Join us for CoxHealth Education Center’s 21st annual Pediatric Conference. We have decided to go virtual!  To accomodate the virtual learning platform and give you the best learning environment possible, we have decided to split the usual eight hour day into two days. Join one or both days! 

This educational event is designed for all health care professionals who work with children and their families.

September 29th, 2020:

0750 am: Welcome/Disclosures

0800 am-0900 am: Lori Beck MSN, RN, CPEN, TNS

• Teens and Trauma: #worstdayever

0900 am-1000 am: Dr. Curtis Mattson PsyD, MBA

• Pediatric Mental Health: Symptomatology, Overdose, and Suicide

1000 am-1015 am: Break

1015 am-1115 am: Dr. Jody Hefner DO

• Pediatric Pearls and Updates

1115 am-1145 am: Dr. Katherine Hefner MD

• Vitamin D and Rickets 

1145 am-1215 pm: Elizabeth Lee RN, BA, RSW, CHPN

• Hospice and Pallative Care 

1215 pm-1230 pm: Evaluations/Questions/Answers

September 30th, 2020:

0750 am: Welcome/Disclosures

0800 am-0900 am: Lori Beck MSN, RN, CPEN, TNS

• Pediatric Trauma Case Studies

0900 am-1000 am: Lana Martin MHL, BSN, RN, TCRN, CEN, CPEN, CPST-I

• On the Road Again-Pediatric Injuries 

1000 am-1015 am: Break

1015 am-1115 am: Dr. Kayce Morton DO, FAAP

• Pediatric Asthma Update 

1115 am-1215 pm: Tabitha Aleshire MSW, LCSW

• Child Abuse/Neglect-What can I do to Help?

1215 pm-1230 pm: Evaluations/Questions/Answers

We reserve the right to substitute speakers and topics in case of emergency or cancellation. 

• CoxHealth Education Center is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the Midwest Multistate Division, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. MW MSD Provider Approval #MO623-8.  4.1 Nursing Contact Hours for each day. 

• This program has been approved by the Arkansas Board of Physical Therapy for 8 contact hours (4 contact hours each day) and it is deemed equivalent by the Missouri Board of Healing Arts per 4 CSR 150-3.203-5A

• This program has been approved for 4.8 contact hours Continuing Respiratory Care Education (CRCE) credit by the American Association for Respiratory Care, 9425 N. MacArthur Blvd. Suite 100, Irving TX 75063. Course # 8000005  (Day 1: 1.2 contact hours, Day 2: 3.6 contact hours for a total of 4.8 for both days) 

• This program meets the criteria for category PDU #13 (attending employer-provided continuing education) and Missouri Board of Occupational Therapy per 20 CSR 2205-5 and qualifies as 8 contact hours (4 contact hours each day) (equivalent to 8 NBCOT©   Professional Development Units).
  

• CoxHealth Prehospital Services is an approved provider of continuing education by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, Unit of EMS.  This activity has been approved for 4 contact hours each day.  The Training Center number is 07710C

• This program has been approved by CoxHealth for 3.0 trauma contact hours for CoxHealth employees in which 3.0 of those contact hours may be used as pediatric trauma contact hours for CoxHealth employees. (Day 1: 1.0 trauma contact hours, Day 2: 2.0 trauma contact hours for a total of 3.0 for both days) 

Tabitha Aleshire, MSW, LCSW

• 31st Circuit Specialist, Greene County Children's Division

Lori Beck, MSN, RN, CPEN, TNS

• Trauma Nurse Coordinator, St. Louis Children's Hospital

Jody Hefner, DO

• CoxHealth Pediatric Specialist

Katherine Hefner, MD

• CoxHealth Pediatric Specialist
  

Elizabeth Lee RN, BA, RSW, CHPN

• Hospice Palliative Care Spec, CoxHealth At Home
  

Lana Martin MHL, BSN, RN, TCRN, CEN, CPEN, CPST-I

• Trauma Program Manger, Children's Hospital, Colorado Springs, CO

Curtis Mattson, PsyD, MBA

• Clinical Psychologist
• CoxHealth Integrated Behavioral Health Coordinator

Kayce Morton, DO

• CoxHealth Pediatric Physician 

Glenda Adams, RPh, BCPPS

• Pediatric Pharmacist

Carol Cummings Smothers, RRT

• NICU/Pediatric Respiratory Team Leader

Kaylan Gieseke, RN

• Pediatric Registered Nurse

Bridget Gladman, RN, BSN, RNC-MNN

• CoxHealth Enterprise Educator
• Nurse Planner/Conference Coordinator

Mike Ingram, RCP, RRT, NPS

• NICU/Pediatric Respiratory Supervisor 

Brittany Perches, RN, BSN, RN-BC

• Pediatric Nurse Manager

Holly Rogers, RN, BSN

• Pediatric Educator

Jacki Roland, RN

•  Outreach and Education Coordinator, Trauma Services 

Kayleigh Stark, BS, CCLS, CPST, CPMT

• Certified Life Specialist

Kristi Vandeloecht, PTA, GC, CDR, MS

• Clinical Therapist Educator 

Cancellations received by the date indicated on the program webpage will be entitled to a full refund, less Eventbrite’s fees. Eventbrite registration fees are nonrefundable and vary with each course.

No refunds will be made for cancellations received the day of the activity.

Refunds will be credited back to the same credit card in which the payment was received. If the payment was made in cash or check, the refund will be provided within 4-6 weeks in the form of a check and mailed to the address obtained at the time of registration.

In the event Education Center cancels or reschedules a course, participants are entitled to a full refund or the participant may transfer registration to the next scheduled activity.

CoxHealth is not responsible for travel, hotel, booking fees, or other cancellation fees for registrants when a program is cancelled.

All refunds must be received in writing via email or by calling the Education Center.

CoxHealth Education Center Contact Information:

CoxHealth Education Center

 1423 N. Jefferson Ave.

 Springfield. MO 65802

Phone: 417-269-4117

 Fax: 417-269-4787

 Email: educationcenter@coxhealth.com

Americans with Disabilities Act:

If you have special needs addressed by this act, please notify us at least two weeks before this offering. Reasonable efforts will be made to accommodate your needs.