MER Primary Care Conferences Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine for Primary Care ID Neuro Rheum May 29-31, 2026

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+ Target Audience: internists, primary care physicians, pediatricians, infectious disease specialists, neurologists, and rheumatologists

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1. Overview

This is a primary care medical conference organized by Medical Education Resources (MER), a non-profit organization. The conference is titled “Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine for Primary Care: Infectious Diseases/Neurology/Rheumatology”. It will take place from May 29-31, 2026, at the Hilton Sedona Resort at Bell Rock in Sedona, AZ.

2. Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this program, participants should be better able to:

• Evaluate and treat common disorders in children related to weakness and movement.

• List diagnostic tools for pediatric epilepsy and how to differentiate non-epileptic events.

• Compare the benefits and side effect profiles of pharmacologic treatment options for pediatric epilepsy.

• Differentially diagnose the cause of headaches in children and adolescents.

• Recognize signs and symptoms of Kawasaki disease.

• Discuss the impact of multidrug resistant pathogens in pediatric respiratory tract infections.

• Review bite-related infections and syndromes.

• Diagnose and manage important infectious disease syndromes in a range of organ-based systems.

• Describe diagnostic principles and treatment options of juvenile arthritic.

• Describe diagnostic principles and treatment options of connective tissue disorders.

• Compare the benefits and side effect profiles of pharmacologic treatment options for pediatric chronic pain syndromes.

• Recognize cutaneous signs of rheumatic diseases.

3. Target Audience

• This program is targeted to office-based primary care providers and other health professionals with updates in primary care medicine.
• Best for internists, primary care physicians, pediatricians, infectious disease specialists, neurologists, and rheumatologists.

4. Topics

Friday, May 29, 2026

• Neurology – Movement Disorders and Weakness in Children: Cerebral palsy (CP); Tics, tremors, chorea/ballismus, dystonia; Sydenham chorea.

• Neurology – Diagnosis of Pediatric Seizures vs Non-Epileptic Events: Identification and recognition of common seizure types; Differentiation between seizures and pseudoseizures; Diagnostic approaches to seizures and epilepsy.

• Neurology – Primary Care Approach to Treatment of Pediatric Epilepsy: First line seizure medications; The role of diet; Surgical alternatives; Medical marijuana in the pediatric patient.

• Infectious Diseases – Avoiding Diagnostic Pitfalls in Pediatrics: Relevant and clinically practical approaches to diagnosing the pediatric patient; discussion will focus on Kawasaki disease, neonatal HSV, complications of sinusitis/otitis and other diagnoses that should not be missed.

• Infectious Diseases – Respiratory Tract Infections in Children: A case-based interactive discussion highlighting critical points regarding the diagnosis and management of pneumonia, bronchitis, otitis media, and pharyngitis – with a focus on the impact of multidrug resistant pathogens.

Saturday, May 30, 2026

• Infectious Diseases – Animal Bites & Related Syndromes: Presentation on the common and uncommon syndromes related to animal bites, their clinical presentations, diagnostic and therapeutic management strategies and important clinical pearls related to these potentially life-threatening conditions.

• Infectious Diseases – Genitourinary Diseases in Children: A discussion of genitourinary diseases commonly seen in pediatric patients, with emphasis on evaluation and management strategies.

• Neurology – Headaches in Children and Adolescents: Diagnosis of migraines; Tumors; Treatment of increased intracranial pressure.

• Rheumatology – Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA): Risk factors for developing JIA; Diagnostic principles, Clinical presentation and diagnosis including inflammatory markers, liver function tests, ANA testing; Radiographic changes and other imaging modalities; Treatment approaches based on severity of the disease.

• Rheumatology – Juvenile Lupus and Other Connective Tissue Diseases: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) causes, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment as well as principles of self-care; Pediatric mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) as a separate autoimmune disorder.

Sunday, May 31, 2026

• Rheumatology – Chronic Pain Syndromes in Children and Adolescents: Diagnosing and understanding the experience of pain in children and adolescents; Recognizing non-physiologic pain and who is at risk; Diagnosis clues needed for an accurate diagnosis and effective communication to patients; Treatment strategies for complex regional pain syndromes (CRPS).

• Rheumatology – Juvenile Rheumatic Diseases that Manifest in the Skin: Early recognition of cutaneous signs of rheumatic disease; Differential features of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis; Cutaneous complications of rheumatic diseases and treatments.