Last Updated: April 11, 2005 

7:00am–8:00am
6030A—Public Policy 19th Annual Legislative Breakfast Symposium
Politics of Stem Cell Research
PPC Breakfast Symposium

This session will provide an overview of the current status of the stem cell debate in the 109th Congress, review the impact of the re-election of President Bush on this debate, consider the effect of the increased majority in the House of Representatives and the Senate and explore the impact of the passage of Proposition 71—the California stem cell research measure—and the potential for other state initiatives.

Target Audience: Pediatric clinicians and clinical investigators.

The Politics of Stem Cell Research
Anthony J. Mazzaschi, Senior Assoc. Vice President for Biomedical and Health Sciences Research, Association of American Medical Colleges, Washington, DC

7:00am–8:00am
6070—APA Regional Breakfasts
APA Breakfast

Information not yet available.

7:00am–8:00am
6080A—Cancer Survivorship
ASPHO Workshop
Chair: Debra Friedman, Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center, Seattle, WA

This workshop will provide information on research methodologies and initiatives that address outcomes for survivors of childhood cancer. In addition, models of care will be discussed as well as selected clinical care issues.

Wendy Hobbie
Henry Stacy Nicholson, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR

7:00am–8:00am
6081A—Histiocytosis
ASPHO Workshop
Co-chairs: James A. Whitlock, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN; and Alexandra Filipovitch, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH

This session will provide state of the art information regarding the biology, diagnosis, evaluation and management of children with Langerhans cell histiocytosis and hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, including updates from recently completed and ongoing international clinical trials for these disorders.

7:00am–8:00am
6082A—Immune Thrombocytopenia
ASPHO Workshop
Co-chairs: Victor S. Blanchette, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada; and Thomas Kuehne, University Children’s Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

This workshop will focus on the challenging topic of diagnosis and management of newborn infants and children with the Kasabach-Merritt phenomenon, through a discussion of case presentations. In addition, an update on an ongoing splenectomy registry conducted as part of an Intercontinental ITP Study Group (ICIS) will be presented and current guidelines for pre-splenectomy immunization and post-splenectomy antibiotic prophylaxis in the setting of elective splenectomy in children with autoimmune disorders such as ITP will be discussed.

Kasabach-Merritt Syndrome
Denise Martin Adams, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH

ICIS Registry
Paul Imbach, University Children's Hospital UKBB, Basel, Switzerland

Elective Splenectomy: Immunization and Antibiotic Prophylaxis
Victor S. Blanchette, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

8:00am–10:00am
6100—Outcomes After Congenital Heart Surgery: Moving Beyond Mortality
PAS Topic Symposium
Chair: Kathy Jenkins, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, MA

This topic symposium is directed toward educating interested members about the state of the art in health outcomes research for pediatric patients with cardiac disease. The discussion will range from mortality and cost associated with cardiac surgery to outcomes in the developmental and quality-of-life domains.

Target Audience: Physicians, epidemiologists and trainees with interest in pediatric cardiology, health outcomes research, health economics and developmental outcomes in children.

Congenital Heart Disease: Moving Beyond Mortality
Kathy J. Jenkins, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, MA

Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in Children with Congenital Heart Disease: Where Are We and Where Are We Going?
Caren Goldberg, University of Michigan, C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI

Improving Physical Functioning in Congenital Heart Disease
Ruey Chang, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA

Cardiac Rehabilitation for Congenital Heart Disease
Jonathan Rhodes, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, MA

Resource Use of Congenital Heart Disease
Jean Connor, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, MA

Discussion

8:00am–10:00am
6101—Understanding the New Pediatric Morbidities: Evidence from the Centers for Children’s Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research
PAS Topic Symposium
Chair: Ruth A. Etzel, George Washington University School of Public Health and Human Services, Washington, DC

Learning disorders, ADHD, developmental delay, asthma and depression are among the chronic conditions referred to as the “new pediatric morbidities.” There is growing evidence that environmental disruption and chronic exposure to synthetic chemicals contribute to these new morbidities. The 12 Centers for Children’s Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and the U.S. EPA are contributing to our understanding of the effects of environmental exposures on children’s health. Participants in this session will learn about findings related to asthma and neurobehavioral impairment and gain new understanding of conditions that affect growing numbers of U.S. children.

Target Audience: Pediatricians, academic generalists, health services researchers, environmental health scientists, developmental–behavioral pediatricians and pediatric pulmonologists.

