Child Life: Supporting Pediatric Patients
VIRTUAL EVENT
The Physician Relations Lecture Series is an educational event offered periodically throughout 2024. Each session will explore specialized topics in the field of pediatric medicine, featuring talks and discussions from leading experts.
Target Audience
Physicians, Advanced Practice and other interested Community healthcare providers and clinicians
Learning Objectives
- Describe the specific role of Child Life specialists in supporting pediatric patients within a healthcare setting, including key interventions and strategies they employ.
- Identify the principles of emotional safety and trauma-informed care, and demonstrate how these concepts are applied to improve patient outcomes in pediatric care.
- Analyze developmental responses to medical interventions in pediatric patients, and explain how these responses differ across various age groups.
- Discuss key communication strategies and preparation techniques used by Child Life specialists to effectively support pediatric patients and their families during medical procedures.
Megan Fisher, CCLS
Child Life Educator
Children's Hospital Colorado
Jen Liska, CCLS
Child Life Educator
Children's Hospital Colorado
Disclosures
Planners, faculty, and others in control of content (either individually or as a group) have no listed relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies.
Children’s Hospital Colorado is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Children’s Hospital Colorado designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Available Credit
- 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 1.00 Attendance