Saturday, March 3
24th Annual Harold Katkov Tutorial in Pediatric Cardovascular Medicine for the Primary Practitioner
Children's - Minneapolis, Education Center
Miss the January 20 Webinar on PCOS and Insulin Resistance? Watch it now!
Obesity can be associated with multiple co-morbidities, including PCOS and insulin resistance. In this webinar, Dr. Betsy Schwartz, pediatric endocrinologist with Park Nicollet Clinics, discusses appropriate screening for PCOS and insulin resistance as well as an initial approach to treatment in the primary care office.
At the conclusion of this activity, participants will be able to:
Identify when to suspect PCOS and insulin resistance
Screen, evaluate and treat PCOS and insulin resistance in the primary care office
The start of the 2012 legislative session is right around the corner on Tuesday, January 24. Your voice is critical to protecting the health of Minnesota children! Here are two ways you can speak up this legislative session:
1. Join us for Pediatricians' Day at the Capitol: Tuesday, February 21. This is an opportunity for you to meet one-on-one with legislators about issues important to you, your patients and your practice. Register online
2. Post your legislators' contact information in a handy place so you can respond quickly to action alerts. Enter your home address on the following website and bookmark your legislators' contact information to your computer and/or phone: http://www.gis.leg.mn/OpenLayers/districts/
Thank you, in advance, for advocating on behalf of Minnesota's children!
Influenza Vaccine Delivery Survey: Your Response Needed
The AAP Immunization Program is surveying clinics to determine when they received their influence vaccine--private and VFC. There have been variable delivery times with large lags in VFC versus private stock in recent years, and this survey helps pinpoint the problem areas. The AAP was the only one to collect this information last year, and consequently made some significant strides toward identifying where the problems are.
The Immunization Program is conducting this survey again to see if changes have been made for the better this year. You will need information on hand of what types and quantity of vaccine was ordered, as well as dates and quantity of vaccine received.
