Business/Leadership

Last updated February 4, 2005

Saturday, MAY 14

11:45am–2:45pm
4546—Like Water from Stone: Time Management Essentials for Academic Pediatricians
PAS Educational Workshop
Leader: Hema Patel, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Co-leaders: Karl J. Moore, Saleem I. Razack, Laurel K. Taylor

Insufficient time is frequently cited as a reason that junior faculty do not achieve academic goals. Improving the efficiency of your available time may improve productivity. In this workshop, practical tips on time management will be discussed. In small groups, participants will rotate through four interactive stations within the workshop: calendar and agenda basics, how to run a meeting, taming the email beast and minimizing procrastination. Through these stations, participants will develop a framework for effective time management in the academic setting. We will borrow tried and true principles from the business world and demonstrate some everyday applications for busy academic pediatricians. Bring your agenda books!

Objectives:

1. Articulate a framework for effective time management in the academic setting.

2. Outline and apply specific time management strategies applicable in his/her own context of practice.

Method of Instruction: Participant interaction will be strongly encouraged in this workshop. Participants will be divided into smaller groups of approximately 12–15 people in order to facilitate the techniques of: roundtable discussion, case-based problem solving, break-out groups and buzz groups.

Target Audience: Trainee, junior faculty
 

11:45am–2:45pm
4547—Negotiation Skills Vital for Success: What Every Woman Should Know About Negotiating an Academic Position
PAS Educational Workshop
Leader: Linda K. Snelling, Providence, RI

Success in any arena requires a positive attitude, a sound strategy and effective negotiation for the means to achieve one's goals. Does your attitude toward negotiating money, success and power inspire or impede your achievement?

To achieve the means to success, women must understand the role of negotiation, recognize when they should be negotiating and accept that negotiation is expected on a regular and frequent basis. Powerful negotiation requires both a philosophy and a skill set. These can be acquired and developed similarly to any other philosophy or skill set necessary for the practice of academic medicine. This workshop aims to inspire women to examine past beliefs and attitudes toward competition and negotiation and to teach women the basic steps toward the development of effective negotiation skills.

Objectives:

1. To learn powerful and positive negotiation skills.

2. To describe production, contributions and value in economic terms.

Method of Instruction: Powerpoint presentation, problem solving and attendee participation.

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

3:15pm–5:15pm
4877—Management Skills You Need When Asked To Be the Medical Director
PAS Educational Workshop
Leader: Angelo P. Giardino, Philadelphia, PA

Using an interactive format, the workshop will begin with a general approach to administration looking at fiscal, personnel and quality improvement issues.

Objectives:

1. Participants will gain experience with the technical skills necessary to review a budget.

2. Participants will become aware of the management skills necessary to be a Medical Director.

Method of Instruction: (1) Interactive format, Q & A, brainstorming; (2) small group work.

Target Audience: junior faculty, mid-level faculty
 

3:15pm–5:15pm
4879—Mentoring: The Key to Academic Success
PAS Educational Workshop
Leader: Howard Bauchner, Boston, MA; Co-leader: William Adams

Mentoring is the key to academic success, yet few formal curricula exist. We will discuss the mentoring process, focusing on a number of specific issues, including distinguishing between career- and project-specific mentoring, securing adequate time to mentor, helping junior faculty network, solving mentoring–mentee problems and evaluating the mentoring process. Didactic information, reflection and discussion of case vignettes will be part of the workshop.

Objectives:

1. To provide faculty with information that will help them become successful mentors.

2. To help new faculty understand the mentoring process.

Method of Instruction: Didactic presentation, reflection, case-study and case discussion.

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

Sunday, MAY 15

8:00am–11:00am
5231—Balancing Career and Family: Perspectives from Two Generations
PAS Educational Workshop
Leader: Lydia A. Shrier, Boston, MA; Co-leader: Diane K. Shrier

Co-led by a pediatrician daughter and her child psychiatrist mother, this workshop will focus on a variety of ways to effectively balance a medical career with a family over the course of one's life. Vignettes and brief video clips will be presented to stimulate an interactive discussion on individual, practice and institutional changes that better enable life balancing, the impact of physician lifestyle and personality traits on family life, the range of career choices, child care and timing of children and generational and gender differences in attitudes and behavior that impact on finding useful role models, mentors and peer support. Resource materials and a summary of specific recommendations will be provided.

