Professional Education

Through Video Grand Rounds, Cook Children's University provides busy physicians an opportunity to receive continuing medical education on a variety of healthcare topics when and where it is convenient.

These educational offerings provide an opportunity to learn from experts in pediatric health care and receive CME credit at the same time.

If you are not an employee of Cook Children's, click one of the video titles listed below. Employees should go to Cook Children's University / CHEX to access Cook Children's Video Grand Rounds.

Disclaimer

This is an educational program designed to present scientific information and opinion to health professionals, to stimulate thought, and further investigation. It does not provide advice regarding medical diagnosis or treatment for any individual case. It is not intended for use by the layman. Opinions expressed are not necessarily those of Cook Children's Health Care System. Mention of products or services does not constitute endorsement.

Course	Description
ANESTHESIOLOGY: Pediatric Sedation and Analgesia Outside the O.R.	Dr. Gavin Fine addresses administration of sedation and analgesia outside the operating room.
ETHICS: Abusive Head Trauma Recognition and Prevention in the Clinical Setting	Jamye Coffman, MD, Donna Wright, RN, MSN,CPNP-PC, and Lorie Palacios, LBSW address Shaken Baby Syndrome and the Period of Purple Crying.
ETHICS: The Needs of Children and Families at End of Life	Dr. Barbara Jones addresses the needs of children and families at end of life.
ETHICS: Traumatic Stress Reactions	Dr. Nancy Kassam-Adams addresses the prevalence, presentation, research, and treatment strategies for children with post traumatic stress disorder.
GENERAL: Autoinflammatory Diseases	Dr. Lynn Punaro from UT Southwestern addresses the manifestations, management and mechanisms of autoinflammatory diseases.
GENERAL: Breastfeeding in Tarrant County	Dr. Erin Hamilton Spence from Pediatrix addresses reliable breastfeeding data, the influence of nursery care policies, and efforts to improve breastfeeding in Tarrant County.
GENERAL: Obese Youth - Psychosocial Comorbidities	Dr. Ward-Begnoche addresses the comorbid mood and behavior disorders associated with pediatric/adolescent obesity.
GENERAL: Preventing Traumatic Childhood Injuries	Dana Walraven addresses the new Texas Child Occupant laws, providing statistics and policies from Cook Children's to demonstrate our commitment to community training.
HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY: The Childhood Cancer Survivor Study- Defining Risks	Dr. Greg Armstrong addresses the need and methodology of forming a survivor cohort while enumerating the risks and chronic health conditions facing childhood cancer survivors.
Information Only: Caring for Children with Hearing Impairments	Dr. Paul Bauer and a panel of parents whose children are hearing impaired address disparities in care, advances in treatment, and resources available to assist families and children with hearing loss.
Information Only: Childhood Brain Tumors	Dr. Jeff Murray addresses the current era of diagnostics, molecular profiling and therapeutics for childhood brain tumors.
Information Only: Critical Congenital Heart Disease	Dr. Deborah Schutte addresses commonly missed CHD when newborns are discharged in less than 48 hours and how to prevent missing the diagnosis.
Information Only: Dual Diagnosis of Eating Disorders and Diabetes Mellitus Type 1	Dr. Ovidio Bermudez, from the Eating Recovery Center in Denver, addresses the criteria, epidemiology, morbidity, increased mortality, and treatment for the dual diagnosis of ED and DMT1.
Information Only: Effective Teamwork and Communication	Dr. Michael Leonard from Pascal Metrics in Washington, DC, addresses the human factor and critical importance of effective teamwork and communication in delivering safe care.
Information Only: Neurofibromatosis	A panel of Cook Children's physicians addresses the multidisciplinary care paradigm of treating pediatric neurofibromatosis.
Information Only: Pediatric Trauma Crush Injuries	Dr. Ronna Miller from UT Southwestern addresses common risk factors, the pathophysiology, treatment, and prevention of crush-related pediatric injuries.
Information Only: Prenatal Hydronephrosis	Dr. Jonathan Kaye addresses the incidence, treatment, comorbidities, and use of pharmacotherapy in prenatal hydronephrosis.
Information Only: Protons vs Cancer in the Modern Era	Drs. Lee, Mahajan, and Grosshans from MD Anderson Cancer Center address the risks and benefits of proton therapy for pediatric cancer patients.
Information Only: Roughing it - Medical Care in the Wilderness	Dr. Tom Black addresses prevention, management, and safety concerns of common medical injuries and illnesses encountered in a wilderness setting.
Information Only: Sudden Cardiac Death in Athletes	Dr. Matthew Dzurik discusses the epidemiology, etiologies, ion channelopathies, and recommendations for pre-participation screening of sudden cardiac death.
Information Only: The Physician's Role in an Ethics Team Consult	Dr. Ann Miller addresses the critical importance of physicians serving on an ethics team consult.
Information Only: Update on Psychopharmacology in Treatment of ADHD	Dr. Shanti Nagireddy addresses comorbidities, treatment, and recent advances in the pharmocotherapy of ADHD with stimulant and non-stimulant medications.
Information Only: What is Magnetoencephalography?	Dr. Mark McManis addresses the new MEG technology and its application in pediatrics.
Information Only: What's New in Infant Eye Care	Dr. Michael Hunt addresses the diagnosis and treatment for periocular hamangiomas and retinopathy of prematurity.
NEONATOLOGY: Pulmonary Hypertension in Infants with BPD	Dr. Nicholas Porta from Northwestern Medical School in Chicago, addresses the benefits of a multidisciplinary approach to treating pulmonary hypertension in infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD).
NEONATOLOGY: Recent Advances in the Care of Extremely Preterm Infants	Several neonatologists address respiratory distress syndrome, the impact of an all human milk diet, and Avastin therapy for severe ROP.