Centers for Children's Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research: Progress Since 1998
Ruth A. Etzel, George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, Washington, DC

Prenatal Exposure to Pesticides, Maternal Paraoxonase Levels and Small Heads at Birth: A Possible Gene–Environment Interaction
Trudy Berkowitz, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY

PCBs, Mercury and Neurobehavioral Impairment
Susan Schantz, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL

Air Pollution, Smoking and Asthma in Southern California Children
Frank Gilliland, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

Discussion

8:00am–10:00am
6110A—Acute Renal Failure: Today and Tomorrow from the Bench and the Bedside
ASPN Symposium
Chairs: Lisa Satlin, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY; and Michael Somers, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA

Advances in the care of critically ill children have contributed to an increased likelihood of clinicians facing children with acute renal failure (ARF), underscoring the need to better delineate the alterations in normal renal cellular and vascular homeostasis that underlie such dysfunction. This understanding should allow for the development of optimal strategies to prevent and treat the immediate and long-term consequences of ARF. In this session, there will be initial focus on the microvascular alterations that occur during and following renal ischemia, including the interaction between the white blood cell and the endothelial cell. Next, we will transition to the role of changes in vascular microstructure as a contributing factor in the development of chronic renal failure after an acute insult. An update on the epidemiology of pediatric ARF and what is currently understood regarding the timing and outcome of specific clinical interventions will be discussed, with a special emphasis on the continuous modalities of renal replacement therapy and their impact on both the approach to pediatric ARF and outcome. The symposium will conclude with a look at the potential role of stem cell therapy in future therapeutic modalities.

Target Audience: Clinicians and researchers interested in gaining an update on suspected pathophysiologic mechanisms of acute renal failure and the role these alterations may play in the potential development of long-term renal dysfunction.

New Insights into the Molecular and Cellular Pathophysiology of Acute Renal Failure
Bruce Molitoris, University of Indiana, Indianapolis, IN

Chronic Sequelae of ARF
David P. Basile, Indiana University School of Medicine,

New Clinical Interventions in ARF
Michael Somers, Harvard University, Boston, MA

Novel Therapies for ARF: Stem Cells
Fangming Lin, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX

8:00am–10:00am
6130—Allergy and Immunology
PAS Original Science Abstracts - Platform Session
Moderators: Anna Huttenlocher and Paul Krogstad

8:00am–10:00am
6131—Brain Metabolism and Injury
PAS Original Science Abstracts - Platform Session
Moderators: Pierre M. Gressens and Jon F. Watchko

8:00am–10:00am
6132—Clinical Trials in Perinatal and Neonatal Medicine I
PAS Original Science Abstracts - Platform Session
Moderators: Victoria N.O. Camerini and Shahnaz Duara

8:00am–10:00am
6133—Development Biology
PAS Original Science Abstracts - Platform Session
Moderators: Parvis Minoo and Lewis P. Rubin

8:00am–10:00am
6134—Emergency Medicine II—Analgesia and Sedation
PAS Original Science Abstracts - Platform Session
Moderators: Mary A. Hegenbarth and Steven E. Krug

8:00am–10:00am
6135—Endocrinology: Molecular–Biological Basis of Disease
PAS/LWPES Original Science Abstracts - Platform Session
Moderators: Tamara S. Hannon and Svetlana Ten

8:00am–10:00am
6136—Genetics
PAS Original Science Abstracts - Platform Session
Moderator: Jess G. Thoene

8:00am–10:00am
6137—Infectious Diseases
PAS/PIDS Original Science Abstracts - Platform Session
Moderators: John P. DeVincenzo and Betsy C. Herold

8:00am–10:00am
6138—Medical Education: From Work Duty Hours To Assessing the Impact of Medical Education
PAS Original Science Abstracts - Platform Session
Moderators: Susan Guralnick and Philip Ozuah

8:00am–10:00am
6139—Neonatal Outcomes: Impact of Health Services Utilization and Socioeconomics
PAS Original Science Abstracts - Platform Session
Moderators: Scott A. Lorch and Ulrich H. Thome

8:00am–10:00am
6140—Neonatal–Fetal Nutrition and Metabolism II
PAS Original Science Abstracts - Poster Symposium
Moderators: David W. Boyle and Josef Neu

8:00am–10:00am
6141—Neurodevelopmental Disabilities
PAS Original Science Abstracts - Poster Symposium
Moderators: Bruce K. Shapiro and Robert G. Voigt

