Activity Description:

The lecture will discuss how growth and nutrition is monitored in a multidisciplinary team setting. This includes children both with and without feeding tubes. Information on supports and interventions that are utilized to identify and support feeding and swallowing skills will be provided. There will be additional discussion pertaining to how the Grow to Thrive feeding team supports pediatricians in the community.

Target Audience: 

Medical Oncologists, Radiation Oncologists, Pediatricians, Pediatric subspecialists, Pediatric radiotherapists, and other child health care professionals, Pharmacists, Nurses, Social Workers, Occupational Therapists, Respiratory Therapists, Dietitians, Athletic Trainers, Patient Care Facilitators and all other personnel involved in the care of the pediatric patient.  

Learning Objectives:

• Explore monitoring growth and discuss intervening early if swallowing, nutrition, or GI concerns are identified.
• Describe management of G-tube, NG-tube, and/or oral feeding schedules, advancements, and recommendations.
• Identify additional supports from a multidisciplinary team to ensure patients are provided with adequate resources
• Determine interventions to help reduce and prevent hospital readmissions. 

Moderator:

Presenters:

Jennifer Zank, MD, Neonatologist

Mackenzie Montag, NP, Pediatrix Gastroenterology of the Rocky Mountains

Courtney Davis, RDN, Clinical Dietitian

Kristen Manchester, MS, CCC-SLP, CLC, Pediatric Speech Language Pathologist

Lea Romani, MA, CCC-SLP, CLC, Pediatric Speech Pathologist

Non-faculty contributors and others involved in the planning, development and editing/review of the content have no relevant financial relationships to disclose with ineligible companies.*

*Ineligible companies – Companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

Accreditation:

The HCA Healthcare Continental Division is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. 

Credit Designation:

The HCA Healthcare Continental Division designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1^TM.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Commercial Support:  

This Activity was developed without support from any ineligible company.*The ACCME defines ineligible companies as those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. Note: The ACCME does not consider providers of clinical service directly to patients to be commercial interests – unless the provider of clinical services is owned, or controlled by, and ACCME defined ineligible company.

Disclosure: 

The HCA Healthcare Continental Division is committed to providing CME that is balanced, objective, and evidenced-based. In accordance with the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education Standards for Integrity and Independence all parties involved in content development are required to disclose all conflicts of interest with ACCME defined ineligible companies. The HCA Healthcare Continental Division has identified, reviewed, and mitigated all conflicts of interest that speakers, authors, course directors, planners, peer reviewers, or relevant staff disclose prior to the delivery of any educational activity. The CME planning committee who are in a position to control the content of this CME Activity, have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.