L122024 Clinic in the Classroom: Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS): Fact, Fiction, and Maintaining Function

December 20, 2024

Children's Minnesota hosts this one-hour clinic in the classroom presentation featuring Christopher Carter, MD, Pediatric Cardiologist at The Children's Heart Clinic.

Target Audience

School nurses and school health professionals caring for pediatric patients and their families. 

Learning Objectives

  • Identify the underlying problem leading to Post Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS)
  • Separate fact from fiction in the pop culture discourse around POTS
  • Describe the goals of pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment of POTS
  • Explain the key role that school health providers can play in maintaining functionality in POTS patients
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 ANCC
  • 1.00 Attendance
Course opens: 
11/20/2024
Course expires: 
01/20/2025
Event starts: 
12/20/2024 - 8:00am CST
Event ends: 
12/20/2024 - 9:00am CST
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PRESENTER: Christopher Carter, MD, Pediatric Cardiologist, The Children's Heart Clinic

DISCLOSURE STATEMENT:

It is our intent that any potential conflict should be identified openly so that the listeners may form their own judgments about the presentation with the full disclosure of the facts. It is not assumed any potential conflicts will have an adverse impact on these presentations. It remains for the audience to determine whether the speaker’s outside interest may reflect a possible bias, either the exposition or the conclusions presented.                                                                                                               

Planning committee members and presenter(s) have disclosed they have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing selling re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients and have disclosed that no conflict of interest exists with the presentation/educational event.

 

 

Accreditation Statement:

In support of improving patient care, Children’s Minnesota is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Children’s Minnesota takes responsibility for the content, quality and scientific interest of its accredited continuing education events.

Credit Statement:

ANCC

Children's Minnesota designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 ANCC nursing contact hour. Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

 

Available Credit

  • 1.00 ANCC
  • 1.00 Attendance
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Required Hardware/software

You will need a computer or phone with either internet or wifi access.