8:00am–10:00am
6142—Obesity and Metabolism I
PAS/LWPES Original Science Abstracts - Platform Session
Moderators: Audrey Austin and Josephine Z. Kasa-Vubu

8:15am–10:15am
6150A—Gene Therapy—A Primer for the Clinician
ASPHO Symposium
Chair: Jakub Tolar, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

Viral and non-viral vectors have been utilized to ferry novel DNA into target cells and raise the potential of altering congenital gene lesions in a therapeutic manner. Work in this intensely exciting field must come with caution, however, as these approaches carry some nontrivial dangers for the patients, such as insertional mutagenesis and immune deregulation. The program will begin with a review of gene therapy approaches and a summary of gene therapy clinical trials to date, including the severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) clinical trial. The program will follow with a presentation of the most recent data on gene therapy for hemophilia. The symposium will conclude with an overview of immune implications when inserting foreign genes in the human genome and rationale for the upcoming clinical trial of gene therapy for Fanconi Anemia. While gene therapy has yielded some notable successes and holds considerable promise, one should walk away from the session with a realistic overview of the possibilities and limitations of gene therapy for childhood diseases.

Introduction
Jakub Tolar, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

Review of Gene Therapy Clinical Trials, Including SCID
Christof von Kalle, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH

Gene Therapy for Hemophilia
Katherine A. High, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

Immunology of Gene Transfer and Gene Therapy for Fanconi Anemia
Patrick F. Kelly, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH

9:00am–12:00pm
6190—Here Comes Generation Why!—Interacting with the Next Generation of Learners
PAS/APPD Mini Course
Chairs: John Molidor, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI; and John D Mahan, The Ohio State University College of Medicine and Public Health, Columbus, OH

The diverse interactions of the generations at work in the field of medicine remain a challenge to faculty, practitioners, residents and students. Differences in shared experiences, expectations, rewards and learning styles characterize the four generations who collide in our academic and medical centers. There is now a body of research and literature that provides insights into the characteristics of the members of these generations and the likely issues and successful strategies that can enhance working and learning together.

This mini course will use didactic presentations, small group breakout sessions and discussion sessions to help participants:

1. Identify the four generations at work in our academic and medical institutions;

2. Identify the research that defines the different characteristics and learning styles of the four generations as they work together and interact;

3. Apply these insights in recruiting, teaching and working successfully with the next generation of learners and physicians

Target Audience: Pediatricians and Pediatric faculty who are interested in better understanding the new generation of practitioners and learners will benefit form this mini-course. This mini-course should be helpful for faculty involved in teaching students and residents, clerkship directors and program directors responsible for training the next generation of pediatricians and all pediatricians interested in better understanding future colleagues and partners. The four generations at work in our academic medical centers and medical institutions share different life experiences and life goals. This mini-course will provide important and useful insights about the different backgrounds and characteristics of the next generation of learners and, in fact, all of our trainees and colleagues.

Sponsored jointly by the Association of Pediatric Program Directors and the Pediatric Academic Societies

9:00am–12:00pm
6200—Being Good Medicine: Tools from Therapeutic and Healing Touch
PAS Educational Workshop
Leader: Kathi J. Kemper, Winston-Salem, NC; Co-leader: Deborah Larrimore

When it comes to being good medicine, pediatricians are among the most naturally talented physicians. Yet, clinical curriculum often focuses almost exclusively on cognitive skills. After we recruit service-oriented trainees, how do we enhance their compassion skills? How can we help them embody their highest intentions? During this workshop, we will reflect on how we (our emotional–spiritual state) affect patients, and we will practice skills related to centering (two different types of meditation techniques) and experiment with different ways of using light touch to offer comfort, reassurance and caring during clinical encounters. Participants will receive worksheets and references to use as teaching tools and gain experience that will enhance confidence in teaching these skills to residents and students. Some may find that participation may renew their own commitment to and enthusiasm for the medical profession, and others may develop innovative ideas for research projects on the art of medicine.

Objectives:

1. Knowledge of how to teach about being peaceful, clear and centered in clinical care.

2. Skills for teaching how to comfort and caring through light touch.

Method of Instruction: Question and answer, Role playing and exercises.

Target Audience: Trainee, junior faculty, mid-level faculty.

