“A Team Around the Child: Integrating Medical and Educational Support for Hearing Loss”

Presented by: Joy Murdock Kearns, MS, CCC-SLP, LSLS Cert AVEd.  Speech-Language Pathologist &  Auditory Verbal Educator; Audiology Program Clinical Liaison - UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland

Planners expect learners to:

1. Utilize medical workflows from hearing loss diagnosis to treatment or intervention in children.

2. Identify ways in which clinical and educational providers can collaborate in the care of young children who have been diagnosed with hearing loss.

3. Describe at least 2 benefits of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHH) patient navigation system.

UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland is accredited by the California Medical Association to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

For CME credit, online evaluations must be completed by 12pm on the Friday after Grand Rounds.  Requests for the link to the current evaluation must be sent to Cristina.Fernandez@ucsf.edu by NOON on the day of Grand Rounds.

ABP MOC Part 2 Points: Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn up to 1 MOC point in the American Board of Pediatrics’ (ABP) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABP MOC credit. Contact Cristina.Fernandez@ucsf.edu for further details.

ABS Continuous Certification (CC)
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn 1 credit toward the CME and Self-Assessment requirement(s) of the American Board of Surgery's Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit. Contact Cristina.Fernandez@ucsf.edu for further details.

Ms. Kearns has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose. Dr. Sabina Ali, as a planning peer, reviewed Dr. Kevin Yen's financial relationship with Biomarin Pharmaceutical, Eli Lily & Co. and Eton Pharmaceuticals, and Dr. Venturelli's financial relationship with Moderna and found that these relationships were not relevant to this presentation. The following planners for this educational activity do not have relevant financial relationships to disclose: Sabina Ali, MD; Allison Coleman, MD; C. Fernandez, David Kittams, MD; Nitisha Mehta, MD; RoseEllen Morrell, MD; Michelle Nakaishi, CPNP; Javay Ross MD; Prachi Singh, MD.