Academic Pediatric Association

APA Journal Club: May 2022
2022-05-05 13:30 - 14:30 (America/New_York)
Article: The shift from disbelieving underperformance to recognising failure: A tipping point model
How do medical educators recognize when a resident is unlikely to succeed? What are the risk factors that usher us to the tipping point at which we must use that ugly four-letter “F” word–“Fail”? In this qualitative study, we explore the various aspects of a resident’s performance that supervisors use to cross the tipping point from disbelieving underperformance to recognizing failure.
Article:
Gingerich A, Sebok-Syer SS, Lingard L, Watling CJ. The shift from disbelieving underperformance to recognising failure: A tipping point model. Med Educ. 2022 Apr;56(4):395-406.
Discussants:

Abiara Vanessa Agwu, MD, Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellow, Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine, Phoenix Children’s Hospital School of Medicine, Phoenix, AZ
Ruchi Kaushik, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Associate Residency Program Director, Medical Director of the Complex Care Clinic, Baylor College of Medicine – The Children’s Hospital of San Antonio, San Antonio, TX

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APA Annual Membership Meeting
2022-04-24 14:30 - 16:00 (America/Denver)

Speed Mentoring at PAS
2022-04-23 11:30 - 13:30 (America/Denver)
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 8-10 years or longer.
Mentees are individuals who are in fellowship or in their first 6 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.
The final number of mentees and mentors will be determined by registration.

APA's 11th Annual Conference on Advancing Quality Improvement Science for Children's Health Care
2022-04-22 08:00 - 16:30 (America/Denver) | Colorado Convention Center, 700 14th St, Denver, CO, 80202, United States
QI 2022 Conference Schedule
Who Should Attend?
Clinicians, investigators and others interested in Implementation Science and Quality Improvement (QI) research who are seeking to develop additional expertise in state‐of‐the‐art approaches to developing, evaluating, and publishing studies of the effectiveness of quality improvement interventions.
Conference participants will engage in highly interactive breakout sessions led by leaders in the fields of pediatric Implementation Science and Quality Improvement research. Attendees will learn when and how to use specific methodologies for the design and analysis of intervention studies. They will also explore facilitators and barriers to implementing these methods.
Keynote speakers include Dr. David G. Nichols, former President and CEO of the American Board of Pediatrics; and Dr. Maria T. Britto, Director of the Center for Innovation in Chronic Disease Care, and Professor of UC Department of Pediatrics.
Hotel
The Hyatt Regency near the Convention Center is sold out. However, there are numerous other hotels available. Book your hotel here.
Registration
Pre-registration is closed. Onsite registration is available from 7 am – 8 am MDT outside of the Four Seasons Ballroom 4 in the Denver Convention Center on April 22.

APA Fellows Conference: Finding Your Academic Village: Connecting, Communicating and Career Development
2022-04-21 12:30 - 17:30 (America/Denver)
The goals of this conference are to develop academic skills and network.
Attendees are current fellows, fellowship directors and members of the APA AGP Accreditation Committee. Registration is free and fellows may request a $200 stipend for travel expenses.
Fellows Registration
Faculty Registration

Fellows Conference Agenda

Catalyst Webinar - Get a life: Productivity and time management for non-superhumans
2022-04-08 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York)

Catalyst Webinar - Networking and Getting Known
2022-03-23 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York)

Health Literacy SIG
2022-03-10 15:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York)
On March 10th at 3pm ET, the APA Health Literacy SIG is hosting a virtual collaboration meeting. We plan to appraise existing informational resources on the topic of COVID-19 vaccinations for any population (children and/or their caregivers) in any setting (outpatient or inpatient). Grab the resources your institution uses and either email them ahead of the meeting (see bolded email below) or simply bring them to the meeting! We hope to go through as many resources as time allows. See you there!
Best,
Joy, Alex, and Aditi
APA Health Literacy SIG Co-Chairs
jlsolano@cmh.edu

Catalyst Webinar - Rejection 101: A Master Class in Separating Rejection from Failure
2022-02-24 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York)

Health Literacy SIG
2022-02-10 15:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York)
On March 10th at 2pm CST, the APA Health Literacy SIG is hosting a virtual collaboration meeting. We plan to appraise existing informational resources on the topic of COVID-19 vaccinations for any population (children and/or their caregivers) in any setting (outpatient or inpatient). Grab the resources your institution uses and either email them ahead of the meeting (see bolded email below) or simply bring them to the meeting! We hope to go through as many resources as time allows. See you there!

