Academic Pediatric Association

Region 1 Meeting 2024
2024-04-01 08:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Longwood Medical Campus, 1 Autumn Street, Boston, MA, United States
The 2024 APA Region 1 meeting will be held at Longwood Medical Campus in Boston, MA on April 1, 2024.

Abstract Submissions are open! The deadline to submit an abstract has been extended to Friday, February 16, 2024 at 5:00 pm EST.
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Please contact info@academicpeds.org with any questions.

First Do No Harm: Choosing Wisely in Pediatric Emergency Medicine
2024-03-18 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual
Co-hosted by the Quality Improvement SIG and the Emergency Medicine SIG.
The speakers will be:

Shabnam Jain, MD, MPH
Professor of Pediatrics, Emory University
Medical Director for Clinical Effectiveness,
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Olivia Ostrow, MD
Staff Physician, Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Medical Safety Leader, Hospital for Sick Children
Associate Professor, University of Toronto

Health Literacy-related Safety Events as a Tactic to Improve Organizational Health Literacy and Health Outcomes
2024-02-26 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual
Objectives:

Describe the importance of organizational health literacy to safety, quality, and equity.
Illustrate approaches to identifying, quantifying, describing, and using health literacy-related safety events in health care settings.
Demonstrate potential applications of how health literacy-related safety event data and findings may inform approaches to preventing serious safety events.

Hosted by the APA Health Literacy SIG

E-Learning SIG Webinar: Showcasing New Tech Tools in MedEd
2024-01-22 16:30 - 17:30 | Virtual
Join the E-Learning SIG webinar as Drs. Park and Dr. Yau present on their successful pediatric education podcast called Pedia-gogy, Pediagogy Podcast | Department of Pediatrics | UC Davis Health. Also, Dr. Miriah Gillispie-Taylor will share updates on her Pediatric Rheumatology podcast, and Dr. Sarah Trinh will showcase her virtual reality-based neonatology simulation platform.

Qualitative Research SIG Journal Club
2024-01-11 14:00 - 15:00 | Virtual
Assessing Qualitative Research: Challenges, Successes, and Strategies
We will review the study, Evaluation of Children after Caregiver Intimate Partner Violence: A Qualitative Study of Barriers, Facilitators, and Trauma- and Violence-Informed Care, and explore the authors’ interest in the topic, review study methods and analysis, and discuss their next steps to improve care for children living with intimate partner violence.
The event is a Journal Club hosted by the APA Qualitative Research SIG with Dr. Tiyyagura

Roadmap to APA Leadership Webinar
2023-12-07 14:00 - 15:00 | MA
Join current APA President Jean Raphael, Past President Barry Solomon, and President-Elect Tiffani Johnson on Thursday December 7 from 2-3 pm EST for a Q&A style webinar.
If you are interested in advancing in leadership, especially within the APA, this will be a valuable time to learn about our presidents and the paths they have taken to accomplish the distinguished title of APA President.
Please use the link below to register.

APA Webinar: State-level DEI Laws and Policies
2023-11-02 12:00 | MA
Join us on Thursday, November 2 at 12:00 pm EST for a webinar on State-Level DEI Laws and Policies presented by the American Academy of Pediatrics’ Director of State Advocacy, Omonigho Ufomata.
The June 29, 2023 Supreme Court decision against Harvard and the University of North Carolina effectively ended affirmative action and race-conscious admissions practices in higher education. This decision left many academic institutions with ambiguity around how best to support admission of a diverse student body under the new decision.
Omonigho Ufomata, the director of state advocacy at the American Academy of Pediatrics, will share a legislative landscape of current state-level laws around diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts, challenges to DEI efforts, and advocacy opportunities.
This session will be the first in a series of APA-sponsored events to help our members continue to navigate recruitment and retention of a diverse pediatrics workforce.
Please register below:

SDBP DEI committee Meeting
2023-10-27 15:00 - 16:30 | MA

Group Care SIG Fall Chat
2023-10-06 12:00 - 13:00 | MA
Calling all Groupies! – Join the Group Care SIG fall chat
The Group Care SIG is hosting a fall get-together to chat about:

(Re)starting group care – how is it going? Successes and challenges
Future of the SIG – where do you see us going? What would be helpful to you?

Join us whether you’re already a group care (shared medical appointment) clinician or researcher or thinking about becoming one!
– Michelle, Rheanna, & Ada – Group Care SIG co-chairs

APA Medical Education Journal Club- October
2023-10-02 13:00 - 14:00 | MA
Presented by APA’s Medical Education Journal Club
October 2nd at 1:00pm ET
“How do we help our trainees learn at the edge of their comfort zone?”
Autonomy is a concept in medical education important for the development of physicians with the goal of full autonomy and unsupervised practice by the end of graduate medical education (GME) training. In order for trainees to gain autonomy, supervisors must make entrustment decisions. Through reviewing this qualitative study, we will take a look at trainees’ experiences with graduated autonomy and discuss how medical educators can help trainees capitalize on experiences that stretch them out of their comfort zone into the “zone of proximal development.”
Article: Anisha Kshetrapal, Pim W. Teunissen, Walter J. Eppich; Overextending: A Qualitative Study of Trainees Learning at the Edge of Evolving Expertise. J Grad Med Educ 1 June 2022; 14 (3): 295–303
Discussants:
Maheen Quadri, MD, MS Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL.
Mary Beth Wroblewski, MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital, St. Petersburg, FL.

