Location

Please check the individual session for location or broadcast availability.  

Frequency

Monthly

Series Director

Joseph Knadler, MD

Target Audience

Needs Statement

Healthcare professionals involved in pediatric cardiac care need comprehensive, evidence-based instruction on pediatric cardiac anatomy and physiology, hemodynamic profiles, and therapeutic interventions. There is a clear need for multidisciplinary training that enhances team-based decision-making and care coordination. Providers must develop the skills to interpret multimodal imaging, laboratory data, and monitoring outputs to guide clinical decisions. Additionally, they require exposure to current surgical and mechanical support strategies tailored to pediatric populations. Guided by expert faculty, this series will review cardiac anatomy and physiology, common hemodynamic profiles, and treatment interventions while aiming to promote a multidisciplinary team approach to optimizing treatment and improving patient outcomes. Expert faculty will provide up-to-date, evidence-based knowledge on topics relevant to pediatric cardiac intensive care, improve the needed skills for providers of multidisciplinary backgrounds to care for this patient population, and ideally lead to performance changes in clinical practice that optimize the care of patients in this population.

Educational Methods

Educational methods will include lectures, case presentations, and literature review.  

Objectives

At the conclusion of the sessions, the participants should be able to:

• Describe typical and atypical presentations of congenital heart disease and cardiomyopathy in pediatric children, adolescents, and young adults.
• Differentiate the hemodynamic profiles commonly found in children, adolescents, and young adults with who have congenital heart disease and cardiomyopathy.
• Synthesize multimodal imaging, laboratory tests, and monitoring data to guide the management of congenital heart disease and cardiomyopathy in inpatient and community settings.
• Apply evidence-based medical, surgical, and mechanical support strategies to the care of children, adolescents, and young adults with congenital heart disease and cardiomyopathy.

Evaluation

Participants may be asked to complete a session evaluation.

Accreditation/Credit Designation

Baylor College of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Baylor College of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Series Coordinator