Soliciting Members to Serve on APA Anti-Racism & Diversity Task Force During their July meeting, the APA Board of Directors voted to establish a task force charged with to identify strategies to combat systemic racism, implicit bias and discrimination against those underrepresented in medicine in academic pediatrics. This task force will be comprised of one to two…
Read MoreIf your program is anything like mine, you’ve got a group of students who’ve been sidelined in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, still trying to figure out how to map their careers. Perhaps they were in the midst of their clinical clerkships and haven’t yet experienced each of the core specialties, or perhaps they’ve…
Read MoreAPA & PAS 2020: What’s Next? PAS’ cancellation has left us all feeling some degree of lost. How will I connect with my SIG and region colleagues, mentees and/or mentors? Where will I get feedback on my research? What’s next for the APA? Rest assured the APA has a plan to keep you connected and…
Read MoreAPA’s Social Media Committee would like to invite you to publish your PAS accepted abstract on APA’s Connect App. All you have to do is (1) download the app* and (2) fill out the application and (3) attach your PAS accepted abstract in an alternative media form (i.e. video, photo, PowerPoint slide, MP4 file/sound clip, etc.). Upon review,…
Read MoreThis perspective is brought to you by Steve M. Selbst, MD. Steve is the APA Immediate Past President (2019-2020). April 28, 2020 I was feeling sorry for myself in the midst of a terrible pandemic. I worried about my family. Doesn’t everyone? I have not seen my 102- year old father in 6 weeks; the…
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