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
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To learn more about journal club, go to: https://degnonassociates.instructure.com/enroll/6KCGGC
Create a log-in, choose APA Medical Education Journal Club, and get ready to engage! We will have all webinars posted here after they are recorded.

QSIS Information Session
2023-09-27 15:00 - 16:00 | MA
Please join us for a free information session to learn about the QSIS Program
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QSIS is currently recruiting Cohort 4. Deadline: November 1, 2023, at 5pm ET

APA Call for Applications Info Session: Small Grants
2023-08-24 12:00 - 13:00 | MA

New Century Scholars Information Session
2023-08-16 16:00 - 17:00 | MA
Join APA for the New Century Scholars Information Session to learn about the program
Register Now for the Free Webinar

HPSP Information Webinar
2023-08-08 16:00 - 17:00 | MA
Join us for a free webinar to learn about the HPSP program
Register Now for the Information Webinar

APA Catalyst: Leadership
2023-07-28 12:00 - 13:00 | MA

FLEAT Trainee Match Webinar
2023-07-27 18:00 - 19:00 | MA
Join APA’s Fellowship, Leadership, Education, Accreditation, and Training (FLEAT) Academy for a FREE Webinar and panel discussion about trainee matching
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Catalyst Webinar - How to Translate Advocacy into Scholarship
2023-06-16 14:00 - 15:00 | MA

Catalyst Webinar - You are all fired up about what you heard at PAS? Time to write an OpEd
2023-05-19 12:00 - 13:00 | MA

APA Medical Education Journal Club- May
2023-05-09 12:00 - 13:00 | MA
Presented by APA’s Medical Education Journal Club
“Lesson Learned…Together!”
Can attendings and trainees successfully learn side-by-side? How does it happen?
May 9th at 12:00pm ET
How do attendings and trainees learn side-by-side (or co-learn)? What is a common model by which this occurs? How do faculty manage asymmetry that may occur during co-learning? In this qualitative study, we explore the various ways faculty and trainees identify mutual learning opportunities and how faculty manage asymmetry that occurs during these instances.
Article: Learning Together: Co-Learning Among Faculty and Trainees in the Clinical Workplace
Haddock, Lindsey MD, MAEd1; Rivera, Josette MD2; O’Brien, Bridget C. PhD3. Learning Together: Co-Learning Among Faculty and Trainees in the Clinical Workplace. Academic Medicine 98(2):p 228-236, February 2023. | DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000004836.
Discussants:

Abiara Vanessa Agwu, MD, Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellow, Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine, Phoenix Children’s Hospital School of Medicine, Phoenix, AZ
Shivani Patel, DO, MEd, MS, Attending Physician, Division of Hospital Medicine, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
Register Now!

To learn more about journal club, go to: https://degnonassociates.instructure.com/enroll/6KCGGC
Create a log-in, choose APA Medical Education Journal Club, and get ready to engage! We will have all webinars posted here after they are recorded.

Speed Mentoring at PAS 2023
2023-04-29 11:30 - 13:30 | MA
About
This is a fun and face-paced networking session designed to bring early career faculty and fellows together with mid-career and senior faculty.
Mentees will be assigned to a track and will have 10 minutes for one-on-one mentoring with mentors assigned to their track. After completion of the speed mentoring activity, the entire small group (mentors and mentees) in each track will meet for a lively discussion of mentees’ short- and long-term goals over lunch.
Additional Information
Mentors are individuals who have been in an academic faculty position for 7-10 years or longer and/or have participated in speed mentoring as mentee for more than 5 years.
Mentees are individuals who are in fellowship or in their first 6-7 years of an academic faculty position. (Exceptions for New Century Scholars!)
Mentees should come to the session with questions prepared to make the most of the 10 minutes per mentor. Both Mentee and Mentor CVs will be shared via email prior to the event to help facilitate conversation, but please be sure to bring a copy.
Registration Information
Registration for Speed Mentoring at PAS 2023 is closed. If you would like to be waitlisted for the event, please email jessica@academicpeds.org with your CV and your requested role (mentor or mentee) by Monday, April 24. Alternatively, you could show up to the event with 6 copies of your CV, 15-20 minutes early and check in at the registration desk. Being on the waitlist does not guarantee you a spot. We are looking forward to seeing you at PAS!
Submit Your Short Term Goals

12th Annual Quality Improvement Research Conference
2023-04-28 08:00 - 17:00 | Marriott Marquis Washington, DC, 901 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington,, DC, 20001
Register Now for the APA 12th Annual QI Research Conference!
For more information about the event please go to the QI Meeting Page

Key Dates:
Call for Workshops: August 8 – October 4
Call for Abstracts: November 10 – January 4
Workshops Notification: December 7 – 9
Abstract Notification: February 24

