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EDUCATION COMMITTEE
SIGS/WORKSHOPS
HEALTH
CARE DELIVERY COMMITTEE
RESEARCH
COMMITTEE
PUBLIC
POLICY & ADVOCACY COMMITTEE
MEMBERSHIP/REGIONS
EDUCATION
COMMITTEE
Mary Ottolini, MD, MPH |
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Connie Baldwin led a well attended Education Committee
Meeting at PAS in Toronto on Sunday May 6th. Dr. Baldwin
updated the committee on several important APA ongoing
initiatives.
The Educational Scholars Program a three year program
is designed to teach faculty how to develop, implement,
evaluate and disseminate educational interventions
or evaluation methods by a creative, planned and rigorous
process. Forty scholars representing institutions across
the country, and a spectrum of disciplines including
general and community-based pediatrics, med-peds, emergency
medicine, neonatology, critical care, and infectious
disease met for a full day mini-course at PAS on May
8th. Each Scholar has a project facilitator as well
as a home mentor. The long-term plan is to add 10 scholars/year,
but it is a very labor-intensive program and there
is an ongoing need for more mentors. To help scholars
track their assignments and achievements, Baldwin developed
the Virtual Learning Platform and Educator’s
Portfolio that could benefit anyone trying to track
educational scholarship at their institution. Descriptions
and examples of these products will be posted on Med-Ed
Portal in the near future.
An article entitled “Academic General Pediatric
Fellowships: Curriculum Design and Educational Goals
and Objectives,” contains the core curriculum
and goals and objectives documents generated by the
Academic General Pediatrics Fellowship Accreditation
Project and will be published in Ambulatory Pediatrics
in July 2007. The project members successfully completed
the pilot phase, reviewing 7 fellowships ranging from
community/general pediatrics to a hospitalist fellowship
program. Next steps include developing a website to
disseminate curriculum development documents, including
goals lists. With APA support, a voluntary accreditation
and/or consultation program will be launched on a larger
scale.
Over 89% of US residency programs have used the APA
Educational Guidelines. An evaluation paper has been
produced by the project leaders and submitted to Ambulatory
Pediatrics. Plans for updating with guidelines will
role out over the next couple of years, but members
who feel that a topic needs to be refined now should
contact the project team manager Diane Kittredge.
Lee Pachter provided an update to the Committee concerning
the APA New Century Scholars Program, which is a 3-year
training initiative, meant to encourage pediatric residents
from underrepresented minority backgrounds to pursue
academic careers. Six scholars are recruited each year
and paired with mentors and supported to come to the
APA meeting.
Diane Kittredge provided updates for the Residency Review and Redesign in Pediatrics
Project (R3P) – The project is sponsored by the American Board of Pediatrics
with input from other key stake-holders in pediatric education to achieve consensus
about the competencies needed for the practice of pediatrics now and in the
future, as well as any changes in residency training necessary to achieve those
competencies. Diane will consider a process via email/web to allow us to provide
relevant input. For more information please go the website: http://innovationlabs.com/r3p_public/.
Diane also reported that the AAP Committee on Pediatric Education (COPE) is
assessing international educational opportunities, cultural and diversity issues,
e-learning platforms, and related faculty development efforts.
Jack Pascoe provided an update on the Child Health Equity Curriculum, an effort
led primarily by our UK colleagues to focus on Child rights, including those
children with special health care needs. APA members can get involved in one
of 6 workgroups: 1) Competencies, 2) program development, 3) Faculty development,
4) Methods, 5) Concept mapping, 6) Assessment and evaluation. Any one interested
can contact Dr. Pascoe.
Emanuel Doyne our AAP liaison shared six copies of
the “Starter Kit” for community preceptors.
Members of the APA have provided input to this handbook.
Copies are available at the AAP’s website to
members who are also members of the Council on Community
Pediatrics Education and Training or CPET. We will
establish a link with the APA’s Continuity Clinic
SIG.
The following Education Award Winners were recognized:
- Teaching
Award: Ray Baker and colleagues, Cincinnati
Children’s
Hospital Medical Center for their fantastic
faculty development program.
- Miller-Sarkin Mentoring
Award: Lewis First, University
of Vermont received the second annual award
in honor of our two colleagues.
- Helfer Award: (two recipients identified this
year!)
