Education Committee
Chair, Education Committee
Maryellen Gusic, MD (2011)Penn State University College of Medicine
PO Box 850 MCH176
Hershey, PA 17033-0850
Phone: (717) 531-3925
Fax: (717) 531-4303
mgusic@psu.edu
Education Committee Tasks
- Develop an annual educational agenda for APA and submit to Board for approval.
- Create task forces to implement annual agenda and appoint leaders for key activities.
- Provide follow-up on past projects: e.g., support continuing development, evaluation and dissemination of the Educational Guidelines for Pediatric Residency.
- Lead the APA Faculty Development Program in collaborationwith the Faculty Development SIG.
- Participate in planning for the Academic Pediatric Generalist fellowship accreditation program.
- Choose topic, submit abstract and conduct committee-sponsored workshop for PAS.
- Communicate with larger membership of the Education Committee about new opportunities and activities.
- Write articles on current activities for the APA newsletter.
- Plan and maintain committee webpage on the APA website.
- Review abstracts for PAS workshops.
- Review abstracts for PAS presentations.
- Assist with selection of the annual APA Teaching Award (to programs) and Young Investigator Award.
- Choose annual winner of Helfer Award (to individuals, based on submitted abstracts in the education domain) Oversee Miller/Sarkin Mentoring Award process Represent the APA at the AAP Committee on Pediatric Education (COPE).
Plan for spring PAS meeting:
- Report to the Board
- Educ committee meeting agenda
- Committee-sponsored workshop
- FD Program activities
April 2010, Committee Report
Newsletter Article
Education Committee Meeting in Vancouver
Please plan to join Maryellen Gusic, the incoming educational committee chair, and I for the education committee meeting at the Pan Pacific Hotel in Oceanview 1-2 from 11 AM to 12:30 PM on Sunday, May 2, 2010. We will be discussing updates in education across the continuum of pediatrics from medical student to residents and fellows.
Educational Guidelines:
Educational Guidelines http://www.ambpeds.org/egwebnew/
New material continues to be added to the APA Educational Guidelines for Pediatric Residency website. If you have not visited the website in some time, two noteworthy evaluation forms have been added to the Evaluation and Planning Tools section:
- Resident evaluation by peer: Competencies
- Resident evaluation by peer: Teaching skills.
Also, remember that the website contains a faculty development tutorial system which can be used to teach faculty, fellows or residents about competency-based education.
The group is working on website improvements that will allow us to easily update content as well as add goals and objectives for other rotations such as community pediatrics.
We are seeking additional faculty members who would be interested in moving this project into the next decade of residency education as either a team leader or executive committee member. If you are interested please contact Teri Turner at tturner@bcm.edu.
Educational Scholars Program
In brief, Cohort 4 scholars and faculty will meet for the first time at PAS in Vancouver, along with those in Cohort 3. Cohort 2 scholars will be celebrating their graduation in Vancouver. Please refer to the detailed report from Connie Baldwin located elsewhere in the newsletter.
Education Chair
Mary Ottolini MD, MPH
Mottolin@cnmc.org
