Time | 7:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Location | CAMC Center for Learning and Research
Cost | FREE for all employees of CAMC/Vandalia Health entities, residents and fellows
When it Matters Most: The Whole Child - The Whole Team
Program Overview
The 2026 CAMC Pediatric Conference: When it Matters Most: The Whole Child. The Whole Team will feature lectures, case presentations and educational sessions on a variety of acute and critical care issues facing health care professionals today. This one-day conference will focus on current trends in pediatric acute and critical care medicine. The program is designed for pediatricians, primary care physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists, social workers, and allied health professionals involved in the care of children. The program is limited to 120 participants.
No prerequisites are required.
At the conclusion of this program, participants should be able to:
- Identify why self-reflection is integral to being able to connect with interdisciplinary teams
- Describe the power of empathy in interactions with others
- Recognizing how barriers to professional conversations impact patient care
- Identify at least three manifestations of grief experienced by pediatric patients, families, and healthcare professionals, including anticipatory grief, developmental differences in childhood grief, and the emotional impact of pediatric loss.
- Apply at least three evidence-based interventions to support pediatric patients and families experiencing grief and loss, including therapeutic communication, memory-making activities, and interdisciplinary spiritual and emotional care.
- Describe the core components of day-to-day pediatric type 1 diabetes management, including the use of modern diabetes technology.
- Recognize the cumulative decision burden, cognitive load, and psychosocial impact of type 1 diabetes on the child and caregivers and identify ways to better support them
- Discuss current trends in pediatric hospice care
- Review and apply current pediatric airway management techniques
The conference will be hosted at the CAMC Center for Learning and Research at 3044 Chesterfield Ave., Charleston, WV, 25304. The Center, east of downtown Charleston, is easily accessible from the 35th Street exit of I-64 East and I-77 South, as well as the MacCorkle Avenue exit off I-64 West and I-77 North.
Agenda
7:00 a.m. | Registration/Continental Breakfast
7:50 a.m. | Welcome - Agenda for the Day
Presenter: Niel Copeland, MD
8:00 a.m. | When we connect, we hear, help, and heal
Presenter: Denise Burgess, MA, BSN, RN-C, LPC, CMFT
9:00 a.m. | Pediatric Hospice Care
Presenter: Shellie Powell, RN, BSN
10:00 a.m. | Break
10:15 a.m. | When Little Hearts Break: Navigating Grief, Loss and Healing
Presenter: Rev. DaVontae Edwards, M. Div
11:15 a.m. | Pediatric Airway Management
Presenter: Adam Purdy
12:00 p.m. | Lunch (provided) - Kanawha River Room
12:45 p.m. | Breakout Sessions
1. Airway Management - Adam Purdy
2. Pediatric Research - Pediatric Residents
3. Team Dynamics and Communication Escape Room - James Derek Collins, MD
2:45 p.m. | 120 decisions: A day in the life with Type 1 Diabetes
Presenter: Sruthi Menon, MD
3:30 p.m. | Child Trafficking
Presenter: Genevieve Baushke
4:30 p.m. | Course Evaluation/Adjournment
Program Directors and Faculty
Denise Burgess, MA, BSN, RN-C, LPC, CMFT
Senior Educator
Vandalia Health Academy
Charleston, WV
Genevieve Baushke
FBI Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force
Charleston, WV
James Derek Collins, MD
Program Director, Pediatrics Residency
Assistant Professor
Vandalia Health CAMC
Department of Pediatrics
Charleston, WV
Neil R. Copeland, MD
Pediatric Hospitalists
CAMC Women and Children's Hospital
Charleston, WV
Sruthi Menon, MD
Assistant Professor, Pediatric Endocrinology
Associate Program Director, CAMC Pediatric Residency Program
Vandalia Health CAMC Women and Children's Hospital
Charleston, WV
Shellie Powell, RN, BSN
Director of Clinical Services
Kanawha Hospice Care
Charleston, WV
Adam B Purdy RRT, NPS
Respiratory Care Manager
Vandalia Health CAMC Women and Children's Hospital
Charleston, WV
Dena Zerkle, BSN, RN-BC
Nurse Manager- Pediatrics/PICU/Children's Cancer Center
Vandalia Health CAMC Women and Children's Hospital
Charleston, WV
Accreditation
In support of improving patient care, CAMC Institute for Academic Medicine is accredited by the American Nurses Credentialing Center, the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education and the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing education for the health care team.
CAMC Institute for Academic Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 6.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) ™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
CAMC Institute for Academic Medicine is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. This offering has been approved for 6.5 contact hours. (JA0026-26-CE1163)
CAMC Institute for Academic Medicine is an approved provider of continuing education by the West Virginia Board of Social Work Examiners. This program has been approved for 6.5 hours of social work credit. Approval number #490045.
The CAMC Institute for Academic Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. To receive credit, participants must complete the sign-in sheet, attend each session and complete an evaluation. ACPE credits will be posted online to the CPE Monitor within six (6) weeks following the activity. This knowledge-based activity provides 6.5 contact hours JA0006133-0000-26-074-L01-P.
This West Virginia Board of Respiratory Care (WVBORC) has approved this program for contact hours. Provider #
The CAMC Institute for Academic Medicine controls the content and production of this CE activity and attempt to ensure the presentation of balanced, objective information. In accordance with the Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education established by the ACCME, faculty, abstract reviewers, paper presenters/authors, planning committee members, staff and any others involved in planning the educational content must disclose any relationship they or their co-authors have with ineligible companies which may be related to their content. The ACCME defines “relevant financial relationships” as financial relationships in any amount occurring within the past 24 months that create a conflict of interest.
All presenters, planning committee and faculty have declared no financial interest with an ineligible company for this conference.
CAMC Center for Learning and Research is located at 3044 Chesterfield Avenue east of downtown Charleston and is easily accessible from the 35th Street exit of I-64 east and I-77 south, and the MacCorkle Avenue exit off I-64 west and I-77 north.
Limited parking is available at the CAMC Center for Learning and Research. Participants may also park at the Aladdin Restaurant parking lot, the former CHERI building lot and the Vandalia Health CAMC Cancer Center parking lot. A shuttle will be available from the CAMC Cancer Center lot. There is no charge for parking.
Every effort is made to have a comfortable temperature in the meeting room. However, we realize everyone's comfort zone is different, so please bring a sweater or light jacket.
You may register at ce.camcinstitute.org
This course is free for all employees of CAMC/Vandalia Health, residents, and students. This course is limited to 120 participants.
