Long-Term Neuropsychiatric Outcomes for Pediatric Patients Following COVID-19 Infection (1hr)– Alison Wilkinson-Smith, PhD

OBJECTIVES: The learning objectives for this activity have been designed to address clinician competence. The TSCAP CME Committee has developed the following objectives for the content of your presentation. Upon conclusion of this program, participants should be able to:

• Identify possible after-effects in child and adolescent patients who have recovered from COVID-19
• Develop appropriate treatment plans for child and adolescent patients who have recovered from COVID-19
• Provide helpful education to patients and their families regarding long-term effects of COVID-19

Psychological Impacts of COVID (1hr) – E’leyna Garcia, PhD

OBJECTIVES: The learning objectives for this activity have been designed to address clinician competence. The TSCAP CME Committee has developed the following objectives for the content of your presentation. Upon conclusion of this program, participants should be able to:

• Identify symptoms of prolonged grief, identify pandemic-related stressors, provide support (appropriate resources, recommendations) for psychological needs of children who remain impacted by COVID

Updates in Child Psychiatric Screenings (1hr) – Sarah Wakefield, MD

OBJECTIVES: The learning objectives for this activity have been designed to address clinician competence. The TSCAP CME Committee has developed the following objectives for the content of your presentation. Upon conclusion of this program, participants should be able to:

• Outline anxiety and depression screening guidelines in the primary care setting.
• Review the evidence base of measurement based care
• Discuss implementation of measurement based care

Panel Discussion: COVID-19 Impacts on the Texas Education System (2hrs) – Christina Cortinas M.S., LPC; Phyllis Hamilton, M.A, LSSP, NCSP; Gwendolyn Franks-Carter, LCSW

OBJECTIVES: The learning objectives for this activity have been designed to address clinician competence. The TSCAP CME Committee has developed the following objectives for the content of your presentation. Upon conclusion of this program, participants should be able to:

• The learner will explore the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on Texas students through case discussions
• The learner will appreciate the challenges the COVID-19 pandemic posed on the public education system of Texas
• The learner will be able to understand and identify school-based initiatives that are emerging in response to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic

Ethics – Systems of Care: From ED Forward (2hrs) – Brian Dixon, MD; Ric Bonnell, MD

OBJECTIVES: The learning objectives for this activity have been designed to address clinician competence. The TSCAP CME Committee has developed the following objectives for the content of your presentation. Upon conclusion of this program, participants should be able to:

• Identify a better understanding of the medicolegal entanglements to providing quality care for pre- and post- adjudicated youth in the ER
• Prescribe multiple med-psych treatment modalities (including psychopharmacology) employed for youth in the private juvenile justice system
• Develop a way to identify the importance of care coordination between physicians, law enforcement, and private jail industry

TSCAP Annual Convention 2023: Call for Poster Presentation Abstracts

Medical Students, Residents and Fellows in Training who are members of the Texas Society of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (TSCAP) are invited to submit a poster for presentation / display at the TSCAP Annual Convention & Scientific Program (July 21-23) from 3:30pm – 4:30pm on July 22 at the Westin Riverwalk Hotel in San Antonio. If your poster presentation is accepted, your registration for the 2-day CME program and Saturday lunch fees are waived. 

If you are a medical student or resident not current a member of TSCAP and American Association of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP), you can apply for membership by completing the AACAP application form. Kindly note that TSCAP and AACAP carry a dual-membership requirement (TSCAP dues are waived for medical students and resident-fellow members).

Poster presenters must complete the Abstract Submission Form for approval to be eligible to participate.

Submission deadline: June 21, 2023