- Michael G. Gaies, MD, MPH, Teaching Procedural
Skills to Pediatric Residents: A Randomized Interventional
Trial
- Elwyn Chomba, MDCHB, CRCP-IRE, Effects
of the World Health Organization Essential
Newborn Care Training
Course on Early Neonatal Mortality by
level of Maternal Education
- Community-based Physician
Award: Denice Cora-Bramble,
Washington D.C.
This year’s Education Committee Sponsored Workshop
was entitled: Fanning the Flame of Educational Scholarship
When It Flickers presented by F. McCurdy, L. Lane,
V. Niebuhr, L. Fall, and M. Offring.
The vote for this year’s sponsored workshop
was a workshop that could be entitled “Rescuing
Chestnuts from the Fire” or how to deal with
rejection and learn from the mistakes of others in
trying to publish educational scholarship. Anyone interested
in participating should contact Mary Ottolini.
Following the PAS meeting a conference call was held
with leaders from the APA, AAP, COMSEP and APPD to
discuss the utility of holding an “Educational
Summit”, focused on the process and content of
pediatric education across a continuum including students,
residents, fellows and attendings. The project is in
the early planning stage. Workshops focused on developing
strategies to bridge gaps in curriculum, evaluation
and process are also encouraged for PAS in 2008!
The Education Committee is an open committee to all
APA members. Anyone interested in education activities
is encouraged to join. Please contact Mary Ottolini
at Mottolin@cnmc.org. We specifically need volunteers
for:
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Reviewing abstracts for presentation; typically due
by early January
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Reviewing for APA Awards; typically two week period
in winter, specifically
- Helfer Award
- Miller-Sarkin Mentoring award
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Participation with the Educational Scholars Program
(ESP) Task Forces, Research Groups, and faculty/preceptor
roles
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SPECIAL
INTEREST GROUPS / WORKSHOPS
Steven Selbst, DO |
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At the annual
PAS meeting in Toronto, the Research Committee had
an exciting meeting focusing
on plans for the upcoming year. The Executive Committee
of the Research Committee meets (by conference call)
throughout the year and has moved the committee’s
agenda ahead. The Research Committee has been chaired
by Benard Dreyer for the past year. Other members of
this past year’s hard-working Executive Committee
are Peter Szilagyi, Bill Cooper, Ruth Etzel, Mark Schuster,
David McCormick, Donna Halloran, Janet Serwint, and
Jim Guevara. Here are some of the highlights of the
past
year and plans for the future:
Young Investigator Grants (YIG)
The Committee has put together NIH-style study sections
to review all submitted proposals. This year these
study sections shepherded the almost 50 applications
through a two-step process that led to the acceptance
of six proposals. After initial short proposals were
reviewed by a study section, 18 applicants were chosen
to submit longer proposals. The proposals are split
into two groups for consideration: general grants
supported by APA funding, and health services research
grants funded with support from AHRQ. The general
grant proposals were then reviewed by a study group
led by Benard Dreyer, and the AHRQ grant proposals
were reviewed by a study group led by Bill Cooper,
with active involvement of AHRQ’s Denise Dougherty.
We are grateful to Shari Barkin, Michael Cabana,
Matt Davis, Simon Hambidge, Bob Jacobson, Bruce Lamphear,
Danielle Laraque, Lee Pachter, Scott Shipman, and
David Wood, who, in addition to members of the Executive
Committee and Denise Dougherty, were reviewers in
these study sections. The winners, in alphabetical
order, are:
General Grants:
Amanda Dempsy: “Evaluating risk fact-based strategies
for HPV vaccination”
Helene Greves: “Measuring the impact of school
physical activity policies: can we identify best practices
through behavior outcomes?”
Najah Musacchio: “Text message reminders to improve
adolescent clinic attendance”
Health Services Research (AHRQ) Grants:
Srilakshmi Gnansekaran: “Child health policy
and asthma: a multilevel analysis”
Stephen Pont: “Healthcare encounters due to diarrheal
illness in children”
Sheela Sathayanarayana: “Is ambient air pollutant
exposure associated with preterm and small for gestational
age birth in the Puget Sound air basin?”
Congratulations to all! We encourage all young investigators
to apply in the coming year’s cycle. Look out
for the announcement early this fall!
Evaluation of the PAS Abstract Review Process
The Research Committee has begun a multi-year evaluation
of the PAS abstract review process. The last time
we reviewed the process of scoring and selecting
abstracts for presentation at the PAS meetings was
in 1996. We are looking at the reliability of the
scoring, opportunities to improve the process, and
planning for next year’s abstract submissions.
