22nd Annual Pediatric Conference (Virtual)

Join us for CoxHealth's 23rd Annual Pediatric Conference. We will be in-person at the Oasis Hotel and Convention Center in Springfield, MO after two years of being virtual. We are excited to be able to connect with all of you again. This educational event is designed for all health care professionals who work with children and their families. Topics include, lasting effects of critical illness in childhood, child abuse, diversity, equality, and inclusion in a healthcare setting, bullying, and many more. We will have speakers from the Dream Center and Burrell Health as community resources for the pediatric population and their families.

We will also be hosting a "Stuff the Bus" collecting school supplies for the community. Please bring school supplies and be entered to win some prizes.

Tentative Agenda:

0725 - 0730: Welcome/Disclosures

0730 -0830: Mary Hartman, MD

• The Lasting Effects of Critical Illness in Childhood

0830 -0930: Sumit K. Gupta, MD

• TBD

0930 -0945: Break/Vendors

0945 -1045: Dave Seastrom, BSN, RN 

• Child Abuse: The Dark Side of Pediatrics

1045 -1130: Diana Roe, MD

• TBD

1130 -1215: Lunch 

1215 -1300: R. Zachary Betters, MD

• TBD

1300 -13:30: Jody Dow- Springfield Dream Center

• Help and Hope: A Collaborative Approach to Caring for our Community

13:30 -1400: Leah Richter, PT

• TBD

1400 -14:45: Heather Hardinger

• Diversity, Inclusion, and Equality in a Healthcare Setting

14:45-1500: Break/Vendors

1500-1600: Cristin Martinez, MS, LPC, Burrell Health

• Bullying: Resources for School Mental Health Needs

1600-1630: Kelly Wright, MD

• Trauma Informed Care

1630-16:45: Closing, Evaluations

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. Midwest MSD Provider Approval #MO623-8. 8.0 contact hours.

• This program has been approved by the APTA Arkansas approval number xxx for xxx contact hours and it is deemed equivalent by the Missouri Board of Healing Arts per 4 CSR 150-3.203-5A.. Hours pending

• The Missouri Board for Respiratory Care has approved this program for xxx hours of continuing education credit. The MBRC approval number for this course is xxx. Licensed respiratory care practitioners are responsible for maintaining their own documentation records of continuing education and should claim only those hours actually spent in the activity. Hours pending

• 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 xxx contact hours (equivalent to xxx NBCOT©  Professional Development Units). Hours pending

• This program has been approved by CoxHealth for xxx pediatric trauma contact hours for CoxHealth employees. Hours pending

Successful Completion Requirements:

1. Registered on Eventbrite
2. Attend entire program
3. Complete online evaluation

R. Zachary Betters, MD

• Medical Director, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
• CoxHealth, Springfield, MO

Jody Dow

• Executive Director
• Springfield Dream Center, Springfield, MO

Sumit K. Gupta, MD

• Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon
• University of Missouri, Columbia, MO

Heather Hardinger

• System Director-DEI
• CoxHealth, Springfield, MO

Mary Hartman, MD

• Associate Professor of Pediatrics
• Washington University, St. Louis, MO

Cristin Martinez, MS, LPC

• Director of Professional Learning
• Burrell Behavioral Health, Branson, MO

Diana Roe, MD

• Pediatrician
• CoxHealth Urgent Care, Springfield, MO

Dave Seastrom, BSN, RN

• Program Manager, Trauma
• Children's Mercy, Kansas City, MO

Kelly Wright, MD

• Pediatrician
• CoxHealth, Springfield, MO

Carol Cummings Smothers, RRT

• NICU/Pediatric Respiratory Team Leader

Bridget Gladman, RN, BSN, RNC-MNN

• Enterprise Educator
• Primary Nurse Planner/Conference Coordinator

Mike Ingram, RCP, RRT, NPS

• NICU/Pediatric Respiratory Supervisor 

Brittany Perches, RN, BSN, RN-BC

• Pediatric Nurse Manager

Rana Post, MBA, CCLS, CPST

• Certified Life Coordinator

Holly Rogers, RN, BSN

• Pediatric Educator

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