Academic Pediatric Association

FLEAT Trainee Match Webinar
2023-07-27 18:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York)
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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APA Catalyst: Leadership
2023-07-28 12:00 - 13:00

HPSP Information Webinar
2023-08-08 16:00 - 17:00
Join us for a free webinar to learn about the HPSP program
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New Century Scholars Information Session
2023-08-16 16:00 - 17:00
Join APA for the New Century Scholars Information Session to learn about the program
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APA Call for Applications Info Session: Small Grants
2023-08-24 12:00 - 13:00

QSIS Information Session
2023-09-27 15:00 - 16:00
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 Medical Education Journal Club- October
2023-10-02 13:00 - 14:00
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.

Group Care SIG Fall Chat
2023-10-06 12:00 - 13:00
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

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

APA Webinar: State-level DEI Laws and Policies
2023-11-02 12:00
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:

Roadmap to APA Leadership Webinar
2023-12-07 14:00 - 15:00
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.

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

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.

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

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

Region 1 Meeting 2024
2024-04-01 08:00 - 17:00 | 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.
Submit an Abstract

Registration is open!
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Please contact info@academicpeds.org with any questions.

Health Literacy-related Safety Events as a Tactic to Improve Organizational Health Literacy and Health Outcomes: Part Two - The Discussion!
2024-04-29 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual
Objectives:

Review the importance of organizational health literacy to safety, quality, and equity
Review prior approaches to identifying, quantifying, describing, and using health literacy-related safety events in health care settings
Discuss 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

Pediatric Global Health Fellowship Educators Group 3rd Annual PAS Meeting
2024-05-02 09:30 - 11:30 | Fairmont Royal York, 100 Front St W, Toronto, Canada
Are you a pediatric trainee interested in pursuing a career in global health?
Are you a global health educator/program director looking for accreditation or tools to enhance your global health fellowship program?
Pediatric Global Health Fellowship Educators Group
3rd Annual PAS Meeting “Building the Field of Pediatric Global Health”
Thursday May 2, 2024: 9:30-11:30 AM
In-person: Fairmont Royal York, 100 Front St W, Toronto, ON M5J 1E3, Canada OR
Online: (Virtual Link)
Attendance both in-person and online is free RSVP by April 26, 2024, to join in person or online
Agenda: See Below
Learn more: Strengthening-Pediatric-GH-Fellowships
Questions: Marissa Olson olsonmk@chop.edu

Mission Statement of the GH Fellowship Educators Group:
To advance the ethical and equitable practice of global child health by identifying standards for pediatric global health fellowships, providing guidance to training programs, and establishing a collaborative network of fellowship programs engaged in global child health.
Vision Statement of the GH Fellowship Educators Group:
To improve the wellbeing of vulnerable children, irrespective of where they were born or live, we will equip future pediatric GH leaders clinically and in scholarship, education, and advocacy with the fundamental skills to succeed in disciplines spanning from academia to policy and programming.
Meeting Objectives

To convene – bring GH fellowship educators, current and future GH fellows and partners from LMIC/low-resource settings together to network, learn from one another, and seek ways to collaborate and advance the field.
To discover – what partners from LMIC/low-resource settings are looking for in a GH fellow.
To learn – how to professionalize a career in GH.
To update – with progress to accredit Pediatric Global Health (PGH) fellowships.

Scope, Logistics & Venue
Scope – Meeting is open to anyone. Content will be of particular interest to current and future GH fellows and to GH fellowship educators, such as pediatricians and other GH colleagues currently leading or thinking about starting a pediatric GH fellowship.
Meeting logistics – Attendance is free. All in-person attendees please bring your laptop/device so that we can each sign in to enable an effective hybrid meeting.
Please RSVP Here
Venue – In-person at Fairmont Royal York, 100 Front St W, Toronto, ON M5J 1E3, Canada and online via Teams. This is the Teams link for the meeting.

Meeting Agenda
*= online attendee
9:30 AM: Welcome & Meeting Objectives: Heather Crouse
9:35 AM: Moment of inspiration: Steve Ludwig
9:40-10:30 AM: Panel discussion – GH Partner Perspectives “What we are looking for in a GH fellow who works with us as a clinician, educator, researcher, and/or advocate.”
Moderators: Current GH Fellow – Kajsa Vlasic & Graduated GH Fellow/Faculty Member – Maria Dunn

Partner perspectives – each panelist shares their perspective (21 mins – 7 min each)

Tisu Mvalo* (Pediatric Director, UNC-Malawi Project; Research Assoc. Professor, UNC)
Mina Halpern*, MPH (Executive Director, Clinica de Familia, Dominican Republic)
Zak Patel (Lecturer, Department of Pediatric & Adolescent Health, Univ. of Botswana)

Moderated discussion (10 min)
Q & A from audience (15 min)

10:30 – 11:20 AM: Workshop – “Zooming Out – Professionalizing Your Global Health Career”
Moderators: Two Fellows – Yasmine Koukaz & Mac Segars* and a Faculty Member, Jeff Robison

Scope: a panel about what it means to do GH as a career. Specifically to have GH as a main or the major focus of one’s faculty appointment and then promotion from assistant through to full professor.

