The Pre-Travel Visit in Pediatrics (1 hr.)
$50.00
In this presentation, Dr. Kristin Moffitt discusses considerations during a pre-travel check-up with pediatric patients and families. She reviews appropriate vaccine and medication schedules, geographic and environmental risk factors, and general travel safety tips. She also covers unique challenges and risks to the pediatric population. This presentation was recorded as part of the Pediatric Practice Seminar series on February 14, 2024.
Description
Kristin Moffitt, MD
Associate Physician in Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, Boston Children’s Hospital
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Overview
In this presentation, Dr. Kristin Moffitt discusses considerations during a pre-travel check-up with pediatric patients and families. She reviews appropriate vaccine and medication schedules, geographic and environmental risk factors, and general travel safety tips. She also covers unique challenges and risks to the pediatric population. This presentation was recorded as part of the Pediatric Practice Seminar series on February 14, 2024.
Learning Objectives:
At the conclusion of this educational program, learners will be able to:
- Discuss preventable causes of travel-related illness and injury in children
- Understand general risks to pediatric travelers as well as risks specific to geographic or host factors
- Review relevant itinerary-specific immunizations and prophylactic medications
- Summarize geographic distribution of preventable infections, available vaccines or prophylactic medications, and resources for safe travel information
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 1.0 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 1.0 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:
Kristin Moffitt, MD: GSK – Patent beneficiary; ContraFect – Site PI of phase 3 trial, research funds only
Ben Willwerth, MD: None
Additional information
| Credit Type | AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (MD, DO, NP, PA), Contact Hours (Nurse, Nurse Practitioner) |
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| Topic | Allergy/Immunology, Family Medicine, General Pediatrics, Infectious disease |
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