How an SPS Platinum Member Uses the SPS Sedation Provider CourseTM Online Learning Package to Train Providers
Anne Stormorken, MD, Education Chair and President-Elect, interviews Vanessa Olbrecht, MD, MBA, Associate Professor, Associate Director of Research for the Department of Anesthesia, and Director of Quality Improvement and Accreditation at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. AS: Will you please describe your program? Our sedation program at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital is a bit … [Read More...]
President’s MessageBy Sue Kost, MD
As my two-year term as President of the SPS draws to a close, I’m reflecting on what we’ve accomplished as a society during that time. In this education-based issue, it’s fitting to emphasize our premier achievement, the revision of the SPS Sedation Provider CourseTM. Through the work of our Education Committee, the course has morphed from a tradi … [Read More...]
#SPS20 Conference Speaker HighlightsBy Mary Landrigan-Ossar, MD
Program Chair
Program Chair
The Society for Pediatric Sedation’s 2020 Annual Meeting will be held May 18-20 in Baltimore, MD. The Education Committee and Meeting Planning Subcommittee are excited for the program we’ve assembled, and would like to take a moment to highlight a few of these amazing speakers. Dr. Sapna Kudchadkar, a critical care physician in the PICU at Johns … [Read More...]
Committee Updates
SPS Sedation Provider CourseTM – A Step Towards World DominationBy Anna Lin, MD
Pediatric Hospitalist, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford
Clinical Associate Professor, Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine, Stanford University
Assistant Medical Director, Office of Emergency Management, Stanford Children's Health and Stanford Health Care
Pediatric Hospitalist, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford
Clinical Associate Professor, Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine, Stanford University
Assistant Medical Director, Office of Emergency Management, Stanford Children's Health and Stanford Health Care
The Society for Pediatric Sedation Provider CourseTM continues to further our mission of promoting safe and effective pediatric sedation. Last year, Anne Stormorken, MD, Anna Lin, MD, Jaimee Holbrook, MD, Nicole Johnson, MD, and Trish Scherrer, MD, worked together to create five interactive online modules. These case-based modules highlight t … [Read More...]
New Changes for the Education Committee in 2020By Anne Stormorken, MD
Medical Director Pediatric Pain Service, Co-Medical Director Pediatric Sedation Service
UH Rainbow Babies' and Children's Hospital
Medical Director Pediatric Pain Service, Co-Medical Director Pediatric Sedation Service
UH Rainbow Babies' and Children's Hospital
An important part of the SPS strategic plan is to promote the society’s educational mission – striving to be the international leader in quality professional education for multidisciplinary teams providing procedural sedation in children. The Education Committee, soon to be chaired by Dr. Mary Landrigan-Ossar, has been organized to reflect the str … [Read More...]
General Articles
What Can Child Life Specialists Learn at SPS 2020?By Laura Mitchell, CCLS
Child Life Specialist, Senior Staff
Nemours Children's Health System
Child Life Specialist, Senior Staff
Nemours Children's Health System
From my perspective, the best way to enhance your Child Life practice is to have a comprehensive understanding of the team you are supporting. For Child Life Specialists working in sedation, this means we need to immerse ourselves in all things related to sedation/anesthesia, while at the same time being cognizant about our scope of practice. We … [Read More...]
Annual Conference Presentations with Nurses in MindBy Lorie Reilly MSN, CRNP, CPNP-AC
Chairperson, Nursing and Allied Health Committee
Chairperson, Nursing and Allied Health Committee
This year’s conference promises to be jam packed with content for all disciplines. Nurses are represented in the podium and in breakout sessions: ProCon Lightning Round: Stump the Experts Violent Behavior in the Workplace The Role of Nursing in Sedation Research Service Recovery: Beyond Saying Sorry Nitrous Oxide Workshop … [Read More...]
How an SPS Platinum Member Uses the SPS Sedation Provider CourseTM Online Learning Package to Train Providers
Anne Stormorken, MD, Education Chair and President-Elect, interviews Vanessa Olbrecht, MD, MBA, Associate Professor, Associate Director of Research for the Department of Anesthesia, and Director of Quality Improvement and Accreditation at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. AS: Will you please describe your program? Our sedation p … [Read More...]
My Experience with the SPS Sedation Provider CourseTM at #SPS19By Koen Vanhonsebrouck, RN, CCRN
Sedation Nurse, Leuven, Belgium
Sedation Nurse, Leuven, Belgium
The sedation program at the University Hospital Leuven, in Belgium, has recently been upgraded in a sense that we now focus even more on the anxiety and fear of the child during procedure. With that in mind, I had the opportunity the attend the conference of the Society of Pediatric Sedation in Denver in 2019. I attended the sedation provider … [Read More...]
Dex is more than just a buzzword…By Matthew Coplin, DMD
Kalmor Dental
Helena, MT
Kalmor Dental
Helena, MT
Aren’t there more options out there? I repeatedly asked myself this question each time I attended a dental sedation conference. I never seemed to find an answer. A few years back, I chose to venture outside the dental world of continuing education (CE) and found a universe that I never knew existed…SPS. I found answers to this question and many … [Read More...]
Training for High Stakes Low Frequency Adverse Events Can be used in Credentialing PathwaysNicole M. Johnson, MD
Co-Director Pediatric Sedation Unit
Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital
Co-Director Pediatric Sedation Unit
Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital
Children can reap the benefits of advances in diagnostic and therapeutic modalities; however, these often require procedural sedation. Nationally, pediatric procedural sedation is provided by a wide spectrum of physicians and other practitioners in variable locations for both inpatient and outpatient populations. Serious sedation-related adverse … [Read More...]
