Hot Topics

• Models for Building Mental Health Capacity in Pediatric Primary Care
• The Cytokine Controversy
   

• Bioterrorism
• Children as Research Subjects: Ethical and Regulatory Issues
• Developmental Biology and Pediatrics
• Insulin Resistance Syndromes
• Pediatric Pain
• Pediatric Research and the Human DNA Sequence
• Pharmacogenomics: Clinical and Therapeutic Implications
• Regenerative Medicine—From Stem Cells to Tissues

• Advances in Autism: Etiology, Imaging and Treatment
• Antibiotic Resistance: The Race Is On
• Brain Imaging During Human Development
• Cancer, Blood and the Kidney
• Cloning and Embryonic Stem Cells
• End-of-Life Palliative Care
• Gene Nutrient Interaction
• Human Brain Imaging: Insights into Development and Plasticity
• Inflammatory Disorders of the Cardiopulmonary System
• Innate Immunity
• IUGR—Recent Advances
• Measuring and Improving Quality in Academic Medical Centers
• Neonatal Cholestasis
• New Strategies in Pediatric Heart Failure: Basic Science to Clinical Practice
• Stroke in Childhood
• The Molecular Basis of Clinical Manifestations of Infections
• The Scholarship of Teaching: How Can Excellence Be Judged?

Mini Courses

• Adolescent Medicine (Part I): Current Research Issues
• Adolescent Medicine (Part II): Eating Disorders 
• Controlling Asthma in the New Millenium
• Genetics for the Pediatrician: The Intersection of General Pediatrics and Genetics
• Long-Term Effects of Childhood Cancer
• Shifting Paradigms of Neonatal Sepsis
• Sports Participation by Chronically Ill Children and Teens: Let the Games Begin!
• Stem Cell Transplantation
• The New Pediatrics in the Genomic Era
• Update on Injury Control
   

Educational Seminars

• A Researcher's Approach to Funding Problems in Academic Medical Centers
• Abstract Preparation and Presentation
• Applying for Research Grants
• Bioethical Dilemmas: Making Decisions for the Not Yet Competent
• Career Paths for Clinician-Educators: Planning and Moving Ahead in Your Career as a Clinician-Educator
• Career Paths in Academic Medicine: Clinical/Residents
• Design and Execution of Randomized Clinical Trials
• Effective Scientific Presentation
• Effective, Efficient, and Innovative Medical Student and Resident Teaching: Who Says It Can't Be Done?
• How To Be Successful in Academic Medicine: From the Interview to Promotion
• Managing the Business of Academic Pediatrics
• Manuscript Preparation
• Manuscript Preparation and the Process of Peer-Reviewed Publication
• Minority Faculty Career Development
• Navigating the Academic Waters as a Physician (Basic) Scientist
• Nontraditional Approaches to Academic Success
• Opportunities for Leadership
• Publish/Don't Perish!
• Recognizing Common Biostatistical Errors: A Case-Based Approach
• Survival Skills for Pediatric Fellows
• Take This Job and Love It: What You Need To Know and Do To Be an Effective Physician Leader
• Teaching—An Old Art with New Skills
• The Art and Science of Negotiating for a Faculty Position: A Practical Guide for Fellows and Junior Faculty
• The Mentor/Mentee Relationship: Perspectives from Both Sides
• The NICHD: How It Works and Opportunities for Research Support
• The Promises and Pitfalls of Multi-site Collaborative Research
• Women in Academic Medicine: Balancing Strategies
   

Special Interest Groups

• Advocacy Training
• AIDS/HIV
• Behavioral Pediatrics
• Child Abuse
• Community-Based Physicians
• Complementary and Alternative Pediatrics
• Continuity Clinic
• Culture, Ethnicity and Health Care
• Directors of Divisions of General Pediatrics
• Emergency Medicine
• Environmental Health
• Faculty Development
• Health Services Research
• Injury Control
• International Health
• Literacy Development Programs in Primary Care
• Managed Care
• Medical Informatics
• Medical Student Education
• Newborn Nursery
• Nutrition
• Pain
• Pediatric Emergency Medicine Program Directors
• Pediatric Telephone Care
• Pediatric Tobacco Issues
• Pediatrics for Family Practice
• Practice-Based Research Network
• Race in Medicine
• School and Community Health
• Serving the Underserved
• Women in Medicine
   

Workshops

• A Curriculum for Disclosing Medical Errors: Responding to the Joint Commission Imperative

• Achieving Cultural Competency in Pediatrics

• BaFá BaFá™: A Cross-Cultural Simulation Experience for Medical Educators and Preceptors

• Beyond P Values: Inference in Clinical Research

• Beyond Smoking Outside: The Pediatrician’s Role in Helping Families To Stop Smoking

• BY INVITATION ONLY—Promoting Environmental Health Education Among Pediatric Chief Residents
  Cardiac Auscultation in Pediatrics: Interactive Workshop To Improve Diagnostic Accuracy and Teaching

• Caring for Gay and Lesbian Youth in Pediatric Practice

• Choosing and Using Health Status Instruments

• Clinical Forensic Medicine: Bridging the Gap Between Medicine and Law

• Constructing and Presenting Workshops That Work

• Creating a Competency-Based Evaluation Portfolio

• Culture, Spirituality, and Complementary and Alternative Pediatrics: An Applied Integrative Model

• Design and Implementation of a Domestic Violence Education Program for Pediatric Faculty and Residents

• Developing a Curriculum for Fellowship Research Education: Planning the Process

• Developing and Documenting Scholarship for Junior Clinician-Educators

• Developing Effective Resident as Teacher Programs

• Developing Faculty To Teach Child Advocacy

• Developmental and Cultural Concepts: Children's and Parents' Understanding of Illness

• Early Identification and Assessment of Children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder

• Evaluation of Curricular Innovations and Program Designs in Medical Education Research

• Giving Bad News: How Do We Teach It?

• Handheld Computers in Clinical Pediatric Practice

• Implementing Medical School Curricular Innovations for a Changing Health Care Environment: Challenges and Opportunities

• Integrating Genetics Teaching into Daily Pediatric Practice: Do I Really Need To Be Doing That?

• Introduction to Molecular Techniques in Pediatric Research Training: Basic Principles of Gene Regulation and Expression Analyses

• Introductory Techniques for Pediatric Research

• Medical Homes for Children with Special Health Care Needs: Partnership for Community-Based Care

• Medical–Legal Collaboration: Advocacy in the Clinical Setting

• Moving Resident Competencies from Edict to Implementation in the Continuity Setting: Developing an Individualized Learning Plan (ILP)

• Open Access Appointment Scheduling: The Cure for the Ailing Pediatric Practice?

• Orchestrating Death in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

• Pediatric Obesity: Practical Evaluation and Treatment Strategies for Primary Care Providers

• Pediatricians Summoning Action for Children

• Portfolios for Residency Education: Fostering Self-Directed Learning and Evaluating Competencies

• Program Evaluation for Advocacy Interventions in Residency Programs

• Promoting Humanism in Medicine

• Qualitative Research in Pediatrics

• Quality Improvement Research—A How To Session

• Reducing Medication Errors – Time To Take Action

• Teaching Ethics from Daily Patient Care

• The Brief Structured Observation : A Tool for Focused Feedback

• The Management Skills You Need When Asked To Be the "Medical Director"

• Training Residents To Serve the Underserved: A Case-Based Approach

• Truth or Consequences: Identifying and Remediating the Problem Teacher

• Understanding Multivariate Regression: A Case-Based Approach

• Using Systematic Review Evidence To Inform Clinical Decision Making in Children

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