Texas Children’s Hospital International Colloquium, now in its 25th year, is an annual educational forum targeting the learning needs of clinical providers and specialists in the areas of pediatrics, surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, and related fields.
During the past two and a half decades, the colloquium has developed into a convening body for stakeholders in global health from across Texas Children’s network of in-country programs and partners in more than 20 countries.
In honor of its 25th anniversary, this year’s Texas Children’s Hospital International Colloquium – to be held Monday, March 9 through Wednesday, March 11 – is slated to be the most impressive to date with simultaneous tracks, simulations and workshops from speakers across pediatrics, surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, and hospital-based services.
The dynamic, multi-disciplinary content of the forum was developed by the 2015 Curriculum Committee, which is comprised of Dr. Peter Hotez, Dr. Oluyinka Olutoye, Dr. Susan Raine, Dr. Gordon Schutze and Dr. Jesus Vallejo. The course curriculum for 2015 is also CME accredited for the first time.
A long-time partner of Texas Children’s Global Health Initiative and a former Texas Children’s fellow, Dr. Rodolfo Treviño, of Tecnologico de Monterrey, has participated in nearly every colloquium since its inception and recently said the event has been the primary platform for transferring medical knowledge and best practices across different disciplines for many countries.
“Each year you can see the genuine interest of Texas Children’s Hospital and the curriculum committee to develop strategies to improve the care of children,” Treviño said. “Through relationships created at the Texas Children’s Hospital’s International Colloquium, many opportunities have arisen for our team.”
Some of those opportunities have helped reduce the mortality rate from cardiovascular surgery, Treviño said, while others have prompted the implementation of quality improvement practices in neonatology to specifically reduce nosocomial catheter-associated infections in neonatal intensive care patients.
The 2015 Texas Children’s Hospital’s International Colloquium will be held at the BioScience Research Collaborative – Rice University at 6500 Main St. To learn more and to register, click here.