The Department of Pediatrics, Section of Emergency Medicine will hold its 2nd Annual Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) Course for the Community Practitioner on October 22, 2005. Accredited by Yale for 8.5 Category 1 Credits, the seminar condenses the standard two-day program into a one-day format. Practitioners who attend this course will be able to:
- recognize the ill child for shock, respiratory distress and toxicological, allergic, and neurologic emergencies
- demonstrate how to prepare for an office emergency
- become PALS-certified with the new curriculum
Three weeks prior to the course, registrants will receive a packet that contains a pre-test along with a pediatric advanced support provider manual.
For information on last year’s course, visit
http://cme.yale.edu/hpstory.html#pals
October 22, 2005
8.5 Category 1 Credits
The Anlyan Center for Medical Research and Education
New Haven, CT
Registration Fees
Registration Fee
(Includes PALS Certification, conference materials, continental breakfast, lunch and breaks)
MDs, Nurses, PAs - $425
Yale full-time academic faculty - $350
Yale residents/fellows - $175
Yale EM Resident/Fellows and PA and NP Students $175
Accreditation
The Yale University School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians. This educational activity is designated for a maximum of 8.5 Category 1 credits toward the AMA Physician’s Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.
Disclosure Policy
It is the policy of Yale University School of Medicine, Continuing Medical Education, to ensure balance, independence, objectivity and scientific rigor in all its educational programs. All faculty participating as speakers in these programs are required to disclose any relevant financial relationship(s) they (or spouse or partner) have with a commercial interest that benefits the individual in any financial amount that has occurred within the past 12 months; and the opportunity to affect the content of CME about the products or services of the commercial interests. The Center for Continuing Medical Education will ensure that any conflicts of interest are resolved before the educational activity occurs.
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