2nd Kuwait Paediatric Conference, 22-24 November 2024

Speciality Pediatrics - General/other

Organizer Sondus Ibrahim Alsharidah

CME/CPD Provider Kuwait Pediatric Association / Kuwait Medical Association

Scheduled date(s):

From 22 November 2024 To 24 November 2024

Aims And Objectives

1. Comprehensive Well-Child Care: - To review current best practices in well-child visits, including vaccination schedules, growth monitoring, and developmental screenings. 2. Management of Paediatric Chronic Conditions: - To discuss strategies for managing chronic paediatric conditions such as asthma, diabetes, and epilepsy, focusing on long-term care plans and patient education. 3. Childhood Obesity and Nutrition: - To explore interventions for preventing and managing childhood obesity, with an emphasis on promoting healthy eating habits and physical activity. 4. Paediatric Mental Health: - To address the increasing prevalence of mental health issues in children and adolescents, including anxiety, depression, and behavioural disorders, and to review approaches for early identification and treatment. 5. Infectious Diseases in Paediatrics: - To update knowledge on the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of common pediatric infectious diseases, including the latest on vaccination and antibiotic stewardship. 6. Paediatric Emergency Medicine: - To improve competencies in paediatric emergency care, focusing on the management of acute conditions like seizures, anaphylaxis, and trauma in a paediatric setting. 7. Health Disparities and Access to Care: - To discuss strategies for addressing health disparities in pediatrics, focusing on improving access to care for underserved populations. 8. Paediatric Pain Management: - To review effective pain management strategies in children, including pharmacological and non-pharmacological approaches. 9. Adolescent Medicine: - To explore issues specific to adolescent health, including sexual and reproductive health, substance use, and mental health, and to discuss how to engage adolescents in their healthcare. 10. Technology in Paediatrics: - To examine the role of emerging technologies in paediatric care, such as telemedicine, electronic health records, and mobile health applications, and their impact on patient outcomes.

Content Outline

Lectures, demonstrate cases and workshops

Target Audience

around 250 participants (paediatricians, neonatologist, haematologist, paediatric emergency, paediatric cardiologist, paediatric genetics, palliative care, pulmonary, paediatric endocrinologist, neuro critical care, gastroenterologist, clinical microbiology, dermatologists obstetric and gynaecologists