This virtual conference will focus on the pathological mechanisms that can cause autoimmune encephalitis, a disease of the central nervous system, and the methods of diagnosis and treatment. The conference will focus on emerging basic science evidence and clinical treatment approaches for, PANDAS, PANS and seronegative encephalitis will be discussed together with best practices surrounding the complex diagnosis and treatment of these diseases. Discussions will include a review of the troubling overlap of mental illness diagnostic challenges of PANS and other autoimmune encephalitides for all medical professionals, especially Neurologists and Psychiatrists, will be discussed and strategies for future directions in improved diagnostic methods will be considered. This activity brings together a multi-disciplinary approach to a new field of medicine and will consider best practices from various specialties.

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The AAP Chapter Quality Network presents a three-part webinar series to enhance adolescent healthcare and immunizations services. This series will include teen speakers providing perspective on their experiences and recommendations for healthcare professionals.

Webinar Part 1- Strategies to Improve Provider Communications with Adolescent Patients: Relationships & Rights

Wednesday, February 23, 2022 / 4:00 PM – 5:15 PM PST. 

 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™

Objectives:

• Describe concerns, preferences, and realities of young people in health care settings
• Value diversity among teens and recognize the challenges and opportunities this poses in health care settings
• Explain ways to provide high-quality, youth-friendly health care services
• Develop confidence and skills to build positive relationships and communicate effectively with teens

Faculty: Leisha Andersen, MD, MPH, FAAP, along with four teen educators.

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Save the Dates & Register for Webinars 2 and 3:

April 13, 2022, 4:00 PM – 5:15 PM PST

June 22, 2022, 4:00 PM – 5:15 PM PST

Shriners Children’s Portland presents the 2022 Primary Care Providers Conference. Topics will include:

• Orthopedic conditions in the newborn
• Toe walking
• Basic fracture management for PCPs
• Back pain
• Adolescent hip pain
• Knee pain and injuries
• Common syndromes and skeletal dysplasias
• Metabolic bone health, nutrition, and obesity in orthopedics
• Mental health considerations in orthopedics
• Pectus excavatum and carinatum
• Tone management

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, attendance will be limited to allow for appropriate distancing. Proof of vaccination will be required to attend.

Questions: POR-MSO@shrinenet.org, 503-221-3424

 March 14-15 • 7:00 AM – 10:30 AM each day

8.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits

Oregon Pediatric Society presents a virtual training designed to empower clinicians and staff to reach youth who have thoughts of suicide, both virtually and in-person. Participants will learn to:

• Apply an equity lens to suicide prevention with youth
• Identify needs, risks, resiliency factors, and challenges related to suicide among youth
• Conduct suicide assessment and intervention with youth
• Identify resiliency factors for youth, incorporating them into a collaborative safety
  plan
• Identify needs, protocols, and tools related to suicide assessment and intervention
  among youth
• Identify and connect to local resources for support with suicide prevention with youth

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Join us on Saturday, April 9, 2022, for this year’s in-person child health medical education conference, in collaboration with the Oregon Council of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry.

We are hoping to hold this year’s conference in person on the Portland waterfront Life Science Building, but will shift to virtual if that space is restricted due to the pandemic. Please join your pediatric and child psychiatry colleagues, and AAP CEO Mark Del Monte, to hear about suicide prevention and eating disorder interventions, gender-affirming care, and other timely topics. More information to follow with registration in March.

May 12-13, 2022 • 7:00 AM – 10:30 AM each day

8.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits

Oregon Pediatric Society presents a virtual training designed to empower clinicians and staff to reach youth who have thoughts of suicide, both virtually and in-person. Participants will learn to:

• Apply an equity lens to suicide prevention with youth
• Identify needs, risks, resiliency factors, and challenges related to suicide among youth
• Conduct suicide assessment and intervention with youth
• Identify resiliency factors for youth, incorporating them into a collaborative safety
  plan
• Identify needs, protocols, and tools related to suicide assessment and intervention
  among youth
• Identify and connect to local resources for support with suicide prevention with youth

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