Description

The Pediatric Environmental Health Center at Boston Children’s Hospital and the New England Region Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit (PEHSU) welcome health professionals to attend the monthly virtual Pediatric Environmental Health (PEH) Grand Rounds.

This Grand Rounds series will provide healthcare providers with state-of-the-science content on current topics in pediatric environmental health. Such information will fill in the knowledge gaps of practitioners, enabling them to effectively counsel families whose children face possible health issues due to environmental chemicals, toxins, and other insults. The PEH Grand Rounds will also educate on practice strategies for the biomonitoring of children at risk for specific exposures to environmental pollutants.

Course Format 

This course will be Presented online via Zoom, optimizing virtual interactions between faculty and participants and facilitating interactive discussions.

Course Topic: 

Lead in Consumer Products: Insights from New York City and Massachusetts

Presenters will describe the various types of consumer products found to contain high levels of lead associated with elevated blood lead levels in children and adults. Subsequently, we’ll take closer look at a case study involving a child with a Pb 154.5 µg/dL, focusing on identifying the source of lead exposure through a public health investigation.

A short Q&A will follow the presentation.

Learning Objectives: 

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

1. 1. Learn about various consumer products that have been associated with lead and other poisonings in NYC and Massachusetts.
   2. Learn about cultural, ethnic, or religious traditions behind use of traditional products.
   3. Understand what users can do to protect themselves

Speakers:

Paromita Hore, PhD, MPH

Dr. Paromita Hore has been with the NYC Health Department’s Bureau of Environmental Disease and Injury Prevention for over 20 years. Paromita’s expertise is in the field of risk assessment, evaluating exposures to various environmental contaminants of potential concern, with a specific focus on non-paint sources of lead exposures. Paromita oversees the bureau’s community investigations of hazardous consumer products. These investigations have led to the removal of thousands of hazardous consumer products from NYC businesses. Paromita received a BS in Chemical Engineering, and PhD and an MPH in Public Health from Rutgers University.

Kate Tobin

Kate Tobin is the Director of Clinical Care for the Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program (CLPPP) with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. She has been with the program 16 years and is a direct link with primary care clinicians and other medical professionals, regarding children receiving case management services. Kate works with a multi-disciplined team to develop a course of action to address the environmental, medical, and social needs of children involved with CLPPP. Kate brings a strong commitment of a child centered approach to her role, which results in the quality of services provided to children exposed to lead throughout the state.

Mary BichNgoc Vu

Mary BichNgoc Vu is the Co-Director of the Clinical Care Team for Massachusetts Department of Public Health’s, Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program (CLPPP). Since joining CLPPP in 2021, she has successfully managed complex medical cases in the Northeastern and Southeastern region. In coming to CLPPP, Mary carries over 30 years of navigating services with refugees and new arrival populations. Her experience includes interventions with communicable disease, health education, and collaboration with local health departments.

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.   

General Admission (CE Credits):    $25.00

General Admission (No CE Credits): Free

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 1.00 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 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in this activity.

Nurse

Boston Children’s Hospital designates this activity for 1.00 contact hours for nurses. Nurses 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: