Description

This episode of the Boston Children’s Hospital Clinical Pathways Podcast introduces the pathway for Newly Arrived Immigrant Patients, designed to support clinicians during the first primary care encounter but also applicable to other care settings. The discussion highlights evidence-based screening recommendations, common knowledge gaps around infectious tropical diseases, and the importance of flexibility and clinical judgment based on individual patient circumstances. Emphasis is placed on strengthening the medical home, building trust with immigrant families, and addressing social, mental health, and structural barriers to care alongside medical needs.

Clinical Pathways are educational reference tools developed by Boston Children’s Hospital clinicians which focus on the diagnosis and management of a wide variety of clinical conditions based on up-to-date evidence and expert practice. On this show, host Miya Bernson-Leung, MD, EdM, Medical Director of Continuing Education and a member of the Clinical Pathways Advisory Committee, interviews clinical experts to take you behind each pathway, discussing why the pathway was developed and key takeaways for clinicians seeking to implement the pathway and provide safe, effective, evidence-based care to children. You can find the full library at https://clinical.pathways.childrenshospital.org/.

Any treatment and/or medication recommendations within the pathway is provided for educational reference only, it is not intended as medical advice for individual patient care. Decisions about evaluation, diagnosis, and/or treatment are the responsibility of the patient’s treating clinician and should always be tailored to the individual patient’s clinical care needs.

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

1. Identify key components of the initial health evaluation for newly arrived immigrant children, including recommended biopsychosocial, infectious disease, and preventive screenings tailored to region of origin and migration history.
2. Apply a patient-centered, trauma‑informed approach to caring for immigrant families, incorporating cultural humility, sensitive communication, and appropriate use of community and health-system resources.

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 0.5 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 has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credits for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 0.5 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.

Nurse

Boston Children’s Hospital designates this activity for 0.5 contact hours for nurses. Nurses should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

Pharmacy

This activity carries a maximum of 0.5 contact hours. Pharmacists should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

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: