Patients and Their Families

Congratulations!

Congratulations to our poster presenters.  The walk around poster reception was a conference highlight. Thank you for sharing you work with attendees.

Our top five Abstract Award recipients had a chance to share their work in depth during a well attended lunch podium presentation session.


FIRST PLACE
The Use of Simulations and Skills Stations to Enhance Emergency Preparedness in our Pediatric Urgent Care - Ilanalee Cabrera, NP

SECOND PLACE
Using a standardized admission handoff (I-PASS) to improve communication between pediatric urgent care and inpatient providers - Amanda Nedved, MD

THIRD PLACE
Pediatric Urgent Care Education: A Survey-Based Needs Assessment - Xian Zhao, MD (Sam)

FOURTH PLACE
Expediting Patient Interventions in the Urgent Care Utilizing our Triage Process - Rachel Lucas, DO

FIFTH PLACE
Decreasing length of stay in the pediatric urgent care with electronic discharge instructions - Amanda Nedved, MD


You were a great group and your enthusiasm and positive spirit helped make our time together both productive and fun. Thank you for your comments and suggestions.

Help us plan for 2020!

Plans are underway for the 2020 conference.  Abstract submissions are typically accepted in the late Spring/early Summer.  Please check the website for updates.  https://www.urgentcarepeds.org/

If you have a speaker, topic or workshop suggestion, please let us know!  Complete this Topic Proposal form, save and email the form to:  spuc@urgentcarepeds.org

 

 

SPUC Newsletter

Find the Current Edition here


Click here for Archives

Tweets by SPUC

SPUC Listserv

Administrative Time, Asthma Control, Fractures and Sprains, Hours of Operation, IV Treatment Protocol, Wait Times…

The SPUC Listserv is available to all SPUC members. Access the Listserv through the member section of the SPUC website.

  • Join/Unsubscribe
  • Read Archived Listserv posts
  • Post a Message
  • Change your notification settings

www.urgentcarepeds.org

 

Upcoming Webinars

<
< 2018 >
September
>
Month
Month
List
Week
Day
SMTuWThFS
      1
2345678
9101112131415
16171819202122
23242526272829
30      

News and Resources

5 Things to know about AFM

Medscape has released the new CDC Expert Commentary  “5 things to know about AFM.” Title: 5 Things to Know About Acute Flaccid Myelitis Expert/Faculty: Janell A. Routh, MD, MHS Posting Date: October 15, 2019 Link: medscape.com/viewarticle/919704?src=par_cdc_stm_mscpedt&faf=1 Also this month, a paper on AFM was published in Nature Medicine, with main authors from UCSF with CDC as collaborators. Date: 10/21/19 Type: Journal Article Title: Pan-viral Serology Implicates Enteroviruses … [Continue Reading]

CDC Releases “Acute Flaccid Myelitis in the United States: 2015–2017” in Pediatrics

CDC recently released an article in Pediatrics about acute flaccid myelitis activity in the United States from 2015 to 2017. Key Findings From 2015 to 2017, 193 patients aged 21 and younger in 41 states were confirmed to have AFM. Most cases (116) occurred between August and November, with the largest number of cases (143) occurring in 2016. The median age of cases was 6 years. Strong evidence pointed to viruses, including enteroviruses, as having a role in these AFM cases. … [Continue Reading]

SPUC Partners with the CDC through the AMR Challenge

The Society for Pediatric Urgent Care has partnered with the CDC through the AMR Challenge to commit to decreasing inappropriate antibiotic use in pediatric urgent care organizations by 20% by December 2019. SPUC will work with CDC and the Antibiotic Resistance Action Center (ARAC) to continue an ongoing project that examines and improves the use of antibiotics in pediatric urgent care by implementing quality improvement initiatives. The project will collect, analyze, and feedback data … [Continue Reading]

A Response to “Pediatric Referrals to an Emergency Department From Urgent Care Centers”

SPUC members Tiffany Addington, Jennifer Johnson, Amanda Montalbano and Emily Montgomery wrote a response to an article in Pediatric Emergency Care The article was called “Pediatric Referrals to an Emergency Department From Urgent Care Centers.”  Read the published response letter here. … [Continue Reading]

All News Articles

Copyright © 2019 · Society for Pediatric Urgent Care

2209 Dickens Road, Richmond, VA 23230-2005 · Phone: 804-565-6393 · Fax: 804-282-0090 · spuc@societyhq.com