Epilepsy and Teens: Counseling Advice on Managing Epilepsy as an Adolescent
According to the CDC, approximately 0.6% of children aged 0-17 have active epilepsy, so in a school of 1,000 students, this means 6 of them…
Course Category: Primary Care Perspectives Podcast
Podcasting for Medical Education
At the end of this session, learners will be able to explore the landscape of podcasting in medicine, identify the gear and tools you need…
Advocacy Curriculum in Pediatric Residency Education
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) advocacy curriculum has a rich history of teaching pediatric residents how to incorporate being an advocate into their career…
Sickle Cell Gene Therapy
New research has led to the approval of sickle cell gene therapy and CHOP has played a big role in both the research and implementation…
An Antiracist Approach in Primary Care
A recent publication in Pediatrics by George Dalembert, MD, MSHP and Aditi Vasan, MD, MSHP helps us learn more about how to use an antiracist…
Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP): HIV Prevention for Adolescents
As of 2020, 20% of new HIV diagnoses were among young people aged 13-24 years. Primary care pediatricians can play an important role in the…
Nutrition Advice for Premature Babies at Discharge from the NICU
The CHOP Neonatal Intensive Care Unit is working on enhancing communication of nutrition plans to primary care providers when infants are discharged. In this episode,…
Marfan Syndrome
How well do you know the stigmata of Marfan Syndrome, which are an important components of the pre-participation sports physical? Staci M. Kallish, DO, a…
Stuttering
While many famous figures, including President Biden, have worked to decrease the stigma around stuttering, there are still significant psychosocial effects for many children who…
Medical Legal Partnerships in Primary Care
How can lawyers and pediatricians work together to improve patient care? Osarugue Osah-Edoh and Andrew Yang, lawyers at Community Legal Services of Philadelphia and in…