Objectives:

1. To raise awareness of the complexities of balancing career and family.

2. To enhance knowledge of potential solutions and resources for better balance.

Method of Instruction: Vignettes (by presentation and videotape), question-and-answer and problem solving.

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

8:00am–11:00am
5234—Effective, Efficient and Innovative Medical Student and Resident Teaching: Who Says It Can't Be Done?
PAS Educational Workshop
Leader: Lewis First, Burlington, VT

With increased pressures to treat patients as efficiently as possible, teaching of medical students and residents has become more of a burden or even an afterthought and less of a major priority in the clinical setting. Effective, efficient and innovative teaching strategies are needed. This workshop will provide participants with such strategies that will in turn aid in the recruitment, faculty development and retention of preceptors. Content areas will focus on the importance of a good orientation, feedback, evaluation and creative teaching techniques that will resolve conflicts with time constraints and make teaching fun and a true learning experience for all involved.

Objectives:

1. To introduce innovative strategies and techniques to improve teaching effectiveness and efficiency.

2. To provide opportunities to practice these strategies and techniques.

Method of Instruction: Mock codes, videotapes, live demonstration, audience participation and discussion.

Target Audience: Beginner, intermediate, advanced
 

8:00am–11:00am
5236—Managing Others, Managing Oneself: The Art and Science of Leading Groups
PAS Educational Workshop
Leader: Robert A. Doughty, Jacksonville, FL; Co-leader: Patricia Williams

Medical training does little to prepare physicians for the challenges of leading others. Although physicians selected for leadership positions frequently possess natural ability to function in the role, most receive little formal training in requisite skills needed to lead effectively. This participatory workshop offers individuals the opportunity to learn theories about the roles of leaders in enhancing group functioning and to practice core leadership skills. Participants will develop a roadmap for enhancing their own leadership style.

Objectives:

1. Determine their own group leadership strengths and weaknesses.

2. Enhance their ability to lead groups and manage group dysfunction.

Method of Instruction: Participatory small and large group exercises and discussion with limited presentations of brief conceptual lecturettes

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

8:00am–10:00am
5238—So You Are Considering Working for Government or a Not-for-Profit Organization
PAS Educational Workshop
Leader: Judith G. Hall, Vancouver, BC, Canada; Co-leaders: Duane Alexander, Michael Katz, Jane Schaller, Nancy Fisher, Richard Behrman

Pediatricians are needed in all types of government and not-for-profit organizations. Their first-hand knowledge and experience are important for work ranging from advocacy to policy making. The work style and ambience may be very different from patient care, yet just as rewarding. Learn more about the spectrum of experiences pediatricians are having and how you can consider and apply for part-time or full-time work. The workshop faculty will provide handouts and opportunities for discussion and questions. The following topics will be discussed:

1. Federal granting agencies

2. March of Dimes

3. International Pediatrics Association

4. State Medicaid Program

5. Packard Foundation, and

6. Comments from the APS Council

Objectives:

1. Provide information about career options available.

2. Provide information about personal experience of the presenters.

Method of Instruction: presentation, question and answer and handouts

Target Audience: Senior faculty
 

8:00am–11:00am
5249—Culture, Ethnicity and Health Care
APA Special Interest Group
Chairs: Louis Hampers, hampers.lou@tchden.org; and Elsie Taveras, Elsie_taveras@hphc.org

Do you provide healthcare for limited English proficiency families? Does your practice include immigrant populations? Due to recent demographic changes, U.S. providers are more frequently encountering language and cultural barriers. Government and other regulatory agents are now developing requirements, guidelines and suggestions for the provision of culturally competent care. Many providers, administrators and managers remain uncertain of their obligations regarding such regulations.

