Forging Pathways for Better Outcomes: Engaging Community For Coordinated Care in Children With Cleft Lip and Palate

Aurora, CO US
October 28, 2024

By attending this conference, you acquire information on Social Determinants of Health in a broad sense and how it is addressed in our Cleft Program. Additionally, information will be presented on Cleft Care for undocumented migrants and how it impacts care in Colorado. Requirements for care in each state will be touched on.

Other presentations include understanding various types of palate repair surgeries when they are indicated and usefulness. Speech presentation will address understanding patients with cleft resonance issues experiences and desires in receiving speech therapy – their lived experience. 

Target Audience

The target audience for this course are both Internal faculty members and community physicians, Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants, Registered Nurses, Psychologists, Social Workers, Speech Therapists, Occupational Therapists and members of the Orthodontic and Dental Communities.

Learning Objectives

1| Identify the social determinants of health measures that impact the delivery of equitable healthcare for patients with cleft lip/palate and related craniofacial anomalies.
2| Discuss interviewing strategies that allow for cleft lip/palate and their families to communicate what they need in their plan of care.
3| Explain the rationale and use of different techniques in secondary cleft palate surgeries.
4| Describe the importance of qualitative research data and patient lived experience to enhance delivery of effective speech therapy for patients with cleft/resonance issues.

Learner Outcome

Upon completion of this education, participants will report increased knowledge and confidence in identifying social determinants of health measures that impact health equity during a routine patient evaluation. Participants will report at least one practice change they intend to make as result of this education

Additional Information

Course Contact: 
For any questions or concerns, please contact Matthew Stern at matthew.stern@childrenscolorado.org.
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 3.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 0.30 ASHA
  • 3.50 Attendance
  • 3.50 NCPD
Course opens: 
09/11/2024
Course expires: 
11/28/2024
Event starts: 
10/28/2024 - 1:00pm MDT
Event ends: 
10/28/2024 - 5:00pm MDT
Cost:
$0.00
Rating: 
0

 

1:00 p.m.Welcome Greg Allen, MD, FACS, FAAP 
1:10 p.m.Social Determinants of Health 101
So you have a bias, now what?
Robert Franklin
   
2:00 p.m.Social Determinants of Health 102
How do we use these lessons in our practices?
Maureen Andrews, RN, MSN, CPN
Alison Doran, RN, BSN, CPN
   
2:55pmCare Pathways for Undocumented Migrant Children Seeking Cleft Lip & Palate Care: Institutional Experience, Current State Policies and Future DirectionsDiego Gomez, BS
Pre-Doctoral Research Fellow in Pediatric
in Pediatric Plastic Surgery
   
3:05 p.m.BREAK 
3:15 p.m. Adjuncts in palate repair surgery such as: Myomucosal flaps and buccal fat pad flaps Greg Allen, MD, FACS, FAAP
   
3:55 p.m.Use of Qualitative Data and Patient Lived Experience to Inform Effective Speech-Language Therapy in the Cleft/Resonance Population Jenny Maybee, OTR, MA, CCC-SLP, PhD
   
4:45 p.m.Evaluation & AdjournGreg Allen, MD, FACS, FAAP
Children's Hospital Colorado
13123 E 16th Ave
Aurora, CO 80045
United States

The conference will be held in the Harvard Conference Room of the Children's Hospital Colorado Conference Center. We will also be streaming this course live, to our virtual audience.

Event Chair:

  • Greg Allen MD, FACS, FAAP
    Associate Professor, Depts of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery and Pediatrics
    University of Colorado School of Medicine 
    Medical Co-Director, Cleft Lip and Palate Program
    Children’s Hospital Colorado
    Dr. Allen reports no relevant financial or non-financial relationships and does not intend to reference the off label/investigative use of any commercial products or devices.

Faculty & Planning Committee Members:

  • Maureen Andrews APRN, MSN, CPN
    Clinical Nurse Specialist Cleft and Craniofacial Program
    Clinical Coordinator Cleft and Craniofacial Program
    Children’s Hospital Colorado
    Ms. Andrews reports no relevant financial or non-financial relationships and does not intend to reference the off label/investigative use of any commercial products or devices.
     
  • Alison Doran, RN, BSN, CPN
    Clinical Specialty Coordinator
    Cleft Lip and Palate Program| VPI Clinic
    Children's Hospital Colorado
    Ms. Doran reports no relevant financial or non-financial relationships and does not intend to reference the off label/investigative use of any commercial products or devices.
     
  • Robert Franklin
    Director, Diversity, Health Equity and Inclusions Program
    Children's Hospital Colorado
    Mr. Franklin reports no relevant financial or non-financial relationships and does not intend to reference the off label/investigative use of any commercial products or devices.
     
  • Jamie Idelberg, BS, RDH
    Outreach Coordinator
    Cleft & Craniofacial Program
    Children’s Hospital Colorado
    Ms. Idelberg reports no relevant financial or non-financial relationships and does not intend to reference the off label/investigative use of any commercial products or devices. 
  • Jenny Maybee, OTR, M.A., CCC-SLP
    Speech-Language Pathologist
    Children’s Hospital Colorado
    Ms. Maybee reports no relevant financial or non-financial relationships and does not intend to reference the off label/investigative use of any commercial products or devices.
     
  • Laurel More MS, RN, NPD-BC, CPN
    Clinical Education Specialist | Ambulatory Nursing
    Children's Hospital Colorado
    Ms. More reports no relevant financial or non-financial relationships and does not intend to reference the off label/investigative use of any commercial products or devices.
  • Matthew Stern, MS
    Manager, Continuing Medical Education
    Children's Hospital Colorado
    Mr. Stern reports no relevant financial or non-financial relationships and does not intend to reference the off label/investigative use of any commercial products or devices.

Medical (CME):
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 3.5 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 3.5 nursing contact hours is provided by Children’s Hospital Colorado.

ASHA:
This program will provide .3 ASHA CEU's.

Attendance:
A certificate of attendance will be provided upon completion of this course.

 

Completion Criteria

To claim credit, attendance must be logged and the evaluation completed within 14 days of the event. 

Available Credit

  • 3.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 0.30 ASHA
  • 3.50 Attendance
  • 3.50 NCPD

Price

Cost:
$0.00
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Please indicate on the registration page if you would like to attend in-person or virtually, For our virtual learners, a Zoom link will be sent to you the week of the conference.