9:00am–12:00pm
6201—Biostatistical Issues in Pediatric Trials
PAS Educational Workshop
Leader: Janet L. Peacock, Isleworth, West London, United Kingdom; Co-leader: Louise Marston

This workshop will be in three parts:

1. Presentation of biostatistical issues relating to the design and analysis of pediatric trials and follow-up studies where the workshop leaders will describe areas in which they have observed practical challenges such as randomization, blinding, agreement between assessors, sub-group analysis, ROC curves and presenting both straightforward and complex statistical analyses.

2. Attendees will be given anonymous extracts and scenarios to discuss in small groups and asked to suggest any improvements that could be made to the biostatistical elements.

3. Small group feedback leading to a general discussion and questions/comments to the workshop leaders.

Objectives:

1. To understand the practical application of biostatistics in trials.

2. To critically appraise presentation of biostatistical information.

Method of Instruction: Opening talk followed by small-group discussion of given extracts/senarios, followed by pooling of thoughts, comments and questions.

Target Audience: Trainee, junior faculty, mid-level faculty, senior faculty.

9:00am–12:00pm
6202—Child and Adolescent Bariatrics: Merging Policy, Scholarship, Research and Advocacy
PAS Educational Workshop
Leader: Karen L. Young, Little Rock, AR; Co-leaders: Margaret Harris, Alba Morales, J. Darrell Nesmith, Pippa Simpson, Joseph W. Thompson, Wendy L. Ward-Begnoche, Judith L. Weber, J. Gary Wheeler

Child and adolescent bariatrics (the study of obesity) is a new area in pediatric medicine. The Arkansas experience with the BMI (Body Mass Index) Health Initiative will be presented to show how a statewide initiative can be a collaborative effort, coordinated with research and educational activities. This will serve to jumpstart discussions among the registrants and faculty:

1. Attendees will be given an opportunity to present experiences from their own community involvement and partnership development, specifically discussing how to effect translation of obesity research into policy, clinical care, education or advocacy.

2. Registrant groups will discuss research problems in childhood obesity including

a) how to create and manage databases for clinics or larger populations

b) ethical and psychological issues

c) starting an academic child and adolescent bariatrics center

d) research collaborations

e) policy and politics of obesity

Objectives:

1. Learn how to effect translation of obesity research into policy, clinical care, education and advocacy.

2. The learner will be able to discuss childhood obesity research problems, including creating a database, ethical issues, starting a new obesity center, collaboration, policy and politics.

Method of Instruction: Presentations by faculty, followed by short presentations by selected registrants, then roundtable discussions.

Target Audience: Trainee, junior faculty, mid-level faculty, senior faculty.

9:00am–12:00pm
6203—Competencies in Continuity Clinic: Turning the TIDE with the RRC
PAS Educational Workshop
Leader: Paul M. Darden, Charleston, SC; Co-leaders: Ben Gilbertson, Diane Kittredge, Carol Lancaster, Diane Langkamp, Mary Mauldin, Anne Ross, Judy Shaw

The Pediatric RRC has mandated that residents demonstrate competence in practice-based learning and improvement. In our workshop we will demonstrate an online teaching tool that presents quality improvement (QI) and guides the resident through a QI project related to immunization delivery. Currently in its fourth year, Teaching Immunization Delivery and Evaluation (TIDE) is a popular Internet-based (www.musc.edu/tide) curriculum designed to improve the knowledge and practice of immunization delivery and to allow users to assess and improve their own practices. After attending this workshop, the participants will be aware of one method of teaching a key competency as well as a method for teaching immunization delivery. This workshop will not be at the convention center, and transportation will be provided.

Objectives:

1. Learn method of teaching a key competency.

2. Learn method for teaching immunization delivery.

Method of Instruction: Computer-based teaching of TIDE curriculum and round table discussion.

Target Audience: Trainee, junior faculty, mid-level faculty, senior faculty

9:00am–12:00pm
6204—Development and Implementation of Clinical Guidelines in Inpatient, Outpatient and Emergency Room Settings
PAS Educational Workshop
Leader: Emanuel O. Doyne, Cincinnati, OH; Co-leaders: Kieran Phelan, Scott Reeves, Michael Vossmeyer

This workshop will be designed around the essential elements necessary to develop, adapt and implement clinical practice guidelines in three types of settings: (1) inpatient, (2) outpatient and (3) the emergency room. The program will consist of three segments beginning with an interactive session on recommendation statement development and separate sessions on the pitfalls and obstacles in each of the three above-mentioned settings centered around specific clinical problems. This will be followed by small group exercises that will allow the participants to both develop recommendation statements based on best evidence and to develop operational strategies including specific interventions with outcomes measures. After each of these sessions the small groups will make a formal presentation of their work product. The workshop leaders will then present some examples from their own institution in each of the three targeted clinical arenas.

