All Children's Hospital is a leading center for pediatric treatment, education and research. All Children's provides specialized care for children of all ages, from newborns through teens.
It is one of two freestanding children's hospitals in the state of Florida, and the only one on Florida's west coast. Patients come to All Children's from throughout Florida and from many other states and foreign countries.

Continuing Medical Education


As one of the primary components of the mission of All Children's Hospital, high quality education is provided for all affiliated health care professionals following the guidelines of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME). Educational events include weekly Pediatric Grand Rounds, other specialty Grand Rounds, monthly Practical Pediatric Seminars, the annual Florida Suncoast Pediatric Conference, and other annual medical specialty conferences.

The Continuing Medical Education (CME) Department handles all educational event and conference planning and CME credit is sponsored by the University of South Florida College of Medicine. For more information about CME, click on one of the topics listed above.

Conferences and Classes

November 10, 2006
Pediatric Coding 2006-2007

Speaker: Richard Tuck, MD, FAAP, Medical Director, Quality Care Partners, Zanesville, OH

Learning Objectives: As a result of attending this presentation, participants will be able to:recite the CPT codes that accurately represent the intensive work of providing care for children with special health care needs (CSHCN); explain the importance of appropriate supporting ICD diagnostic coding for CSHCN.

November 17, 2006
Does Prenatal Diagnosis of CHD Influence the Outcome?

Speakers: Lindsey Allan, MD, FRCP, Professor of Fetal Cardiology, King's College Hospital, London, UK

Learning Objectives: As a result of attending this presentation, participants will be able to: discuss the impact fetal echocardiography has had on the practice of pediatric cardiology; distinguish which heart defects benefit most from prenatal diagnosis.

Target Audience: This course is designed for the continuing professional development of practicing pediatricians and family practice physicians in the ambulatory and hospital setting.

Sponsored by the University of South Florida College of Medicine
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essentials and Standards of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through joint sponsorship of the University of South Florida College of Medicine and All Children's Hospital. The University of South Florida is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of South Florida College of Medicine designates this educational activity for the maximum of 1 hour in Category 1 credit towards the AMA Physicians Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those hours of credit he/she actually spent in the educational activity.

See more details: Pediatric Grand Rounds

Upcoming Conferences

- The Fourth Annual Symposium on Advances Perinatal Cardiology, November 16-18, 2006 at
St. Petersburg, FL

- 7th Annual Symposium on Congenital Heart Disease, February 17-20, 2007 at St. Petersburg, FL

- 2007 Florida Suncoast Pediatric Conference, June 14-17, 2007 at Clearwater Beach, FL

See more details: Upcoming Conferences

This article is reposted with thanks to All Children's Hospital.