This year's SIG will present a workshop to help providers understand and anticipate these requirements. Panelists will include representatives from the federal government, JCAHO and advocacy groups as well as other experts in the field of cross-cultural care.

Among the many questions:

• What does the law require?

• What does JCAHO require?

• What are the most effective means to meeting these requirements?

• When must an interpreter be provided?

• What types of interpretation are acceptable?

• Are there malpractice implications to not providing culturally appropriate services?

Target Audience: This session is directly relevant to all out-patient, in-patient or ambulatory providers who serve multi-cultural communities.
 

8:00am–11:00am
5251—Faculty Development
APA Special Interest Group
Chairs: Virginia Niebuhr, vniebuhr@utmb.edu; and Latha Chandran, latha.chandran@stonybrook.edu

Snapshots of Faculty Development Activities from Around the Country

If you are beginning your efforts in faculty development and want consultation from experts, the Faculty Development SIG workshop is for you. If you completed the APA Faculty Development Scholars Program and want to visit with old friends, this SIG is for you.

• Former members of the APA Faculty Development Scholars Program will give snapshot presentations of some of the exciting projects at their institutions.

• Group discussions will address three key questions:

1. What are the most exciting faculty development activities happening at your institution?

2. What are the creative ways that faculty development activities have been funded and supported at your institution?"

3. What creative ideas can we think of for collaborative work between institutions?

• Faculty Development Scholars will be available for consultation on faculty development ideas and dilemmas.

• An overview will be given of the APA Faculty Development Program activities.
   

8:00am–11:00am
5252—Fellowship Program Directors
APA Special Interest Group
Chair: Matthew M. Davis, mattdav@umich.edu

Our chief endeavor will be to identify opportunities for information sharing about program features (e.g., curricula), past trainees, current trainees and prospective trainees. What would you like to know about other programs? What would you like to share of your program with others? How can the APA serve to facilitate information gathering and sharing among fellowship programs? Likely SIG attendees are welcome to contact the SIG chair with other suggestions for agenda items.

Target Audience: Program Directors or their representatives from general academic pediatric fellowship programs are welcome to attend this SIG.
 

8:00am–11:00am
5254—Quality Improvement
APA Special Interest Group
Chairs: Jean Ogborn, jogborn@jhmi.edu; David Link, david_link@hms.harvard.edu; and Dan Neuspiel

Information not yet available.
 

10:15am–11:45am
5350—APS Presidential Plenary and Awards
APS Presidential Plenary

2005 APS Presidential Address
Elizabeth R. McAnarney, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY

53rd Annual John Howland Award*
Mary Ellen Avery, Thomas Morgan Rotch Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School; Physician-in-Chief, Emerita, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA

Introduction
Margaret K. Hostetter, Jean McLean Wallace Professor and Chair, Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT

*Presented by the Federation of Pediatric Organizations on behalf of the Ambulatory Pediatric Association, American Academy of Pediatrics, American Board of Pediatrics, American Pediatric Society, Association of Medical School Pediatric Department Chairmen, Association of Pediatric Program Directors and the Society for Pediatric Research
 

12:00pm–1:30pm
5491A—Directors of Research in Pediatrics
 Club

Leaders from several other NIH Institutes will speak and lead a discussion on this topic. A box lunch will be provided. No reservation is necessary.

Developmental and Pediatric Initiatives at NIH Institutes Other than NICHD
Story Landis
Carl E. Hunt
Charles Peterson, National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD

Contact:
Nina F. Schor, M.D., Ph.D.
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Phone: 412-692-6182
Email: nfschor@pitt.edu
 

2:00pm–5:00pm
5580—Teaching and Assessing Communication Skills: Meeting the ACGME Competency
PAS Educational Workshop
Leader: Elizabeth A. Rider, Boston, MA; Co-leader: Anne-Marie MacLellan

Physicians' communication skills significantly impact patient care and health outcomes. Regulatory (LCME, ACGME) and other medical organizations require assessment of competency in these skills. This interactive, skills-based workshop will provide participants with a framework and tools, using the Bayer-Fetzer Kalamazoo Consensus Statement Model, to foster teaching and assessment of communication skills in their own institutions.

