Target Audience: Pediatricians, Family Practitioners, Advanced Practice Nurses and Physician Assistants
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Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology Division of Human Genetics and the School of Medicine - Office of Continuing Education
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Newborn Screening ... It’s not just PKU!
Each year, the Connecticut Department of Public Health’s Newborn Screening Program identifies more than 2,100 infants with a potential genetic disorder or permanent congenital hearing loss. |
Family Health Section Public Health Initiatives Branch J. Robert Galvin, MD, MPH, Commissioner |
Earn FREE Continuing Education Credits
Up to 4.5 CME credits and 3.7 Nursing Contact hours
Release Date: March 2007 End Date: February 2010
Newborn Screening in Connecticut features Connecticut’s foremost experts on newborn screening disorders.
· Objectives: After completing this program, participants will understand the:
1. different categories of disorders included in the Connecticut Newborn Screen Program.
2. process for diagnostic testing and confirmation of a screen positive child.
3. channels of communication between the medical home, DPH and clinical specialists.
4. appropriate medical and psychosocial care of children with disorders identified by the Connecticut Newborn Screening Program.
The training provides:
seven individual sessions, each approximately 30 minutes in length.
a brief evaluation section.
the option of registering for AMA Category 1 CME credits or nursing contact hours.
Copyright: The presenter of this program owns the copyright for or has received permission for the use of copyrighted materials.
Technical Requirements: In order to view this streaming web video program you will need to have the most recent version of Windows Media Player (version 8 or above) installed on your computer. You can download the free Windows Media Player that is compatible with your computer by clicking on the Icon below.
Click on one of the modules below to view:
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Introduction to Connecticut’s Newborn Screening Program Robert M. Greenstein, MD, Division of Human Genetics, UCONN Health Center
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Amino Acid, Organic Acid and Fat Oxidative Disorders Margretta R. Seashore, MD, Yale Department of Human Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine
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Congenital Hypothyroidism and Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia Scott A. Rivkees, MD, Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine
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Newborn Screening for Hemoglobinopathies Howard A. Pearson, MD, Director, Yale Sickle Cell Service, Yale University School of Medicine
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Newborn Screening for Cystic Fibrosis Sidney M. Hopfer, PhD, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UCONN Health Center
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Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Donna C. Maselli, RN, MPH, Connecticut Department of Public Health
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Genetic Testing for Infants with Hearing Loss Sally S. Rosengren, MD, Division of Human Genetics, UCONN Health Center
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This training was made possible with funding provided by:
The Connecticut Department of Public Health
and the
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Maternal & Child Health Bureau
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Robert M. Greenstein, MD Director, Division of Human Genetics Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology UCONN Health Center
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| Associate Program Director: |
Donna Maselli, RN, MPH Nurse Consultant Connecticut Department of Public Health Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Program
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| Technical Coordinator: |
Alyssa Israel, MPH, CHES Public Health Consultant
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| Video & Website Production: |
Video Communications Department UCONN Health Center |
Accreditation: The University of Connecticut School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education (CME) for physicians. The University of Connecticut School of Medicine takes responsibility for the content, quality, and scientific integrity of this CME activity.
The University of Connecticut School of Medicine designates this activity for a maximum of 4.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
The University of Connecticut Health Center - John Dempsey Hospital is an Approved Provider of Continuing Nursing Education by the Connecticut Nurses’ Association, an Accredited Approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. This educational activity provides a maximum of 3.7 nursing contact hours. You must complete a minimum of 30 minutes of one or more sessions to receive nursing contact hours.
Conflict of Interest Policy: All faculty participating in CME activities sponsored by the University of Connecticut School of Medicine are required to disclose to the program audience any actual or apparent conflict of interest related to the content of their presentations. Program planners have an obligation to resolve any actual conflicts of interest and share with the audience any safeguards put in place to prevent commercial bias from influencing the content. None of the speakers has anything to disclose nor will they be discussing any off-label product.
Confidentiality: All information gathered as part of this web cast activity will be treated as confidential and will not be disclosed or released in any format to any person or business that does not have a “need to know” as it relates specifically to this activity without the full and proper consent of the viewer/provider of this information.
Grateful Acknowledgement to the Coordinating Committee Members:
Amy Mirizzi, MPH
Health Program Assistant
Connecticut Department of Public Health
Dorothy Trebisacci, RN
Nurse Consultant
Connecticut Department of Public Health
Donna Maselli, RN, MPH
Nurse Consultant
Connecticut Department of Public Health
Robert M. Greenstein, MD
Director, Division of Human Genetics
University of Connecticut Health Center
Contacts:
For Program Content Information:
Robert M. Greenstein, MD
Division of Human Genetics
University of Connecticut Health Center
For Technical Content Information:
Video Communications Department
University of Connecticut Health Center
860-679-2119 or
E-mail: VCDA@exchange.uchc.edu
For CME Information:
Office of Continuing Education
University of Connecticut Health Center
860-679-2904
For Nursing Contact Hour Information:
Department of Staff & Patient Education
University of Connecticut Health Center
860-679-7570
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