Objectives:

1. The development of and integration of evidence-based guidelines into daily clinical work.

2. Acquisition of tools and skills necessary to accomplish this integration.

Method of Instruction: Small group problem-solving discussion, didactic presentations and question-and-answer sessions.

Target Audience: Trainee, junior faculty, mid-level faculty, including administrators, full-time clinical faculty, fellows and health care service researchers.

9:00am–12:00pm
6205—Developmental and Molecular Imaging
PAS Educational Workshop
Leader: Colin K.L. Phoon, New York, NY; Co-leaders: Christopher Contag and Youssef Zaim Wadghiri

Advances in imaging now allow characterization of many developmental processes, particularly in the in vivo organism. This workshop is designed to introduce the audience to three imaging techniques: ultrasound biomicroscopy, biophotonic imaging, and micro-magnetic resonance imaging (microMRI). The emphasis is on practical aspects of imaging.

9:00am–12:00pm
6206—Medical–Legal Collaboration: A New Era in Promoting Child Health
PAS Educational Workshop
Leader: Lauren Smith, Boston, MA; Co-leaders: Tina L. Cheng, Mallory Curran, Eric W. Fleegler, Megan Sandel, Pamela C. Tames

Families and children face social and economic challenges that can adversely affect child health, development and long-term potential. Pediatricians are a natural front-line defense for screening and referral for housing issues, education needs, disability, hunger and other problems, yet they often lack the training and resources to advocate for families basic needs. Developing effective medical–legal collaboration in clinical settings is a potent strategy to promote child health through ensuring that these basic needs are met.

Experienced pediatric and legal advocates will facilitate discussion of concrete advocacy strategies including programs such as the Family Advocacy Program at Boston Medical Center. The workshop will utilize case examples, curriculum, advocacy tools and advocacy action plans to bring to life the integration of legal advocacy in the clinical setting.

Objectives:

1. Learn how to incorporate advocacy in the clinical setting to confront the spectrum of social issues vulnerable children and families experience.

2. Learn how the medical–legal collaborative model supports a culture of practical advocacy at both the individual and systemic levels.

Method of Instruction: The workshop methodology will utilize case-based presentations, interactive discussions and hands-on demonstration with advocacy and training tools.

Target Audience: Trainee, junior faculty, mid-level faculty.

9:00am–12:00pm
6207—NICHD Neonatal Research Network—How Do I Apply?
PAS Educational Workshop
Leader: Rosemary D. Higgins, Bethesda, MD; Co-leader: Catherine Y. Spong

The purpose of the Neonatal Research Network is to establish and maintain a multi-center research network of neonatal intensive care units with an independent data-coordinating center and NICHD to perform clinical trials, observational research and translational research. The infrastructure is set up for randomized double-blind placebo controlled trials with the ability to follow short-term (clinical effect) and long-term (neurodevelopmental outcome) measures for the high-risk neonatal population. A didactic presentation explaining the NRN's mission, objectives, procedures for application, peer review, funding procedures, capitation of clinical studies, steering committee responsibilities, initiation of clinical trials, data management and manuscript development will be presented by NICHD. Attendees will be given the opportunity to obtain additional information in a question-and-answer session.

Objectives:

1. To familiarize attendees with the Neonatal Research Network.

2. To inform attendees of the application procedure for the NRN.

Method of Instruction: Didactic presentation followed by a question-and-answer session.

Target Audience: Trainee, junior faculty, mid-level faculty.

This workshop is sponsored by the APA Faculty Development Program in the domains of Career Development and Education.

9:00am–12:00pm
6208—So You Are an Educator and Want To Be Tenured?: The Nuts and Bolts of Academic Success for the Clinician-Educator
PAS Educational Workshop
Leader: Latha Chandran, Stony Brook, NY; Co-leaders: Virginia A. Moyer, Lucy M. Osborn

Busy with teaching and clinical care, clinician-educators often encounter difficulties when it is time for promotion due to lack of demonstrable scholarship. This workshop, targeted to junior and mid-level faculty, will help participants understand how academic promotions and tenure (APT) committees work at different institutions. Using large group, small group and individual work, we will work through the APT process, including written and unwritten rules and policies for promotion from our institutions. With published literature and personal examples, we will demonstrate the components of the educator portfolio that effectively present educational scholarship for peer review. Characteristics of successful clinician-educators will be elicited from the participants and discussed by the leaders.