Each faculty member summarizes their career path highlighting how to make GH a focus of a job search, approaches to negotiating protected time for GH, highlighting GH in faculty appointment and/or promotion/s, how to seek & be awarded GH funding
Include logistics that fellows may not yet be considering e.g. paying back student loans, raising a family, partner career, etc.

Speakers (25 mins – 5 min each)

Maneesh Batra*, Professor of Pediatrics, Seattle Children’s (program development & leader)
Keri Cohn, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, CHOP (med ed focus)
Kate Westmoreland*, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, UNC (research focus)
Shaun Morris, Associate Professor, Sick Kids (research and GH center leader)
Sabrina Butteris*, Professor, Univ of Wisconsin-Madison, Vice-Chair of Clinical Affairs & Division Chief Global Pediatrics (GH leadership)

• Q & A from audience (20 min)
• Wrap up: moderators (5 min) *= online attendee

11:20 – 11:30 AM: Business Meeting (APA’s Global Health-Pediatric Accreditation Committee “GH-PAC” and anyone who would like to join to hear more) – 10 min
Moderator: Andrew Steenhoff

Accreditation of Pediatric GH Fellowships – Michelle Eckerle

Current status: No. programs accredited, being assessed, etc.
Where can I learn about accrediting my GH Fellowship?
Brief overview of the process of accreditation

Review executive committee members, timelines & transitions – Andrew Steenhoff
Virtual large group ~1 hour update meeting in 6 months
In-person again at PAS 2025: See you in Hawaii!
Q & A

Following the GH Fellowship Educators meeting, please consider joining the excellent APA Pediatric Academic Generalist & Hospital Medicine Fellows Meeting at 1 PM.
The 1 PM meeting is open to residents, fellows, and faculty; is in-person in the same venue. Register here: www.academicpeds.org/events/fellows-meeting/

2024 APA Fellows Meeting
2024-05-02 12:00 - 17:00
Pediatric Academic Generalist & Hospital Medicine Fellows and Trainee Meeting
The annual Pediatric Academic Generalist and Hospitalist Medicine Fellows’ Conference convenes all fellows Academic General and Hospital Medicine Pediatric Fellows, Residents, and Program Directors from around the country to network, to develop professionally and to share scholarly interests in research, education, quality improvement or advocacy. It is held annually on the Thursday prior to the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) Meeting.

Speed Mentoring at PAS 2024
2024-05-04 12:00 - 14:00
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 2024 is open! Please apply no later than Wednesday, March 27, 2024. We are looking forward to seeing you at PAS!
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Career Fit Webinar hosted by Wellbeing and Vitality SIG
2024-06-26 19:00 - 20:00 | Virtual
Career fit follow up: come join the wellbeing and vitality SIG to talk about your career fit plan, find an accountability partner to help you move your plan forward, and discuss other plans for the SIG. If you missed our PAS workshop on career fit, don’t worry: we’ll review all the information you need to create a career fit plan that works for you. Hope to see you there!
—The Wellbeing and Vitality SIG co-chairs.

PHM 2024 Meeting
2024-08-01 - 2024-08-04 | Hilton Minneapolis

APA Educational Scholars Program Info Session
2024-08-01 12:00 - 13:00

Speed Mentoring at PHM24
2024-08-02 07:00 - 08:00 | Hilton Minneapolis
Speed Mentoring is a fun and face-paced networking session designed to bring early career hospitalists together with mid-career and senior hospitalists. Mentees will be assigned to a track and will have 10 minutes for one-one-on mentoring with each mentor assigned to a track. After completion of the speed mentoring activity, if time permits, the entire small group (mentors and mentees) in each track will meet for a lively and facilitated group discussion. The deadline to register is Monday, July 1.
Mentee Sign Up
Mentor Sign Up
Additional Information
Mentors are individuals who have been in a community or tertiary/children’s hospital-based hospital position for 7-10 years or longer. Mentees are individuals who are in residency, fellowship or in their first 5-7 years of a hospitalist position. Mentees should come to the session with questions prepared to make the most of the 10 minutes per mentor.
Tracks
All individuals registering for speed mentoring will participate in either the academic or community hospitals track.
Cost
This event is free.

Advancing Pediatric Leaders (APL) Information Webinar
2024-08-12 13:00 - 14:00
Please join program leaders Maryellen Gusic, Susan Bostwick, Jaspreet Loyal, and Elaine Schulte for a FREE Information Webinar to learn about the APA’s Advancing Pediatric Leaders (APL) Program

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APA Research Scholars Program Information Session
2024-08-12 16:00 - 17:00

New Century Scholars Informational Webinar
2024-08-15 18:00 - 19:00
Please join program leaders Drs. Morgan Walls and Alissa Darden for a FREE Information Webinar to learn about the New Century Scholars (NCS) Program
Morgan Walls, MD – Co-Director

Alissa Darden, MD, FAAP – Co-Director

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APA Research Scholars Program Office Hours
2024-08-19 16:00 - 17:00

APA Educational Scholars Program Office Hours
2024-08-27 15:00 - 16:00

APA Young Investigator Awards Program Information Session
2024-08-27 16:00 - 17:00
