School Lunch Nutrition Updates with USDA FNS
In 2010, Congress passed the Hunger-Free Kids Act to help ensure that every American child has access to a balanced school lunch. This is important…
Course Category: Primary Care Perspectives Podcast
Twins
Twins account for 3% of live births in the US and are at risk of higher rates of fetal growth restriction, congenital anomalies, twin-twin transfusion…
Teen Communication: Learning language to build character, resilience, and relationships
Talking with teenagers can feel challenging, but in this episode, Kenneth Ginsburg, MD, MSEd, an attending physician in the Division of Adolescent Medicine and the…
Rabies
Contact with infected bats is the most common cause of human rabies deaths in the US, but dog rabies remains common worldwide. Learn about other…
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…
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…