Time | 7:15 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Location | CAMC Center for Learning and Research
Cost | FREE for all employees of Vandalia Health entities, residents, fellows and all students ($100 for all others)
Program Overview
The 2025 Vandalia Health CAMC Pediatric Conference 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 acute and critical care pediatric medicine. Breakout sessions will include respiratory support in pediatrics, pediatric code blue and pediatric research. The program is designed for pediatricians, primary care physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists, social workers and all 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:
- Examine current strategies in the treatment of postpartum depression.
- Identify current services available in child advocacy and pediatric practice.
- Review the role of all aboard therapy in conjunction with pediatric practice.
- Discuss innovative and evolving treatments in medication administration, ventilator management and pediatric nutrition.
- Differentiate distinguishing features between various types of aerosol technology.
- Summarize the latest evidence associated with aerosol delivery in the emergency department.
- Describe the clinical best practice of implementing VMN technology into the emergency department.
- Explain the patient and health care system benefits of VMN technology during respiratory emergencies.
- Describe the premise of psychological safety and its importance in the workplace.
- Review the child trafficking issue and its impact on the community.
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
7:15 a.m. | Registration/Continental Breakfast
8:00 a.m. | Welcome
8:15 a.m. | Postpartum Depression
Presenter: Melanie Riley, MSN, RN
9:15 a.m. | Child Advocacy Center
Presenter: Joan Phillips, MD/Maureen Runyon, MSW
10:15 a.m. | Break - Poster Presentations/Exhibits
10:30 a.m. | All Aboard Therapy
Presenter: Autumn Murdock, MS, CCC-SLP
11:30 a.m. | Vibrating Mesh Technology: Impacts and Benefits in the ED
Presenter: Randi Bowling, BSN, RN
12:30 p.m. | Lunch (provided)
1:15 p.m. | Breakout Sessions
1. Optimizing Respiratory Support in Pediatrics: Equipment Essentials
2. Pediatric Code Blue: What went right? What went wrong?
3. A Look into Pediatric Research
2:15 p.m. | Psychological Safety
Presenter: Neil Copeland, MD
3:15 p.m. | Child Trafficking
Presenter: Genevieve Baushke
4:15 p.m. | Course Evaluation/Adjournment
Program Directors and Faculty
Caleb Adams, RRT
Respiratory Care Manager
Vandalia Health CAMC General Hospital
Charleston, WV
Genevieve Baushke
Special Agent
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Charleston, WV
Randi Bowling, BSN, RN
Clinical Educator
Aerogen
James Derek Collins, MD
Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics
Vandalia Health CAMC Pediatrics
Charleston, WV
Neil R. Copeland, MD
Pediatric Hospitalists
Vandalia Health CAMC Women and Children's Hospital
Charleston, WV
Lyndsey Keefer, BSN, RN-BC
Clinical Management Coordinator, Pediatrics & Children's Cancer Center
Vandalia Health CAMC Women and Children's Hospital
Charleston, WV
Autumn Murdock, MS CCC-SLP
All Aboard Therapy
Hurricane, WV
Joan Phillips, MD
Pediatric Specialties
CAMC Child Advocacy Center
Charleston, WV
Adam B Purdy RRT, NPS
Respiratory Care Manager
Vandalia Health CAMC Women and Children's Hospital
Charleston, WV
Melanie Riley MSN, RN, C-EFM
Director of Clinical Programs and Nurse Coordinator
West Virginia Perinatal Partnership
Culloden, WV
Maureen Runyon, MSW
Child Advocacy Coordinator
CAMC Child Advocacy Center
Charleston, WV
Dena Zerkle, BSN, RN-BC
Nurse Manager- Pediatrics/PICU/Children's Cancer Center
Vandalia Health CAMC Women and Childrens 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 seven AMA PRA
CAMC Institute for Academic Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 7 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 seven contact hours. (JA0026-26-CE1044)
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 seven 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 seven contact hours JA0006133-0000-25-046-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.
Randi Bowling has declared that she is an employee of Aerogen. Any conflicts have been disclosed and mitigated per ACCME guidelines prior to the conference.
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.