Objectives:

1. Enhance participant understanding of the variations in promotion processes at institutions.

2. Demonstrate the usefulness of an educator portfolio for promotion of clinical educators.

Method of Instruction: Interactive seminar, small group problem solving, case-based learning, role playing and large group discussions.

Target Audience: Junior faculty, mid-level faculty.

This workshop is sponsored by the APA Faculty Development Program in the domains of Career Development and Education.

9:00am–12:00pm
6250—Environmental Health
APA Special Interest Group
Chairs: James Roberts, robertsj@musc.edu; and Joel Forman, joel.forman@mssm.edu

The Pediatric Environmental Health (PEH) Special Interest Group is looking forward to another excellent and informative meeting at the Pediatric Academic Societies' meeting in Washington, DC, in May 2005. This year's meeting will focus on the state of pediatric environmental health education across the country. We plan to have presentations on new initiatives aimed at various audiences including medical schools, residencies, fellowships and practitioners. We plan to focus specifically on ways that the PEH SIG can collaborate with other groups like the AAP COEH, Residency Program Directors, Continuity Clinic Directors and organizations like PSR to support and expand these efforts. Further program details are forthcoming. Please see the PAS meeting website for an agenda as the meeting approaches. We hope to see you in Washington and sustain the momentum of increasing attendance annually at our sessions!

9:00am–12:00pm
6251—Ethics
APA Special Interest Group
Chair: Christine McHenry, christine.mchenry@cchmc.org

This year the APA Ethics SIG will focus on unusual cases in clinical research. A panel of three clinician-ethicists will present cases from their institutions. There will be ample time for discussion and dialogue. In addition, we will discuss the recently published Ambulatory Pediatric Association Policy Statement entitled, “Ensuring Integrity for Research with Children.”

9:00am–12:00pm
6252—Injury Control
APA Special Interest Group
Chairs: Robert D. Sege, rsege@tufts-nemc.org; and Seth Jerome Scholer, seth.scholer@mcmail.vanderbilt.edu

Injuries place a heavy burden on the health of young children. The Injury Control Special Interest Group provides an opportunity for section members to review current topics in the area of pediatric injury control. A few of the presentations from last year focused on research related to the use of car seats, novel approaches to addressing domestic violence, and how SIG members might become involved in future studies related to injury prevention, including the National Children's Study. In 2005, we plan to have another exciting series of presentations. We encourage you to attend the Injury Prevention SIG in Washington, DC.

9:00am–12:00pm
6254—Nutrition
APA Special Interest Group
Chairs: Elizabeth Shepard, elizabeth.shepard@stanford.edu; and Robert J. Karp, robert.karp@downstate.edu

The Nutrition SIG is pleased to announce completion of its “Teacher’s Guide to Pediatric Clinical Nutrition.” It is easy to find at http://downstate.edu/peds/pednutrition. Or just go to the search bar at Google and type “pediatric nutrition and foliate” (or any other nutrient). Pediatric Nutrition Notes, the initial section of the Teacher’s Guide, comes up as the top entry.

The Teacher’s Guide uses the model of “stepping stone education.” The first section is a 44-page primer, Pediatric Nutrition Notes, providing the language of nutrition. The second is a set of introductions to assessing diet and behavior, assessing nutritional status, impact of food cost and culture and an overview of nutrition through the life cycle. The third section includes more than 25 case-based teaching modules on disease processes affected by nutrition.

Residents are invited to a two-hour program with continental breakfast to explore the Teacher’s Guide’s use in fulfilling two objectives of the Residency Review Committee: (1) teaching and (2) community outreach.

1. Training Teachers of Pediatrics: Residents will provide data illustrating use of the Teacher’s Guide in case conferences aids to improve learning and gain confidence and competence.

2. Reaching out to the Community: Residents will demonstrate use of four Teacher’s Guide modules adapted for community use enabling them to fulfill RRC requirement for community outreach.

Faculty and residents are invited to join us for presentations, discussion and continental breakfast. Registration is necessary. Email either robert.karp@downstate.edu or elizabeth.shepard@stanford.edu.

