Event Calendar

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.

The 2024 APA Region 4 meeting will be held at the Omni Hotel in Charlottesville, VA from February 24 through February 25, 2024.    The deadline to submit an abstract has passed.   Registration is open! You may register for the Annual APA Region 4 Meeting through February 24, 2024. If you are a presenter,…

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…

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