Supporting Children with Sickle Cell Disease in Primary Care

Overview:

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a genetic red blood cell disorder that occurs in 1 out of 365 African American births and 1 out of 16,300 Hispanic births. Children with SCD often experience vaso-occlusive pain crises along with other medical complications, such as acute chest syndrome and stroke. SCD complications may also exacerbate academic, social, and behavioral outcomes among children. This presentation will discuss the importance of utilizing the primary care team such as primary care physicians, behavioral health clinicians, pharmacists, parents, and other professionals to improve the quality of life for children with SCD.

Objectives:

By the end of this presentation, learners will be able to:
1.  Understand general information about sickle cell disease (SCD), including complications and treatments available for children.
2.  Increase their knowledge about the relationships between SCD complications, academic achievement, and emotional outcomes.
3.  Identify multidisciplinary approaches to assist children and families with SCD.

Presenters:

Wynette Williams-Kirkwood, MPH
Psychology Resident
Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
UT Health San Antonio

Financial Disclosures:

Wynette Kirkwood-Williams, MPH and her faculty mentor Stacy Ogbeide, PsyD  have no financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.

The Family & Community Medicine Professional Development and Grand Rounds Committee members (Maria Del Pilar Montañez Villacampa, MD, Stacy Ogbeide, PsyD, Yun Shi, MD, Mark Nadeau, MD, Marcy Wiemers, MD, Christine Song, DO, Nehman Andry, MD, Gabriela Gibson-Lopez, PsyD, Margaret Finley, MD, Richel Avery, MD, Lauren Fuller, MD, Jeff Svec, MD, Oralia Bazaldua, PharmD and Nichole Rubio) have no financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.

The Family & Community Medicine Professional Development and Grand Rounds Committee member Carlos Roberto Jaén, MD has disclosed he receives royalties from General Practice and Family Medicine for being UpToDate Editor-in-Chief.

Credits:

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (1.00 hours), Non-Physician Participation Credit (1.00 hours)

Target Audience:

Specialties – Primary Care; Family Medicine
Faculty, residents, other health care providers and staff from our department; physicians and health care providers from San Antonio and South Texas; and medical students in our third-year clerkship and fourth year rotations.

Accreditation:

The UT Health Science Center San Antonio is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation:

The UT Health Science Center San Antonio designates this live activity up to a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.

Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nurses and other healthcare professionals will receive a Certificate of Attendance. For information on applicability and acceptance, please consult your professional licensing board.

For activity related questions, please contact:
Name: Nichole Rubio- FCM Grand Rounds Coordinator
Email: rubion@uthscsa.edu

For CME general questions, please contact
Ph: (210) 567-4445
Email: cme@uthscsa.edu