Catalyst Webinar - Job Search & Negotiation
2022-01-28 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York)

Catalyst Webinar - The Journal Editor Perspective
2021-12-15 11:00 - 12:30 (America/New_York)

Medical Student Education SIG Webinar
2021-12-09 12:00 - 13:30 (America/New_York)
Looking for a way to highlight your work on a national stage? Be a part of the APA Medical Student Education SIG “Hot Topics” webinar! We would like to invite presenters for a national virtual webinar “Hot Topics In Medical Student Education” on December 9th 12pm eastern time. The webinar will be 1 hour in length and be divided into four fifteen minute presentations ( 1 for each category) with 10 minutes for each speaker and 5 minutes for Q&A. Please see the categories noted below:

Maintaining wellness (faculty or student)

What programs do you have in place for the maintenance of wellness in students and faculty?

Medical student career development

With step 1 going pass fail and more emphasis on activities, do you have an innovative system for medical student career development you would like to discuss?

Innovative Technology solutions for education

What new technologies are you using? How do you use it? Want to demonstrate?

Grab Bag

Got an interesting topic to share in medical student education? Let us hear it!

We will choose one presenter/presenting group for each session. Please submit a short description(up to 400 words) of your intervention accompanied with objectives and the category you are applying to. Submissions are due by October 15th.
Click here to submit.

APA Journal Club: December 2021
2021-12-07 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York)
Article: Can We Stem the Tide of Resident Burnout?
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Catalyst Webinar - 15 Pearls for Manuscript Writing and Getting Your Manuscript Accepted
2021-11-11 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York)

APA Presentation for Trainees
2021-11-04 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York)
We are so excited to have you join the APA’s thriving community of child health professionals and would like to share all of the ways trainees can get involved! Please join for us for a special presentation on the ins and outs of the APA, presented September 28th and again on November 4th.

Catalyst Webinar - How to Review an Abstract and Contribute to a Study Section
2021-10-27 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York)

Pulling Back the Curtain on the Peer Review Process for National Professional Meetings: What Do I Need to Know and How I Can Use This Information to Write Abstracts That Will Be Selected?
2021-10-12 10:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York)
Description
A cutting edge scientific meeting is dependent on skilled peer reviewers to aid in the development of a rigorous and stimulating program. Selection as a peer reviewer acknowledges the professional reputation of a faculty member and helps to provide evidence to support academic advancement and promotion. However, few faculty receive training to learn how to do this important task. This workshop applies to participants from all disciplines and will focus on advancing skills to be an effective reviewer. The session will provide participants with an opportunity to gain insight into the PAS scientific abstract and workshop proposal review and selection processes as well as assist attendees in providing specific, constructive feedback to colleagues who wish to disseminate their work in this venue. After an exercise to identify common challenges in reviewing and common writing pitfalls that may preclude an abstract from being accepted, a brief didactic presentation will provide an overview of how to apply PAS reviewer instructions and scoring rubrics. The majority of the workshop will be devoted to interactive small group break-out sessions facilitated by workshop leaders during which participants will review and score de-identified and modified scientific abstract submissions and workshop proposals. Attendees will also have the opportunity to address the challenge of selecting proposals when narrative review comments are limited or too general or do not align with scoring determinations. Discussions will be summarized in a large group brainstorming activity to create tips for reviewing using the lessons learned from the exercises. Participants will leave equipped with the tools to be effective reviewers and with learning that they will be able to apply as they mentor others who are creating proposals for consideration in a peer-review process.
Learning Objectives
1. List challenges for reviewers and tips to enhance reviews of scientific abstracts and workshop proposals
2. Describe the Pediatric Academic Societies abstract and workshop proposal review and selection processes
3. Effectively review abstracts and proposals to provide specific, constructive feedback to authors and data for program planners
4. Apply lessons learned to mentor others who are creating proposal for consideration in a peer-review process

This workshop is available to those registered for an all-access pass to PAS 2021.

Wellness and Vitality SIG Meeting
2021-09-30 17:00 - 18:30 (America/New_York)
Please join us for APA’s Wellness and Vitality SIG’s inaugural community-wide meeting!
We hope to invigorate this new SIG with YOUR energy and ideas. This session will be part introduction of the SIG and a review of its backstory and progress thus far, and part structured communal brainstorm session around what we can do in the APA to improve physician wellness.
We look forward to seeing you there!