Workshop participants will derive their own lists of essential elements for meaningful communication in clinical encounters, become familiar with the seven essential communication skill competencies, practice identifying and assessing communication skills using an assessment tool during role plays and discuss strategies for faculty buy-in and implementation. A syllabus and other materials will be provided.

Objectives:

1. To teach participants the seven essential elements of communication in clinical encounters using the Bayer-Fetzer Kalamazoo Consensus Statement Model.

2. To provide participants with a framework they can use or adapt for teaching and assessing communication skills in their own institutions.

Method of Instruction: We will use round table discussion; small and large group discussions; teaching and practicing the model using role plays and role modeling; identifying, assessing and discussing communication skills using an assessment tool; brainstorming; and interactive discussion of strategies to implement the model and sustain faculty buy-in.

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

2:00pm–5:00pm
5581—Truth or Consequences: Defining, Identifying and Remediating the Problem Medical Teacher
PAS Educational Workshop
Leader: William V. Raszka, Burlington, VT; Co-leader: Lewis R. First

In many academic health centers, little time has been devoted to identifying and improving the teaching skills of physicians who are not good teachers—the "problem teachers." This workshop will define a problem teacher from different viewpoints within the academic health center, explore methods of identifying exemplary or poor teachers and review resources and strategies available to improve teaching quality. The workshop will be interactive. Trigger tapes will be used to initiate discussion, provide examples and test developed tools. Participants will break into small groups to develop and assess evaluation tools and devise or refine remediation strategies. By the conclusion of the workshop, the participant should be able to design appropriate faculty evaluation tools, identify teaching deficiencies, provide specific feedback to faculty members and design systems to improve faculty performance.

Objectives:

1. Describe the characteristics of a teacher who is not meeting proscribed educational objectives.

2. Describe ways to remediate or help teachers who are not meeting educational goals.

Method of Instruction: round table discussion, small group problem solving, videotape and piloting tools

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

Monday, MAY 16

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
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
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
 

10:15am–12:00pm
6300—SPR Presidential Plenary and Awards
SPR Presidential Plenary

Introduction
Lisa M. Guay-Woodford, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL

David G. Nathan Awardee
Mwe Mwe Chao,

Douglas K. Richardson Awardee
Maureen Hack, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH

Richard D. Rowe Awardee
Vidu Garg, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, TX

Richard D. Rowe Award Honorable Mention
Conrad L. Epting, University of California, San Francisco
Stephanie Marie Ware, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH

Young Investigator Awardee
Anne Marguerite Moon, University of Utah Health Sciences Center

SPR Distinguished Service Award
Samuel Hawgood, University of California Medical Center, San Francisco, CA

E. Mead Johnson Awardee*
Elizabeth C. Engle, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
Terence R. Flotte, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

SPR Presidential Address
Lisa M. Guay-Woodford, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL

*The E. Mead Johnson Awards are supported by an educational grant from Mead Johnson Nutritionals
 

Tuesday, MAY 17

8:00am–10:00am
7101—Inner-City Asthma Intervention Program: Research to Practice
PAS Topic Symposium
Chair: Pamela R. Wood, University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX

The National Cooperative Inner City Asthma Intervention (NCICAIS) is an asthma counselor (AC), social-worker-driven intervention for inner-city children with persistent asthma. Although the AC intervention was shown to decrease symptom days in a randomized, controlled trial, there were no data on implementation of this intervention outside the research setting. In 2001, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention funded a 4-year program to implement the asthma counselor model in 22 sites. This “research to practice” session will explore lessons learned through the implementation process and the implications for researchers, clinicians and policy makers.

Target Audience: General pediatricians, pulmonologists, allergists and other health professionals who care for children with asthma; health services researchers; and program planners.

