A New Frontier in Virtual Medical Education
CHOP OPEN (Online Pediatric Education Network) provides pediatric medical education to healthcare professionals around the world. Content is developed by some of CHOP’s top doctors and other clinical experts.
Featured Courses
This month’s featured lecture series spotlights the winter surge in respiratory and infectious challenges, bringing together practical insights on resurging infectious diseases, pediatric asthma management, frontline approaches to respiratory emergencies, and the latest strategies to combat antibiotic resistance. Designed for clinicians across emergency, primary care, and specialty settings, these sessions aim to sharpen decision-making, reduce complications, and improve outcomes during the high-demand viral season.
Our Course Categories
- Adolescent Medicine
- Allergy & Immunology
- Anesthesia & Critical Care
- Bench to Bedside
- Breaking Through with Madeline Bell
- Cardiology
- Cardiothoracic Surgery
- Child Life Services
- Complex Care
- Dermatology
- Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
- Emergency Medicine
- Endocrinology
- Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment
- Gastroenterology
- Gender, Sexuality & Reproductive Health
- General Pediatrics
- General, Thoracic and Fetal Surgery
- Global Health
- Grand Rounds
- Groin Surgical Series
- Heart Talks
- Hematology & Oncology
- Home Care
- Hospitalist Grand Rounds
- Human Genetics
- Hypospadias Surgical Series
- Immunology
- Infectious Diseases
- Language Services
- Medical Education
- Medical Informatics
- Medical Leadership
- Medical Quality & Safety
- Neonatology
- Nephrology
- Neurology
- Neurosurgery
- Nursing
- Nursing Grand Rounds
- Nutrition
- Observership Program
- Ophthalmology
- Opioid Education
- Orthopedics
- Otolaryngology
- Outreach
- Palliative Care
- Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
- Pediatric Emergency Medicine Podcast
- Pediatric Grand Rounds
- Penis Surgical Series
- Pharmacology
- Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
- Podcasts
- Poison Control
- Prehospital
- Primary Care Essentials
- Primary Care Perspectives Podcast
- Psychiatry
- Psychology
- Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine
CHOP Online Pediatric Education Network (OPEN)
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) values advancing care through knowledge exchange with our colleagues around the world. As a thought leader of pediatric healthcare and home to the latest breakthroughs, CHOP recognizes the growing demand for online professional education.
CHOP Online Pediatric Education Network (OPEN) provides pediatric medical education to healthcare professionals from around the world. Within the department of Global Pediatric Education, CHOP OPEN provides access to the latest advances in pediatric care, clinical educational resources and more.
Begin exploring now to access educational offerings developed by some of CHOP’s top doctors and other clinical experts.

Our Partnerships
Many lectures found in CHOP OPEN are prepared by Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia staff in weeklong modules that are prepared in affiliation with the Open Medical Institute (OMI) and presented in Salzburg, Austria. CHOP OPEN is supported in part by a generous grant from The Leir Foundation.
Please note that courses presented here have been tailored for their live audiences, and they may contain statistics and information not applicable to all demographics.

Additional CHOP Resources

Global Patient Services
Our multi-lingual Global Patient Services representatives help you plan every aspect of a visit to Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

Clinical Pathways Program
Clinical pathways are task-oriented care plans used to standardize care, improve outcomes and reduce cost.

Continuing Education
The Continuing Education (CE) department offers more than 25 in-person and virtual conferences each year on a variety of clinical topics.

Global Pediatric Education
Our programming provides medical education opportunities in Philadelphia and abroad for individuals and groups that can be tailored to meet specific needs.

Online Remote Medical Consultation Program
In addition to facilitating in person second opinions, CHOP is now pleased to offer remote written consultations in select states for national patient families.

CHOP News Room
Discover the latest breakthroughs in research, advances in clinical care, and other headlines from the experts at CHOP.