Optimizing pediatric clinical care and advocacy in an online era: report of the Canadian Paediatric Society Infectious Diseases and Immunization Committee.

OBJECTIVE: To help busy FPs find useful current information and keep up to date on pediatric infectious disease and immunization topics by highlighting the work of one excellent source of reliable information in this area, the Canadian Paediatric Society Infectious Diseases and Immunization Committee. COMPOSITION OF THE COMMITTEE: Committee members were appointed to represent the Canadian Paediatric Society, the College of Family Physicians of Canada, the Public Health Agency of Canada, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the National Advisory Committee on Immunization.
METHODS: This article highlights important pediatric practice points generated by the Canadian Paediatric Society Infectious Diseases and Immunization Committee at a typical meeting in January 2013 from the perspective of an FP liaison. It also describes the committee's work methods and its background thinking related to the most current and changing issues. REPORT: Learn specific online links to updated pediatric infectious disease topics from the detailed content of this report. Topics include caring for kids new to Canada, vaccine-hesitant parents, influenza, human papillomavirus, pertussis, sexually transmitted infections, multidrug-resistant bacteria, and advocacy, among others.
CONCLUSION: Learn where to find this new and continuously changing information and how to stay evergreen in your knowledge. Copyright© the College of Family Physicians of Canada.