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ForwardData-driven Engagement of Families to Improve the NICU Experience (DEFINE)
Jointly provided by Children's Hospital Colorado Section of Neonatology and the Colorado Perinatal Care Quality Collaborative (CPCQC).
Target Audience
Through specific lectures and discussions led by experts in the field of Neonatology the goal of the conference is for participants to enhance their fund of knowledge and practical management strategies to better care for their patients. This program will be of interest to physicians, registered nurses, advanced practice nurses, and healthcare teams caring for these newborns in the NICU.
Needs Statement
Our goal is to ensure that mothers, birthing individuals, and their families in Colorado receive culturally relevant, safe, equitable, high-quality care no matter who they are or where they live.
CPCQC is leading change in the clinical setting, within our community, and through policy and advocacy efforts. We are working toward a future where all of Colorado’s pregnant and postpartum people have equitable access to care, safer birth experiences, and the support of their community and peers.
Learner Outcome
Participants will report increased knowledge of disparities indegree of family engagement during prolonged NICU hospitalization, strategies to improve safe infant sleep practice and approached to screening determinants of health during NICU hospitalization. Participants will report at least one practice change they plan to make as a result of this education.
Learning Objectives
Describe disparities in race/ethnicity, primary language, and rural/urban residence indegree of family engagement during prolonged NICU hospitalization.
Identify strategies to improving safe infant sleep practices in the NICU so that the risk for SUID can be reduced in the home setting.
Discuss the rationale and approaches to screening for social determinants of health during NICU hospitalization.
Additional Information
| Attachment | Size |
|---|---|
 Participant Parking Guide DEFINE.pdf | 20.61 MB |
Time | Topic/Title | Presenter |
8:30 AM – 9:00 AM | BREAKFAST | |
9:00 AM – 9:10 AM | Opening Remarks | Susan Hwang, MD, MPH, PhD |
9:10 AM – 10:00 AM | Advancing language justice in the NICU | Erika (Gaby) Cordova Ramos, MD Assistant Professor of Pediatrics |
10:00 – 10:20 AM | Lived Experience Expert Presentation | Araceli NICU Parent |
10:20 – 10:50 AM | Integrate and Reflect | Small group facilitators |
10:50 – 11:00 AM | BREAK | |
11:00 – 11:40 AM | Policy Presentation: TBD | TBD |
11:40 – 12:00 PM | Lived Experience Expert Presentation | Kathryn Knight NICU/medical mom and Founder & Executive Director for Hello Nurze |
12:00 – 12:30 PM | Integrate and Reflect | Small group facilitators |
12:30 – 1:30 PM | LUNCH | |
1:30 – 2:30 PM | Hospitals Presentations: - Centering Families in a Safety-Net NICU: The Denver Health Experience - Embracing change and creating a smooth transition: The SPROUTS mission - Role Modeling Safe Sleep Environment in the NICU -TBD | Megan J. Turner, MD, MPH, FAAP Neonatologist, Denver Health Medical Center Jen Miller, NNP Children’s Hospital Colorado Elizabeth Talvitie, BSN, RNC-NIC UCHealth Highlands Ranch Hospital Gina Van Byssum UCHealth Highlands Ranch Hospital |
2:30 – 3:00 PM | Integrate and Reflect | Small group facilitators |
3:00 – 3:15 PM | BREAK | |
3:15 – 3:40 PM | Sleep Well Updates | Susan Hwang, MD, MPH, PhD |
3:40 – 3:50 PM | Annie Hall Award | Susan Hwang, MD, MPH, PhD |
3:50 – 4:00 PM | Closing Remarks, Evaluations, & Drawing | Susan Hwang, MD, MPH, PhD |
This conference will be held on the Anschutz Medical Campus at the Donald M. Elliman Conference Center, located on the Second Floor of the Anschutz Health Sciences Building: 1890 N Revere Ct, Aurora, CO 80045.
See participant parking guide, located on the Overview page, for more info on location and cost of parking on campus. Children’s Colorado and University of Colorado Hospital employees must park in their designated area.
Conference Faculty
Planners, faculty, and others in control of content (either individually or as a group) have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies.
Sunah Susan Hwang, MD, MPH, PhD
The Lula O. Lubchenco Chair in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Director, Perinatal Health Services Research
Section of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Erika (Gaby) Cordova Ramos, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Boston Medical Center
Araceli
NICU Mom
Kathryn Knight
NICU/Medical mom and Founder & Executive Director of Hello Nurze
Megan J. Turner, MD, MPH, FAAP
Neonatologist, Denver Health Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine
Jen Miller, NNP
Children's Hospital Colorado
Elizabeth Talvitie, BSN, RNC-NIC
UCHealth Highlands Ranch Hospital
Gina Van Byssum, RN, BSN, RNC-NIC
UCHealth Highlands Ranch Hospital
Medical
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of Children’s Hospital Colorado and Colorado Perinatal Care Quality Collaborative (CPCQC). Children’s Hospital Colorado is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Children’s Hospital Colorado designates this Live Activity for a maximum of 5.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Nursing
Children's Hospital Colorado is approved with distinction as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by Colorado Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. This educational offering for 5.50 nursing contact hours is provided by Children's Hospital Colorado.
General Attendance
All other participants will receive general attendance verification with completion of the course evaluation.
Registering, confirming attendance and completing an evaluation within 14-days of the event are required for crediting.
Available Credit
- 5.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 5.50 Attendance
- 5.50 Approved AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 5.50 NCPD