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59TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE INDIAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS | PEDICON NOIDA 2022 | 21st MARCH 2022

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Extravaganza
That It Was

Honorable Minister Illuminating The Lamp The Eleven CME halls of PEDICON 2022
made 20th March a memorable experience
Welcome to PEDICON 2022: Noida for the attendees which they will cherish
Brings together the Pediatric World for days to come. The CME sessions as well
as the post-session discussions transmitted
Happening right after the festival of colors, Holi, the advent of with delight. Dr. Mahesh Sharma, respected member of parliament, critical and deep insights of essential and
PEDICON 2022 was no less colorful. The most-awaited pediatrics was the guest of honor. emerging pediatrics science and practice.
event of the year was inaugurated at the India Expo Mart, Greater Although we cannot highlight every CME
Noida. This largest gathering of India’s renowned pediatricians In addition, several dignitaries from the field of pediatrics graced session and speaker here, remembering
was inaugurated by the honorable minister of women and child the dais by their presence, including Dr. Remesh Kumar, some of them is truly worthwhile.
development and member of parliament, Mrs. Smriti Irani. Dr. Purna A. Kurkure, Dr. Samir Hasan Dalwai, Dr. Anil Bhandari,
Everyone on and off the stage was inspired by her aura and Dr. Piyush Gupta, Dr. Ruchira Gupta, Dr. Vineet Saxena, The role play session in the Adolescent
presence. Her recognition of the efforts of Indian pediatricians and Dr. Upendra Kinjawadekar, Dr. Arvind Garg, Dr. K. Radhakrishna, Health Hall added to learning and joy
the IAP to the cause of child health in India infused the audience Dr. Chetan Shah, Dr. Sudhir Mishra, and Dr. Harinder Singh. of the participants. The session on the
role of artificial intelligence in PICU was
much appreciated in the Advanced Critical
Care Hall. Several eminent speakers
discussed the nuances of neonatology in
the International Hall. The audience in the
Allergy and Environment Hall revered the
session on approach to chronic cough. The
hot debates in the Medical Education Hall
were admired by one and all. The refresher
session in the basic immunology received a
big round of applause from all participants
in the Vaccinology hall.

Indeed, the younger pediatricians greatly
benefited from attending several sessions
in the YUVA Hall, which would benefit
in them in establishing their practices.
Similarly, the session on stabilization of
pediatric emergencies in the periphery
in the Emergency Hall was also deemed
as very helpful by them. Whereas, the
session on development assessment made
easy was loved by the younger and older
pediatricians alike.

Quest for Knowledge Satiated
at the Workshops

Nineteen parallel workshops in a day, the participants on the evidence-based
almost all of them on vital clinical skills, assessment and diagnosis of cardiovascular
is a herculean feat by all counts. The disorders and those affecting other systems
PEDICON 2022, Noida was a witness to this using several imaging techniques, including
tremendous achievement on 19th March. ultrasonography, and echocardiography.
In each workshop, the participants were This was complemented by a therapeutic
divided into several groups, learned the workshop on pediatric cardiac intensive
minutest details of cutting-edge clinical care under the guidance of distinguished
skills with their peers under the supervision nationwide faculty.
of eminent national experts. Along with the
happiness on the faces of the participants, The three key workshops on
the analysis of the pre-test and post-test neurodevelopmental areas, including a
performance of the participants attested to workshop each on autism, epilepsy, and
the marvelous success of these workshops. global developmental delay, received
Still mesmerized by what we saw at these huge support from the participants. In
workshops, we certainly find ourselves at particular, the workstations of the autistic
a loss of words to describe these vistas of spectrum disorders workshop were
excellence. widely appreciated. Moreover, there were
several interdisciplinary participants in the
Three important workshops administered session on global developmental delay. The
hands-on skills to the participants on workshop on pediatric procedures gained
the various aspects of pediatric artificial exceptional support from the youngest
ventilation, including non-invasive members of the fraternity. The specialties
ventilation, advanced mechanical of dermatology and endocrinology had a
ventilation, and neonatal ventilation. In fair share of representation with a session
addition, three crucial workshops blended for each in which the participants received
the skill needs in the subspecialties of hands-on guidance from the finest experts
pediatric emergencies and critical care, in the country in these specialties. The
such as simulation-based management hemato-oncology and the IYCF workshops
of neonatal emergencies, shades of were one of their kind and were graced by
fluid and electrolyte management, and a the presence of highly celebrated faculties.
nursing skill lab for pediatric and neonatal The breakout sessions of the nephrology
emergencies. The participants were truly workshop left most of the participants
captivated by the group learning activities fascinated. Last but not the least, the
in these workshops. The two workshops short workshop on self-defense received
on cardiology skills and point-of-care particular attention from all sections of the
testing advanced the diagnostic skills of fraternity.