Society for Pediatric Urgent Care

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Society for Pediatric Urgent Care

Pediatric Urgent Care Webinars

Join SPUC experts for free lunchtime webinars and earn CME!

CLICK HERE for the Upcoming Webinar Schedule and Links to Join

Join SPUC and CHW for weekly webinars designed to equip providers with knowledge of best practices for common Pediatric Urgent Care conditions.   The goal is to foster a community of providers through academically rigorous, web-based lectures. This webinar series creates the infrastructure for Pediatric Urgent Care systems across the country to spread ideas and to learn from one another. In addition, the webinar series gives providers an ongoing opportunity to earn CME in topics specific to Pediatric Urgent Care.

Every presentation will be broadcast as a webinar using Webex or Zoom Platform.  PowerPoints, Participant Surveys and Supporting Documents will be distributed to SPUC members through the SPUC website and member listserv.  Schedules for Urgent Care Providers can be variable week to week.  Webinar slide presentations will be archived in the member section of the SPUC website.

Collect CME for SPUC Webinars

  • You must create an Ethos Account at https://ocpe.mcw.edu/ before you can claim CME credit for SPUC webinars. Click here for instructions.
  • Post-participation Survey Monkey needs to be completed within 5 days of the webinar for credit.
  • Credit can only be awarded to those who actively participated in the webinar at the time that it was presented.

The Medical College of Wisconsin is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The Medical College of Wisconsin designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. The Medical College of Wisconsin designates this activity for up to 1.0 hours of participation for continuing education for allied health professionals. Lectures will follow a rotating schedule.

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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]

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