APA Presentation for Trainees
2021-09-28 15:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York)
We are so excited to have you join the APA’s thriving community of child health professionals and would like to share all of the ways trainees can get involved! Please join for us for a special presentation on the ins and outs of the APA, presented September 28th and again on October 29th.

Catalyst Webinar - Grant Writing
2021-09-20 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York)

Catalyst Webinar - Mentoring Through Spacetime: how to find and keep a mentor at different times in your career and across institutions
2021-08-26 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York)

APA Call for Applications Informational Session
2021-08-13 15:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York)
More information on the 2022 call for applications can be found here!

Pediatric Hospital Medicine (PHM) Meeting 2021
2021-08-04 - 2021-08-06

Catalyst Webinar - How the APA Can Help with Promotion and Leadership
2021-07-30 11:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York)

Introduction to Academic General Pediatrics Fellowships Webinar
2021-07-22 16:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York)
July 22nd | 4PM-5PM ET
Do you know of a resident who is interested in becoming an educational scholar and leader, improvement science guru, an advocate for the underserved, or an innovator in pediatric health services research? If any of these scenarios remind you of someone you know, then please forward this email so they can learn about the opportunities to do a fellowship in Academic General Pediatrics.*
The APA will be hosting a webinar about Academic General Pediatric Fellowships on July 22nd at 4-5pm EST. There will be 4 current and recent Academic General Pediatric Fellows to answer questions and talk about why they are passionate about their fellowship.
Learning Objectives:

Describe the career pathways associated with Academic General Pediatric Fellowships
Discuss the added professional development benefits of doing a fellowship
Compare and contrast Academic General Pediatric vs Pediatric Hospital Medicine fellowship training.

*More information on Academic General Pediatric Fellowships
can be found here

APA SIG Virtual Luncheon
2021-06-28 15:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York)

APA Membership Town Hall
2021-06-11 15:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York)
Join us to reflect on the past year and talk with the APA leadership!

Journal Club: What's one thing you've learned today? Asking one simple question can enhance the educational content of your rounds
2021-06-10 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York)
Presented by APA’s Journal Club
June 10th at 12PM ET
Retrieval practice – using quizzing and review questions to enhance learning – is an increasingly common strategy in health professions education, and there is mounting evidence to support it. Most studies have only focused on using written questions to reinforce formal lectures, though. The article we will discuss examines how we can apply this powerful technique to bedside clinical teaching on rounds; the authors found that a simple retrieval exercise at the end of rounds boosted trainees’ perception of the educational value of rounds. We will review the concept of retrieval practice, discuss how it has been used in other contexts, and explore the possible benefits of integrating it into rounds.
Article:
Cooper AZ, Verbeck N, McCallister JW, Spitzer CR. Incorporating Retrieval Practice Into Intensive Care Unit Teaching Rounds: A Feasibility Study. J Grad Med Educ. 2020;12(6):778-781.
Discussants:

Adin Nelson, MD, MHPE, Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Division of General Academic Pediatrics, Weill Cornell Medicine and NYP-Komansky Children’s Hospital, New York, NY
Teri Turner, MD, MPH, MEd, Professor, Assistant Dean for Graduate Medical Education and Martin I Lorin Endowed Chair in Medical Education, Section of Academic General Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, TX

ESP Informational Session
2021-05-24 11:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York)
The ESP is a 3-year national faculty development program for academic pediatricians who wish to build their skills in educational scholarship and leadership. The program aims to teach scholars to develop, implement, evaluate and disseminate educational interventions or evaluation methods utilizing a rigorous process. Our mission is to develop pediatric educators who will be productive and fulfilled faculty members. The ESP is currently recruiting our next cohort of scholars. If you are interested in learning more about ESP, meetings some of the ESP leaders, including Cohort 10 Co-Leaders Jessica Goldstein and Julia Aquino, and discussing potential projects, please join us at the ESP Faculty Information session during PAS Phase 2 on either Wednesday May 12 at 4pm EST or Monday May 24 at 11am EST.

The ESP is an ideal way to gain mentored training, build your educational scholarship skills and join a successful national community of educators. We look forward to seeing you!
