Presenter: Dina Tom, MD, MS
Overview:
Prescribing Balance: Time-Management Strategies for the New Year
Objectives:
To increase awareness and education for pediatric providers
Dr. Dina Tom is a native of the Texas Hill Country and the first person in her family to graduate college. After earning her bachelor’s degree from UT Austin, Dr. Tom worked in biopharmaceutical research, publishing forty-one patents of biological intellectual property relating to genetic markers in animal studies. She went on to attend the UT Health San Antonio for medical school, and was awarded the Joe & Teresa Lozano-Long Presidential Scholarship for her dedication to providing medical care to underserved children in South and Central Texas. Dr. Tom completed her pediatric residency at UT Health San Antonio and joined the Division of Inpatient Pediatrics in 2013. Her commitment to education and research led Dr. Tom to complete a Master of Science in Clinical Investigation. She is a regular teaching faculty in the Long School of Medicine and is an Associate Program Director for the Pediatric residency. She is double-boarded in General Pediatrics and Pediatric Hospital Medicine, with special interests in migrant health and physician wellness. Dr. Tom enjoys finding balance outside of work with her husband Jeff, a local attorney, and her two young children, Vivian and Eddie.
Financial Disclosures:
Dina Tom, MD, MS has no financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.
The Pediatric Grand Rounds Planning Committee (Deepak Kamat MD, PhD, Daniel Ranch, MD and Elizabeth Hanson, MD) has no financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose. Planning Committee member Steven Seidner, MD has disclosed he receives funding from Draeger Medical for the Clinical Study to Evaluate the Safety and Effectiveness of the Infinity Acute Care System Workstation Neonatal Care Babylog VN500 Device in High-Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation (HFOV) Mode in Extremely Low Birth Weight (ELBW) Neonates for which he is a co-principal investigator.
Credits:
AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (1.00 hour)
Non-Physician Participation Credit (1.00 hour)
MOC-2 credit (1.00 hour)
Target Audience:
Pediatric Doctors and Providers
Faculty, residents, health care providers; medical students and trainees.
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.