Title: Pediatrics – Wellness: Pediatric Immunizations; Medical Decision Making; Medical Errors
Faculty: Stephen C. Eppes, M.D., F.A.A.P.; Richard J. Scarfone, M.D., F.A.A.P.; Rakesh D. Mistry, M.D., M.S.

Original Release Date: July 1, 2018  Expiration Date: July 1, 2021

TOPIC 1:

Pediatric Immunization Update and Challenges of Vaccine Refusal.

Upon completion of this session, using information published by the CDC and AAP, the participant should be able to:^{GL, COMP}

1. Describe the relevant epidemiology of specific vaccine-preventable diseases.
2. Appropriately use vaccines according to ACIP and AAP recommendations.
3. Incorporate and apply the significant changes and updates to the current ACIP/AAP recommendations
4. Approach the problem of vaccine refusal and provide clinical strategies to effect parental education and cooperation.

TOPIC 2:

Improving Medical Decision Making: Patient Safety and Strategies to Avoid Diagnostic Errors.

Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to:

1. Acknowledge that relying on pattern recognition and memory and making snap judgments may lead to diagnostic errors.
2. Explain the cognitive errors that physicians make most frequently.
3. Develop an approach to medical decision making that will help prevent committing diagnostic errors.

TOPIC 3:

Medical Errors in Pediatrics.

Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to: ^{EBM, COMP}

1. Demonstrate root cause analysis and perform it on cases of medical errors that involve children.
2. Assess specific, evidence-based risks for medication errors and strategies to reduce their occurrence.
3. Review issues in sleep physiology that relate to medical error risks, and make evidence-based recommendations for sleep management.