Online Education Activity

Hospital for Special Surgery and the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NAPNAP) have collaborated to provide an online continuing education activity available through NAPNAP’s online learning community, PNPSourCE. This online activity captures learning activities populated from the
13th Annual Sports Medicine for the Young Athlete activity held on February 26, 2011.

Upon completion of this online activity, Pediatric Nurse Practitioners will be able to:

• Recognize specific issues for the adolescent thrower
• Develop strategies for throwing injury prevention
• Recognize specific issues for the obese teen athlete
• Discuss childhood obesity national trends, disparities among race, ethnicity and gender as well as prevention strategies
• Better recognize and treat adolescent concussion

This educational modality is available to NAPNAP members at a reduced rate. If you are not a member, please click here to visit the NAPNAP Member Center and access the New Member Application.

To access this online education activity, please review the presentations from the 13th Annual Sports Medicine for the Young Athlete and then complete the post-tests for each presentation.