2023 Fellows Conference
2023-04-27 12:00 - 17:00 | Washington, DC
Thursday, April 27th | Washington, DC
Optional Works in Progress (WIP) Pre-Conference Session 12:00-1:00pm ET
Fellows Conference Meeting 1:00-5:00pm ET
Networking Reception to follow
Please join us to build your skills in advocating for kids, communities, and yourself! Sample topics include: policy advocacy, building your 5-year plan, time management, disseminating your work, making the transition from fellowship to faculty.
Registration is complimentary for fellows and faculty. Register

Catalyst Webinar - Mentorship, Coaching, Sponsorship, and Connectors in Academic Medicine (with a focus on UIM)
2023-03-23 16:00 - 17:00 | MA

Region 6 Meeting 2023
2023-03-13 13:00 - 14:00 | Virtual
Region 6 will be hosting a series of Virtual Grand Rounds starting in March.
Check out the topics that will be presented!
Agenda
The first in the series will be held on Monday, March 13, 2023 from 12-1 PM CST.
Register here!

Region 5 Meeting 2023
2023-03-03 | Virtual
Region V APA Spring Conference is now virtual!
Growth and Development: Our Patients, Our Personhood, Our Profession
Sponsored by the Children’s Hospital of Illinois, Peoria, IL
Please SAVE THE DATE for Friday March 3, 2023
We are honored to announce that APA President Elect , Dr. Jean L. Raphael, M.D., M.P.H, will be the keynote speaker.

Keynote Information
Meeting Agenda
Registered attendees can access the meeting here.
Questions?
Please contact the Region V Co-Chairs:
Amy Christison, MD (alc@uic.edu)
Justin Triemstra, MD, MHPE (justin.triemstra@helendevoschildrens.org)
Rebecca Rothstein MD (rebecca.rothstein@ascension.org)

SIG Skills Workshop, Combined E-Learning & Medical Student Education SIG
2023-03-01 14:00 - 15:00 | MA
SIG Skills Workshop
Want to gain new skills before PAS?

Serving the Underserved SIG - Virtual Session
2023-02-28 17:30 - 18:30 | MA
Coffee and Collaboration
Come join us for an engaging session to connect with your fellow Serving the Underserved SIG members! We will be joined by Dr. Robert Karp and Dr. Julie Krueger to discuss how discriminatory housing policies and redlining resulted in increased lead exposures in minority communities, as well as the health impacts of lead and the clinical implications of the current CDC lead guidelines.
We will also discuss SIG business and preview our upcoming PAS 2023 workshop.
-Shweta Antani, DO and Padma Swamy, MD MPH

APA Journal Club- February 2023
2023-02-24 12:00 - 13:00 | MA
Finding Our Joy as Medical Educators
February 24, 12pm ET
How do we find joy and sustenance in our work as medical educators? How do we measure this, and can we find ways to align our work with these values?

We often discuss our learners. Today we will turn our attention to ourselves as medical educators. We will discuss a qualitative study examining sources of professional joy in medical educators, reviewing facets of qualitative methodology as well as the application of a model rooted in positive psychology.
Article: Sources of Joy In Medical Educators as Described by the PERMA Model – PubMed
Lagina M, Grum C, Sandhu G, Ruff AL. Sources of Joy In Medical Educators as Described by the PERMA Model. Teach Learn Med. 2022 Oct 17:1-8. doi: 10.1080/10401334.2022.2131556.

Discussants:

Noga L. Ravid, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, CA; Chair, Department of Pediatrics, John Muir Medical Center, Walnut Creek, CA
Berry Seelbach, MD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Hospital Pediatrics, Assistant Dean for Student Affairs, University of Kentucky, College of Medicine

Presented by APA’s Medical Education Journal Club

Register Now!

To learn more about journal club, go to: https://degnonassociates.instructure.com/enroll/6KCGGC
Create a log-in, choose APA Medical Education Journal Club, and get ready to engage! We will have all webinars posted here after they are recorded.

Catalyst Webinar - Language Equity in Research
2023-02-15 13:00 - 14:00 | MA

Babies & Billing: Well vs. Sick Care in the Newborn Nursery - Newborn SIG Event
2023-02-08 18:00 - 19:00 | MA
Babies & Billing: Well vs. Sick Care in the Newborn Nursery
Bridget Allard DO, Dalton Haslam MD, Sandra Cuzzi MD
Do you have questions about newborn billing? Want to improve your billing practices? Then join us on Wednesday, February 8th for a webinar on newborn billing led by Drs. Allard, Haslam and Cuzzi from Children’s National. Please register using the link below and spread the word. In honor of Black History month prepare your cocktail in advance as we toast and learn!
This event is open to all.

Register Here

Signature Event Cocktail Recipe
Ingredients:

1.5oz Uncle Nearest 1884
0.5oz Lillet Rouge
0.5oz Lemon Juice
0.5oz Simple Syrup
3-4 Blueberries
1 Mint Leaf

Method:
Muddle blueberries, combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice, shake well and pour in rocks glass. Garnish with blueberries and mint leaf.