Stay tuned for information regarding this results
of this evaluation.
APA Research Award
The committee oversees the process of nominations and
selection of the awardee for the annual APA Research
Award. A review committee, made up of previous APA
Research Awardees, evaluates the nominations. This
year’s awardee was Tracy Lieu, who gave a great
speech at the PAS meetings! Tracy is Professor of
Pediatrics and Ambulatory Care and Prevention and
Harvard Medical School, and the Director of the Center
for Child Health Care Studies at Harvard. She also
directs the Children’s Hospital of Boston site
of the Harvard Pediatric Health Services Research
Fellowship Program.
We encourage all APA members to consider nominating
an outstanding researcher for the APA Research Award
for 2007.
Academic General Pediatrics Fellowship Consultation
and Certification
The APA has been working on the development of a process
of consultation for and certification of academic general
pediatric fellowship programs. Members of the Research
Committee have been active in this process. We will
report on progress in this important endeavor as the
year progresses.
Educational Scholars Collaboration
Congratulations to Connie Baldwin and the Education
Committee for establishing the PAS Educational Scholars
Program in the APA. The Research Committee has been
collaborating in designing research projects coming
out of this effort as well as evaluation of outcomes
of the program.
Research Networks
The Research Committee has a formal bi-directional
link with CORNET, directed by Janet Serwint. We are
actively involved in working with the CORNET steering
committee and beginning to work with other research
networks such as PRIS (Pediatric Research in Inpatient
Settings). PRIS is led by Chris Landrigan. See the
report on CORNET on Page XX.
Membership
If you have an interest in joining our committee, please
contact me! All APA members are invited, from trainees
to senior faculty. Our yearly meeting at PAS was
well attended this past May, and we are excited about
the increased interest in and participation in our
activities. We have a monthly conference call during
the year for our Executive Committee, which is open
to anyone interested in year long involvement!
If you are interested, or have any questions, contact
me at bpd1@nyu.edu |
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RESEARCH COMMITTEE
Benard Dreyer, MD |
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At the annual PAS
meeting in Toronto, the Research Committee had an
exciting meeting focusing on plans
for the upcoming year. The Executive Committee of
the Research Committee meets (by conference call)
throughout the year and has moved the committee’s
agenda ahead. The Research Committee has been chaired
by Benard Dreyer for the past year. Other members
of this past year’s hard-working Executive
Committee are Peter Szilagyi, Bill Cooper, Ruth Etzel,
Mark Schuster, David McCormick, Donna Halloran, Janet
Serwint, and Jim Guevara. Here are some of the highlights
of the past year and plans for the future:
Young Investigator Grants (YIG)
The Committee has put together NIH-style study sections
to review all submitted proposals. This year these
study sections shepherded the almost 50 applications
through a two-step process that led to the acceptance
of six proposals. After initial short proposals
were reviewed by a study section, 18 applicants
were chosen to submit longer proposals. The proposals
are split into two groups for consideration: general
grants supported by APA funding, and health services
research grants funded with support from AHRQ.
The general grant proposals were then reviewed
by a study group led by Benard Dreyer, and the
AHRQ grant proposals were reviewed by a study group
led by Bill Cooper, with active involvement of
AHRQ’s Denise Dougherty. We are grateful
to Shari Barkin, Michael Cabana, Matt Davis, Simon
Hambidge, Bob Jacobson, Bruce Lamphear, Danielle
Laraque, Lee Pachter, Scott Shipman, and David
Wood, who, in addition to members of the Executive
Committee and Denise Dougherty, were reviewers
in these study sections. The winners, in alphabetical
order, are:
General Grants:
- Amanda
Dempsy: “Evaluating risk fact-based
strategies for HPV vaccination”
- Helene
Greves: “Measuring the impact
of school physical activity policies: can we
identify
best
practices through behavior outcomes?”
- Najah
Musacchio: “Text message reminders
to improve adolescent clinic attendance”
Health Services Research (AHRQ) Grants:
- Srilakshmi Gnansekaran: “Child
health policy and asthma: a multilevel analysis”
- Stephen
Pont: “Healthcare encounters due
to diarrheal illness in children”
- Sheela Sathayanarayana: “Is
ambient air pollutant exposure associated with
preterm and small for
gestational age birth in the Puget Sound air basin?”
Congratulations to all! We encourage all young investigators
to apply in the coming year’s cycle. Look out
for the announcement early this fall!
