Dr. Jennifer Chapman will be leading a case discussion on two of the most central issues in global health, diarrhea and dehydration.
Dr. Chapman is a Pediatric Emergency Medicine Attending and Director of the Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship at CNHS. She now also coordinates the gPEM (Global Pediatric Emergency Medicine) Program at Children’s National, and has volunteered her clinical and teaching expertise at sites in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, New Delhi, India and most recently in Milot, Haiti. She has also worked on projects for the World Bank, as well as the Mamta Health Institute for Mother and Child in New Delhi. She is specifically interested in developing educational exchanges with academic centers in other countries. She completed the Master Teacher Leadership Development Program at Children’s National. She received her medical degree from McGill University, completed her pediatric residency at Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago and her Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio.
Session Objectives:
- Know how to assess children with diarrhea and dehydration
- Know the most current guidelines and practice for managing diarrhea and dehydration in the developing world
- Understand how to evaluate, diagnose and manage patients in limited resource settings