Introduction
Pamela R. Wood, University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX

NCICAIS Intervention: Differences Between Research and Clinical Settings
Meyer Kattan, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY

Asthma Risk Factor Assessment: What Are the Needs of Inner-City Families?
Karen Warman, Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY

The Asthma Counselor Speaks: Barriers and Successes
Laudy Rodriguez, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY

Aligning Incentives For Optimal Asthma Care
Cathy Carroll, Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, Kansas City, MO

Discussion
 

8:45am–11:45am
7205—Measurement and Feedback Strategies for Quality Improvement Initiatives in Ambulatory Settings
PAS Educational Workshop
Leader: Greg D. Randolph, Chapel Hill, NC; Co-leader: Peter A Margolis

Measurement and feedback are critical components of quality improvement (QI) initiatives. This workshop will provide participants with proven methods for creating measurement and feedback strategies that support QI initiatives in ambulatory settings (primary and specialty care).

Objectives:

1. Understand key principles for creating a QI measurement strategy that is feasible and effective in busy ambulatory settings.

2. List the key steps in a robust QI measurement development process.

3. Create a balanced set of measures for an ambulatory QI initiative.

This workshop will include brief presentations based on recent research findings as well as lessons learned from several groups involved in national QI initiatives in ambulatory settings. Using tools presented during the workshop, participants will work independently and in small groups to create a balanced set of measures and an overall measurement strategy for a potential or existing QI initiative in their own setting.

Method of Instruction: Brief presentations, question and answer, and small groups.

Target Audience: Junior faculty, mid-level faculty, senior faculty.
 

8:45am–11:45am
7208—Practicing Evidence-Based Medicine
PAS Educational Workshop
Leader: Roger F. Soll, Burlington, VT; Co-leaders: Gautham K. Suresh

All pediatricians and subspecialists should be proficient in using evidence-based medicine in clinical practice. In this workshop, learners will participate in interactive, facilitated small group discussions and a practical exercise to learn the skills of practicing evidence-based medicine:

• Identification of high-quality evidence;

• Critical appraisal of evidence for validity, importance and applicability to a given setting;

• Grading of evidence;

• Integration of clinical expertise and patient preferences with research data; and

• Evaluation of risks, benefits and costs of a proposed evidence-based intervention.

The concepts and tools promulgated by the Center for Evidence-Based Medicine at Oxford will be used during this workshop.

Objectives:

1. How to identify and evaluate evidence for validity, importance and applicability in routine pediatric practice.

2. How to integrate clinical judgment, patient preferences and an evaluation of risks, benefits and costs of a proposed evidence-based intervention in making clinical decisions.

Method of Instruction: Small group discussions with strong interactive methods. The workshop leaders will facilitate discussions using real-life example of important questions and relevant articles from clinical pediatrics.

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

8:45am–11:45am
7212—Turning the "Clinic" into Your "Practice": Tools for Creating a Successful Academic Practice Site
PAS Educational Workshop
Leader: Elaine E. Schulte, Albany, NY; Co-leaders: Linda Domovich, Maryellen E. Gusic, Barbara Leckerling

Many pediatric residency training programs offer an experience in a hospital-based setting or satellite office. Often times, resident clinics are operated conjointly with a faculty pediatric practice. This can lead to confusion for staff and families, poor productivity and difficulty marketing the practice.

During this workshop, two models of successful, combined resident and faculty practices will be presented by physician, administrator and nurse leaders. Both models originated as typical hospital-based resident clinics that emerged into productive academic general practices. Participants will use case studies, large and small group discussion and problem-solving activities to explore issues including: (1) understanding productivity standards and financial reports; (2) teaching billing and compliance to learners; (3) managing staffing needs, determining the appropriate provider-to-nurse ratio, optimizing room utilization, maintaining morale and addressing reporting structure; (4) providing continuity of care in an academic practice, including managing schedules of 30+ providers; (5) educating learners in this environment; and (6) ensuring quality improvement and marketing efforts. Workshop participants will be asked to share and learn from each other by presenting challenges encountered in their own practices.

Objectives:

1. Participants will better understand the business aspect of operating an outpatient general academic pediatric office.

2. Participants will develop skills to address many problems encountered in an outpatient general academic practice.

Method of Instruction: Large and small group discussions and problem solving.

Target Audience: Mid-level faculty, senior faculty.
 

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