Evaluation of the PAS Abstract Review Process
The Research Committee has begun a multi-year evaluation
of the PAS abstract review process. The last time
we reviewed the process of scoring and selecting
abstracts for presentation at the PAS meetings
was in 1996. We are looking at the reliability
of the scoring, opportunities to improve the process,
and planning for next year’s abstract submissions.
Stay tuned for information regarding this results
of this evaluation.
APA Research Award
The committee oversees the process of nominations
and selection of the awardee for the annual APA
Research Award. A review committee, made up of
previous APA Research Awardees, evaluates the nominations.
This year’s awardee was Tracy Lieu, who gave
a great speech at the PAS meetings! Tracy is Professor
of Pediatrics and Ambulatory Care and Prevention
and Harvard Medical School, and the Director of
the Center for Child Health Care Studies at Harvard.
She also directs the Children’s Hospital
of Boston site of the Harvard Pediatric Health
Services Research Fellowship Program.
We encourage all APA members to consider nominating
an outstanding researcher for the APA Research Award
for 2007.
Academic General Pediatrics Fellowship Consultation
and Certification
The APA has been working on the development of a
process of consultation for and certification of
academic general pediatric fellowship programs. Members
of the Research Committee have been active in this
process. We will report on progress in this important
endeavor as the year progresses.
Educational Scholars Collaboration
Congratulations to Connie Baldwin and the Education
Committee for establishing the PAS Educational
Scholars Program in the APA. The Research Committee
has been collaborating in designing research projects
coming out of this effort as well as evaluation
of outcomes of the program.
Research Networks
The Research Committee has a formal bi-directional
link with CORNET, directed by Janet Serwint. We
are actively involved in working with the CORNET
steering committee and beginning to work with other
research networks such as PRIS (Pediatric Research
in Inpatient Settings). PRIS is led by Chris Landrigan.
See the report on CORNET on Page XX.
Membership
If you have an interest in joining our committee,
please contact me! All APA members are invited,
from trainees to senior faculty. Our yearly meeting
at PAS was well attended this past May, and we
are excited about the increased interest in and
participation in our activities. We have a monthly
conference call during the year for our Executive
Committee, which is open to anyone interested in
year long involvement!
If you are interested, or have any questions, contact
me at bpd1@nyu.edu |
HEALTH
CARE DELIVERY COMMITTEE
Cynthia Minkovitz, MD, MPP |
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We enjoyed stimulating presentations
and lively discussions at the May meeting of the committee.
The theme was engaging trainees in the delivery of
mental/behavioral health services, particularly in
primary care settings. The interest in trainees
reflects activities of many APA members, the
push to ‘do more in less time’ for
each clinical encounter, and the recognition that
exposures and skills acquired during training influence
activities once pediatricians are established in their
careers. Presenters included: Sue Feigelman, (University
of Maryland), Lynn Garfunkel, (University of Rochester)
joined by Jenni Linebarger, Sara Horstmann, , and Heather
Paradis, David Link, (Cambridge Health Alliance; Harvard
Medical School), and Francis Rushton, (Beaufort Pediatrics).
We are greatly appreciative to each of the presenters
for their contributions to the meeting. Over the next
year, the committee will refine its goal of identifying
effective strategies to care for vulnerable children.
If you are interested in learning more, please contact
Cynthia Minkovitz (cminkovi@jhsph.edu), Chair of the
Committee.
Health Care Delivery Awardee
Congratulations to the Yes We Can, Urban Asthma Partnership
at San Francisco General Hospital/UCSF. Yes We Can
is the recipient of the 2007 APA Health Care Delivery
Award and is directed by Shannon Thyne, Nannette Maddon,
and Andrea Marmor. The program addresses asthma among
disadvantaged, urban youth and is a multidisciplinary
collaboration of San Francisco State University, City
College of San Francisco and the UCSF Department of
Pediatrics at San Francisco General Hospital (SFGH).
The program at SFGH has served over 700 children to
date. Highlights of the services offered include medical
evaluations, social interventions, and integrated activities
including patient education, social support and community
outreach. Early evaluation results highlight increased
prescribing of controller meds, use of action plans
and mattress covers, and decreased asthma symptoms.
The partnership, in operation for 8 years, involves
academic and community partnerships. Originally supported
by foundation pilot funds, the initiative has been
institutionalized and now is supported by the Department
of Public Health. |
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