Description

This program was created to address the health inequalities that children and families in rural and underserved areas face when it comes to accessing specialists for the evaluation and treatment of BPBIs, and it is designed to be accessible for all types of community providers who provide care for children with BPBI. This course will bridge the gap in providing access to specialty care by enhancing the ability of community providers, including MDs, APCs, RNs, and therapists, to care for children within their own community.

Course Format 

This is a weekly “flipped classroom” virtual educational session. Learning materials including recorded lectures and readings will be assigned ahead of the weekly sessions, and each 90 minute live online session will consist of active problem-based learning including case studies and Q&A with Boston Children’s OT/PT and orthopedic surgeons.

Learning Objectives: 

At the conclusion of this educational program, learners will be able to:

1. 1. 1. Demonstrate understanding of BPBI risk factors, anatomy, and levels of injury.
      2. Identify BPBIs and know how to appropriately triage referrals to specialized centers.
      3. Demonstrate understanding of critical timelines in healing and competence with important stretches and therapeutic exercises to incorporate into play to decrease contractures and bony changes while building strength as child heals following a BPBI.
      4. Understand influence of social determinants of health, health literacy, psychosocial, long-term health and participation concerns following WHO-ICF.
      5. Understand orthotic and adaptive equipment needs to facilitate function and/or prevent soft tissue and joint deformities.
      6. Understand non-surgical and post-operative protocols.

To register, please click on the register tab above. If this is your first time registering for a conference at Boston Children’s Hospital, you will need to create an account. Returning users can log in to their account to complete the registration process.   

Registration Type	Price
All Clinicians	$200.00

Course Cancellation, Transfer & Refund Policy

Online/Virtual Course Registrations: Due to the propriety materials and content of each course, online virtual courses orders are NOT eligible for refund, cancellation or transfer. Online training courses may NOT be transferred to another Participant. Participants have 2 weeks to access any virtual online course content. Participants have until the expiration date to access and complete any enduring material courses. Boston Children’s Hospital CE is not responsible for user technical difficulties including loss of internet, power outages, etc.

In-Person Course Registrations: For in person course registrations, refunds are available on the following schedule: 100% refund up to 8 weeks before the first day of the course; 50% refund up to 2 weeks before the first day of the course; No refunds will be processed for cancellations within 2 weeks of the first day of the course

Boston Children’s offers the opportunity to change your attendance preference: Should your circumstances change after you have registered for either the ONLINE or IN-PERSON program, you have the ability to change from one attendance option to the other up until two weeks before the program begins. Please contact us via email if you would like to make a change.

“No shows” for both in person and virtual courses are subject to the full course fee and no refunds will be issued once the course has started.

Refunds will be made in the following ways: For payments received by credit or debit cards, the same credit/debit card will be refunded.

*If you have extenuating circumstances, please contact us at continuingeducation@childrens.harvard.edu

Cancellation of Services

Although highly unlikely, in case an event is canceled or postponed, Boson Children’s can provide a full refund or offer a credit towards future events to those who have already registered.

Accreditation

In support of improving patient care, Boston Children’s Hospital is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

 

 

 

Physician

Boston Children’s Hospital designates this live activity for a maximum of 10.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in this activity.

Physician Assistant

Boston Children’s Hospital designates this live activity for a maximum of 10.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in this activity.

Physical Therapists

Boston Children’s Hospital is an approved provider designated by the APTA of MA. Boston Children’s approves Brachial Plexus Birth Injuries: Community Provider Learning Modules for 10.00 Continuing Education Hours.

Occupational Therapist’s may claim one of the above credit types, and submit on their own for a 1:1 transfer for re-licensure needs. Please contact AOTA to submit for a credit transfer request.

Disclosure Policy 

Boston Children’s Hospital adheres to all ACCME Essential Areas, Standards, and Policies. It is Boston Children’s policy that those who have influenced the content of a CE activity (e.g. planners, faculty, authors, reviewers and others) disclose all relevant financial relationships with commercial entities so that Boston Children’s may identify and resolve any conflicts of interest prior to the activity. These disclosures will be provided in the activity materials along with disclosure of any commercial support received for the activity. Additionally, faculty members have been instructed to disclose any limitations of data and unlabeled or investigational uses of products during their presentations.

Disclosure Statement

The following planners, speakers, and content reviewers, on behalf of themselves, have reported the following relevant financial relationships with any entity producing, marketing, reselling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on patients:

Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

Boston Children’s Hospital adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers or others are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (commercial interests). All relevant conflicts of interest have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.