Beyond the Buzz: Balancing Parental Advocacy and Evidence-Based Care in Pediatric Medicine

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Beyond the Buzz: Balancing Parental Advocacy and Evidence-Based Care in Pediatric Medicine
June 27, 2026
Format: Live Virtual

Internet Live activity content is available 6/27/26 and Enduring Material content is available 6/27/26-12/27/26.

Registration Fees 
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On June 27, 2026, attendees participate in:

• Real-time, interactive lectures and question and answer sessions.
• Guided case-based scenarios featuring real-world situations, with opportunities for discussion and audience participation.

After the course, access all the sessions recorded live during the course and watch them on demand, even if you couldn’t participate on the course date. 

Session Recordings

Session recordings from the course may take up to 2 weeks to be available after the course end date.

Earn:

• Up to 6 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^™
• 5 MOC Part 2 points by successfully completing a post test.
• Up to 6 NAPNAP credits

For MOC Points, the post-test must be completed by 12/27/26.

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Course Description:

Beyond the Buzz: Balancing Parental Advocacy and Evidence-Based Care in Pediatric Medicine provides pediatric clinicians with evidence-based frameworks, communication tools, and practical case-based strategies for navigating family requests for unproven, integrative, or emerging therapies. Through interactive general sessions and applied case analysis, learners strengthen skills in evaluating scientific claims, counseling families, addressing misinformation, grading evidence, identifying safety risks, and documenting informed refusal.

Learning Objectives:

• Identify risks, regulatory gaps, and safety concerns associated with dietary supplements, chelation, herbal therapies, and other unproven interventions.
• Use structured communication and legal frameworks to guide difficult conversations and maintain shared decision-making.
• Counsel and document informed refusal and shared decision-making discussions.

REGISTRATION CONFIRMATION

Your registration will be confirmed. Please contact the AAP Registration Team if you do not receive a confirmation within 7 days. The AAP cannot be responsible for expenses incurred by an individual who is not confirmed and for whom space is not available at this course. The AAP reserves the right to cancel a course due to unforeseen circumstances or to limit enrollments, should attendance exceed capacity. Course educational sessions are open only to registered attendees.

If you have not received email instructions from the AAP one week prior to the course, please check your spam folder; if it's not there, please contact the AAP at [email protected].

Registration Cancellations

Requests for registration cancellations must be e-mailed by June 13, 2026. A $75 administrative fee will be deducted from all refunds. No refunds will be issued after June 13, 2026. Refunds will not be issued if the course materials have been accessed by the registrant at any time. 

Disclosure of Financial Relationships and Mitigation of Conflicts of Interest

The AAP Policy on Disclosure of Financial Relationships and Mitigation of Conflicts of Interest is designed to ensure AAP CME activities are balanced, independent, objective, scientifically rigorous and support safe, effective patient care. All individuals in a position to influence and/or control the content of AAP CME activities are required to disclose to the AAP and subsequently to learners that they either have no financial relationships or any financial relationships with the manufacturer(s) of any commercial product(s) and/or provider(s) of commercial services discussed in CME activities. All potential conflicts of interest are identified and mitigated prior to an individual’s confirmation of service at an AAP CME activity. The AAP is committed to providing learners with commercially unbiased CME activities. 

The content of this CME activity does not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the AAP.

Activity Code: BB2601