Ray E. Helfer was an esteemed pediatric educator, child advocate and past President of the APA. This award is granted to the best medical education abstract submitted to the Annual PAS Meeting by a non-trainee APA member which meets the criteria for creativity/innovation and impact on pediatric educational practice. Either the first or last author must be a current member of the APA to be considered for this award. The abstract also must be submitted to the topic area “Medical Education”. If the first author is a trainee, please see the APA Trainee Award for Innovation in Pediatric Medical Education.

A committee of the Academic Pediatric Association selects the winning candidate, and the award will be presented to the author at the session (Platform or Poster) in which the abstract presentation is scheduled.

Award Winners

2019

  • Michael Kim, DO, Trainee
  • Haneme Idrizi, MD, Faculty

2018

  • Constance Gundacker, MD
    Medical College of Wisconsin

2017

  • Francis Real, MD
    Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

2016

  • Rebecca Blankenburg, MD, MPH
    Shared Decision Making: A Multi-Site Educational Bundle Improves Patient Engagement and Communication During Inpatient Rounds

2015

  • Colin Sox, MD
    Comparing the Impact of an Online Module to Faculty Feedback Sessions on Students' Oral Presentations: A Multi-Center Randomized Controlled Trial

2014

  • Tai Lockspeiser, MD
    In Pursuit of Meaningful Use of Learning Goals in Pediatric Residency: What Can a Program Do?

2013

  • Michael V. Ortiz, M.D., Sarah Birch, DNP, APRN, CPNP-PNP, Joyce Campbell, BSN, MS, CIC, Mary Ottolini, MD, Dewesh Agrawal, MD, Nelson Lee, BS

2012

  • Rebecca Blankenburg, MD, MPH
    National Pediatric Nighttime Curriculum Field Test: Assessment of Curriculum Feasibility and Effect on Residents' Attitudes, Confidence, and Knowledge

2011

  • Amy Starmer, MD
    Impact of a Resident Handoff Bundle on Medical Error Rates and Written Handoff Miscommunications

2010

  • Michael Weisgerber, Ph.D.
    The SOS-REACH (Suspected Observable Senior Resident Empowerment Action Checklist), a Novel Instrument for Evaluating Senior Resident Empowerment during Family-Centered-Rounds
  • Tao Xu, Ph.D.
    Impact of nationwide Training Program for Neonatal Resuscitation in the People's Republic of China

2009

  • Dorene Balmer, Ph.D.
    Impact Versus Explicit Curricula in General Pediatrics: Is There a Convergence?

2008

  • Jennifer Arnold, MD
    Effect of High Fidelity Simulation Curriculum on Pediatric Resident Competency in Neonatal Airway Management Skills

2007

  • Michael G. Gaies
    Teaching Procedural Skills to Pediatric Residents: A Randomized Interventional Trial
  • Elwyn Chomba
    Effects of the World Health Organization Essential Newborn Care Training Course on Early Neonatal Mortality by the level of Maternal Education

2006

  • Mark Adler, MD
    Development and validation of high fidelity patient simulator case scenarios for pediatric resident evaluation

2005

  • Impact of Duty Hour Restrictions on General Pediatrics Faculty Teaching
  • Karen J. Marcdante, MD, Charlene Gabler-Uhing, MD, Dawn Bragg, Ph.D., and Deborah E. Simpson, Ph.D.,
  • Departments of Pediatrics and Educational Services, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

2004

  • Impact of an Innovative CD-ROM Designed to Improve Ambulatory Teaching
  • Philip O. Ozuah, MD, Ph.D., Mary Ottolini, MD, MPH and Larrie Greenberg, MD
  • Children's Hospital at Montefiore/ Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC

2003

  • Asthma Severity Classification: Using Standardized Patients to Measure Residents' Competency
  • Philip O. Ozuah, Sandra Braganza and Iman Sharif
  • Albert Einstein College of Medicine

2002

  • Measuring Medical Knowledge Competencies Using Web-Enhanced Instruction During a Pediatric Resident Ambulatory Block Month
  • Carl Erwin Johnson and Larry Hurtubise
  • Columbus Children's Hospital

2001

  • Evaluating Evidence-Based Decision-Making Skills: Development and Validation of an Instrument
  • Alan Schwartz
  • The University of Illinois at Chicago

2000

  • Evaluation of 'Breastfeeding Basics' an Educational Course on the World Wide Web Mary E. O'Connor
  • Case Western Reserve University, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital Cleveland, OH

1999

  • Can a Primary Care Based Asthma Intervention Affect Service Use, Home Management and Morbidity for Inner-City Children?
  • Karen Warman, E.J. Silver, Nora Esteban-Cruciani, M.P. McCourt, Laurie J. Bauman, and Ruth E.K. Stein
  • Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY

1998

  • Does a Health Maintenance Curriculum for Pediatric Residents Improve Performance?
  • Joseph Lopreiato and D. Michael Foulds
  • University of Texas Health Science Center of San Antonio

1997

  • The Development and Evaluation of a CD-ROM Computer Program to Teach Residents Telephone Management
  • Mary C. Ottolini and Larrie Greenberg
  • Children's National Medical Center Washington, DC

1996

  • Counseling Parents of a Child Dead on Arrival (DOA): The Effective Use of Standardized Patients (SPs)
  • Larrie Greenberg, Dan Ochsenschlager, Regina O'Donnell, Jennifer Mastruseri and George Cohen
  • Department of Pediatrics, Children's National Medical Center, George Washington University School of Medicine

1994

  • Evaluation of Clinical Competence: The Gap Between Expectation and Performance
  • Bahman Joorabchi and Jeffrey Devries
    Department of Pediatrics, Henry Ford Health System and St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, Detroit and Pontiac, Michigan