Virtual Grand Rounds
Emerging public health issues
Join our Virtual Grand Rounds: on Tuesday, October 6, 2026, from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. PT.
Social media use among kids can be a cause of great worry by parents, physicians and policymakers worldwide. While current discussions center around screen time measurements and risk-based messages, this messaging can lead to guilt and shame internalized by kids and families. A growing number of voices are encouraging a change in this approach to instead center on youth and their health.
In this virtual grand rounds, Osman Yousufzai, M.D., MPH, Ambassador for the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), will discuss the evidence and literature behind the AAP Center of Excellence's 5Cs framework of media use that can be used to talk to kids about screens, how to define problematic media use and its signs, and better approaches to management. From the California Department of Public Health’s Center for Infectious Disease, James Watt, M.D., MPH, will also discuss infectious disease epidemiology including measles, COVID-19 and other emerging public health issues.
Featured Speakers:
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James Watt, M.D., MPH, Deputy Director, Center for Infectious Diseases, California Department of Public Health, State Public Health Officer |
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Osman Yousufzai, M.D., MPH, Prisma Health, Center of Excellence Ambassador, American Academy of Pediatrics |
This event will be moderated by Kimberly Newell-Green, M.D.
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Kimberly Newell Green, M.D., CMA Trustee; Associate Clinical Professor, University of California, San Francisco |
As a result of this activity, participants should be able to:
- Summarize current research findings on the impact of social media on youth mental health.
- Identify and explain the components of the 5Cs framework and its relevance to digital media and youth development.
- Identify how to support healthier digital habits through communication and shared decision making.
- Apply evidence-based management and intervention approaches to support healthy mental development.
- Analyze the current epidemiology of COVID-19, measles and other infectious diseases.
- Explain the current flu vaccine recommendations to patients.
Disclosure:
James Watt, M.D., MPH has disclosed stock ownership with the following ineligible companies, Abbvie, Cerevel Therapeutics, Bristol Meyers Squibb, Eastman Chemical, Procter and Gamble, and Becton Dickinson.
CMA has implemented mitigation strategies for all indentified relationships.
The following speakers disclose no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies: Kimberly Newell-Green, M.D., Osman Yousufzia, M.D., MPH
All other planners, staff and others involved with this activity have reported no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
This activity has not received commercial support.
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the California Medical Association (CMA) and the California Department of Public Health. CMA is accredited by ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The California Medical Association designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn up to 1 MOC point in the American Board of Pediatrics' (ABP) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABP MOC credit
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn up to 1 MOC point in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit
