2025 Cultivating Lifelong Family Well-being: Community Health Forum & Desmond P. Kelly Nurturing Developing Minds Conference & Research Symposium
Cultivating Lifelong Family Well-being
The Desmond P. Kelly Nurturing Developing Minds Conference and the IACH Community Health Forum and combines two annual events serving the Upstate medical and community health communities. The Institute for Child Success (ICS) annually organizes the NDM Conference, co-hosted with SC LEND; Institute for the Advancement of Community Health (IACH) at Furman University (a primary academic partner of Prisma Health) organizes the Community Health Forum. The event will be presented as a two-day professional development event with the shared theme of “Building Brighter Tomorrows through Community Health Innovations.” Sessions cover a range of topics, including inequity in pediatrics, defining public health, pediatric clinical care, neurodivergence, the physical environment of pediatric healthcare facilities, child development, maternal care, and more. The conference focuses on topics related to physical and social environmental factors that affect child behavior and development. This conference aims to empower pediatric clinicians, early childhood professionals, and early interventionists to appropriately conduct interviews/interventions in patients where negative impacts outweigh positive impacts. It takes a systems-level focus to the interconnected drivers of health and wellness while also providing tangible lessons to incorporate into practice.
Target Audience
Primary Audience
- Pediatrics
Practicing Physicians, Fellows, and Residents
Physician Assistants
Nurse Practitioners
Registered Nurses
Occupational Therapists
Social Workers
Allied Health Professionals
Psychiatrists
Psychologists
Affiliated Mental Health Staff
Medical Students
Specialty Audience
- Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, OB/GYN, Pediatrics, Psychology
Learning Objectives
As a result of participating in this learning activity, participants will...
- Know the social and physical factors that may positively and negatively affect the creation of a nurturing environment at the individual, family, and community levels
- Understand the impact that these factors may have on children’s development, physical and mental health, and well-being
- Be able to deliver exceptional patient care that addresses physical and social environmental factors by maximizing the positive and minimizing the negative
- Know how to conduct interviews/interventions/preventative care for patients in less-than-optimal situations
- Be able to work with families to strengthen their ability to care for and support their children
Additional Information
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27TH Annual Community Health Forum hosted by the Institute for the Advancement of Community Health (IACH) | |
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10:00 am - 10:30 am | Welcome Remarks |
10:30 am - 11:15 am | Welcome Remarks and Opening |
11:45 am - 12:45 pm | LUNCH |
12:45 pm - 1:30 pm | Afternoon Keynote |
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm | Panel Discussion |
3:00 pm - 4:15 pm | Workshop Session |
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm | Reception & Poster Session |
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28TH Desmond P. Kelly Nurturing Developing Minds Conference | |
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8:30 am - 8:45 am | Registration: Coffee and Light Breakfast |
8:45 am | Welcome Remarks |
9:00 am - 10:00 am |
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10:00 am - 10:15 am | BREAK |
10:15 am - 11:15 am | Breakout Sessions |
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11:15 am - 11:30 am | BREAK |
11:30 am - 12:30 pm | |
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12:30 pm - 2:00 pm | LUNCH (on site), Poster Session (Exhibitor Hall) |
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm |
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2:00 pm - 3:00 pm | Breakout Sessions |
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3:00 pm - 3:15 pm | BREAK |
3:15 pm - 4:15 pm | Breakout Sessions |
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4:15 pm | ADJOURN |

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 University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville and Furman Institute for the Advancement of Community Health. The University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville designates this live activity for a maximum of 10.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. 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 [XX] MOC points in the American Board of Pediatrics’ (ABP) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABP MOC credit.”
Available Credit
- 10.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™The University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville designates this live activity for a maximum of 10.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
The University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. - 10.50 Attendance