9:00am–12:00pm
6255—Race in Medicine
APA Special Interest Group
Chairs: Anne Beal, acb@cmwf.org; and Ivor Braden Horn, ihorn@cnmc.org

Many researchers have studied patient–physician communication and documented the tensions and misunderstandings often seen in this important process. But these concerns are far greater when the patients are minorities or don't understand English well, and when doctors aren't equipped to explain the intricacies of care to people whose cultural beliefs may make American medicine a mystery.

Award-winning filmmakers Maren Grainger-Monsen, M.D., and Julia Haslett explore these issues in a just-completed series of films called Worlds Apart, which document the experiences of minority Americans and patients from other countries in the U.S. health care system. This unique project dramatizes communication between patients and their doctors, tensions between modern medicine and cultural beliefs and the ongoing burdens of racial and ethnic discrimination.

Join us to view this award winning film, which is being used as a tool for cultural competency training in medical settings. We will see the stories of the following people:

• Mohammad Kochi, an Afghani man with stomach cancer, refuses chemotherapy in part because of poor communication between his doctors and his daughters, who act as his translators.

• Robert Phillips, a 29-year-old black man, has been waiting three years for a kidney transplant. He's frustrated with the medical bureaucracy and feels that black patients may not be readily referred for a new kidney because physicians think "they're just going to ruin it anyway."

• Justine Chitsena, a 4-year-old girl from Laos, needs surgery for a congenital heart defect. Her grandmother adheres to traditional Laotian and Buddhist beliefs and worries that the scar will affect Justine's spirit in her subsequent lives, while her mother worries that her family will blame her if something goes wrong.

• Alicia Mercado, a 60-year-old Puerto Rican woman, struggles to keep up with her chronic diabetes, hypertension, and asthma after being evicted from her apartment and suffering depression.

9:00am–12:00pm
6256—Women in Medicine
APA Special Interest Group
Chair: Carol Berkowitz, carolb@pol.net

This year the APA, SPR and APS will be meeting conjointly with the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). The AAP has defined women in pediatrics as a “mega” issue for discussion at the meeting of the AAP Board of Directors in May 2005, the week before PAS. A “mega” issue is one to which the Board devotes 2 hours of time to hear expert presentations. In the past, the AAP had a subcommittee on Women in Pediatrics, but this committee of three was sunset in an effort to explore the issues on a broader base. The thinking was that some of the issues identified as “women issues” were more aptly called “young physician” or “generational” issues. The Federation of Pediatric Organizations (FOPO) is also addressing the topic of women in pediatrics. FOPO has focused more on women in academia and the question of the impact of increasing numbers of women in pediatrics on the subspecialty workforce.

9:00am–12:00pm
6257—Literacy Development Programs in Primary Care
APA Special Interest Group
Chairs: Robert Needlman, robert.needlman@case.edu; and Perri Klass, perri.klass@bmc.org

The Special Interest Group on Literacy Development in Primary Care provides information, support, and networking for clinicians interested either in research or implementation of projects related to pediatric early literacy interventions. The SIG provides an opportunity for reviewing research in progress, coordinating research ideas, enhancing provider training on early literacy guidance and evaluation related to the REACH OUT AND READ (ROR) model of pediatric literacy intervention. This year, in addition to a general research update, we will discuss various aspects of training: of clinicians, readers, and support staff, as well as parents. We invite participants to join the discussion by bringing examples of their training methods. The session will also include a brief presentation on digital videotaping techniques.

9:00am–12:00pm
6258—Pediatric Telephone Care
APA Special Interest Group
Chair: Allison Kempe, Kempe.Allison@tchden.org; and Maya Bunik, maya.bunik@uchsc.edu

10:15am–12:10pm
6300—SPR Presidential Plenary and Awards
SPR Presidential Plenary

Introduction
Lisa M. Guay-Woodford, President, Society for Pediatric Research

Student Research Award Recipients

• Christina O. Chen, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

• Kusala M. Jayasuriya, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Virginia Bartleson, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN

• Christopher Lundh, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

• Tianhong Xu, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

House Officer Recipients

• Avraham Beigelman, Soroka Medical Center, Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel

• Timothy Allen Biela, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX

• Cordula M. Wolf, Children's Hospital Boston - Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Fellow Basic Research Award Recipients

• Ophir David Klein, University of California, San Francisco, CA

• Kartik