Mattel Children’s Hospital and David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Board Review

This comprehensive board review course covers key topics in pediatrics with special emphasis on board certification and recertification.

QUICK FACTS

Provider: Mattel Children’s Hospital and David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Course Director:
Deborah Lehman, MD
Associate Vice Chair for Education
Pediatrics Clerkship Chair
Professor of Clinical Pediatrics

Credits: Earn a maximum of 43.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™

 

Explore Key Topics

This CME program is a comprehensive review of essential topics in pediatrics. UCLA Pediatric Board Review Course provides a description of the patterns of illness, key links and associations for various pediatric problems and case-based lectures on topics like critical care and emergency medicine, cardiology, developmental and behavioral pediatrics, adolescent medicine, infectious diseases, neonatology, etc. It will help you to:

• Prepare for The American Board of Pediatrics (ABP) certification and re-certification examinations
• Refresh your knowledge about the signs and symptoms of common pediatric diseases
• Identify and manage specific pediatric problems competently
• Apply new information to everyday pediatric care, enhancing diagnostic accuracy and management decisions

 

TOPICS

• Radiology – Theodore R. Hall, MD

• Endocrinology – 1 – Harvey Chiu, MD

• Behavior & Development – 1 – Carlos Lerner, MD, MPhil

• Sexuality & Drug Abuse – Robert E. Morris, MD

• Gastroenterology – 1 – Robert Venick, MD

• Behavior & Development – 2 – Rujuta Bhatt, MD

• Ethics and Biostatistics – Stuart J. Slavin, MD, MEd
  

• Test Taking Strategies – Stuart J. Slavin, MD, MEd
  

• Gastroenterology – 2 – Sue McDiarmid, MD

• General Pediatrics – 1 – James Lee, MD

• Coagulation – Gavin Roach, MD

• Poisoning – Rick E. Harrison, MD

• Neonatology – Valencia Walker, MD

• STIs & Adolescent Mental Health – Nancy Steiner, MD

• Immunologic Disorders & Allergy – Caroline Kuo, MD

• Infectious Diseases – 1 – Dean Blumberg, MD, FAAP

• Immunizations – Dean Blumberg, MD, FAAP

• Genetics – Julian Martinez, MD

• Critical Care – Myke Federman, MD

• Cardiology – 1 – Daniel S. Levi, MD

• Gastroenterology – 2 – Mini Mehra, MD

• General Pediatrics – 2 – Lee Miller, MD

• Endocrinology – 2- Mark Daniels, MD

• Infectious Diseases – 2 – Paul Krogstad, MD

• Infectious Diseases – 3 – Deborah Lehman, MD

• Cardiology – 2 – Leigh Reardon, MD

• Cardiology – 3 – Leigh Reardon, MD

• Neurology – 1 – Christopher Giza, MD

• Patient Safety & QI – Carlos Lerner, MD, MPhil
  

• Dermatology – James D. Korb, MD

• Orthopedics & Sports Medicine – James D. Korb, MD

• Hematology/Oncology – 1 – Randal K. Wada, MD

• Hematology/Oncology – 2 – Randal K. Wada, MD

• Rheumatology – Miriam Parsa, MD

• Pulmonology – Sande Okelo, MD

• Contraception & Menstrual Disorders – Martin Anderson, MD, MPH

• Nephrology – 1 – Patricia Weng, MD

• Nephrology – 2 – Joshua Zaritsky, MD, PhD

• Practice Questions – Stuart J. Slavin, MD, MEd
  

• Genetics – Derek Wong, MD

• Neurology – 2 – Jason Lerner, MD

Learning Objectives

After viewing this activity, participants will demonstrate the ability to:

• Use pattern recognition to diagnose both common and unusual diseases in children
• Describe diagnostic strategies for common and unusual problems in children
• Describe therapeutic approaches after the diagnosis is established
• Recognize important links and associations that may be tested on the Pediatric Board Exam

Target Audience

Those preparing for the American Board of Pediatrics (ABP) certification examination, those undergoing ABP recertification, and pediatricians and family practitioners seeking an intensive refresher course in pediatrics.

 

Date of original release: October 31, 2016
Date of credit termination: October 31, 2019
Estimated Time to Complete this CME Program: 43.75 Hours