Education

Last updated February 15, 2005

Saturday, MAY 14

8:00am–11:00am
4104—Pediatricians and Oral Health: Science, Education, Practice and Policy
PAS Mini Course
Chair: David M. Krol, The Children's Health Fund, New York, NY

Oral health is an integral part of overall health. In spite of improvements in the oral health of U.S. children over the past 25 years, significant and consequential disparities in oral health exist. Dental caries, a preventable, infectious disease process that begins in early childhood, disproportionately affects poor and minority children. Proven prevention strategies, changes in organizational policy and the challenge of providing a true medical home present pediatricians with an opportunity to play a role in improving child oral health. This session will begin with an overview of the epidemiology of childhood oral disease, the science of dental caries and the knowledge base of physicians. Next, educational efforts and practical intervention strategies will be discussed. Finally, child oral health policy and advocacy issues will be presented. After each presentation, an audience discussion will take place to strategize how best to approach the inclusion of oral health and improve the communication of oral health issues within the pediatric profession, between the medical and dental worlds and among policymakers.

Target Audience: Appeal will be to pediatricians in practice, policy, advocacy and education interested in expanding the knowledge of themselves, their students, policymakers and professional organizations on the importance of child oral health and the policy, practice and educational issues surrounding the role of pediatricians in its improvement.

Why Put Teeth in the PAS Meeting?
David M. Krol, The Children's Health Fund, New York, NY

The Epidemiology, Science and Pediatric Professional Knowledge of Childhood Oral Disease
David M. Krol, The Children's Health Fund, New York, NY

The Possible, Practical and Sometimes Controversial Education and Clinical Practice of Pediatric Professionals In Child Oral Health
Suzanne C. Boulter, New Hampshire Dartmouth Family Practice Residency Program, Concord, NH

Federal, State and Local Policy and Advocacy Issues Surrounding Child Oral Health
Anne De Biasi, Children's Dental Health Project, Washington, DC
 

8:00am–11:00am
4150—Addressing and Measuring the Practice-Based Learning and Improvement Competency in the Continuity Setting
PAS Educational Workshop
Leader: Wendy Davis, Burlington, VT; Co-leaders: Paula Algranati, Rebecca Collins, Paul Darden, Jan Drutz, Marilyn Dumont-Driscoll, Susan Feigelman, Diane Kittredge, Carole Lannon, John Olsson, Sharon Riesen, Janet Serwint

The goal of this workshop is to share strategies for teaching and evaluating the Practice-Based Learning and Improvement (PBLI) competency in the continuity setting. Following a brief review of the APA Educational Guidelines, competency-based evaluation and basic quality improvement (QI) principles, QI projects successfully implemented in continuity settings will be presented by workshop participants. Small group format will be used to critique projects and discuss evaluation tools, with particular attention to the PBLI competency. The AAP's Education in Quality Improvement for Pediatric Practice (eQIPP) will be introduced with a focus on making this program affordable and accessible to residents practicing in the continuity clinic setting.

Objectives:

1. Provide small group experience in developing improvement projects to meet the PBLI competency.

2. Expose participants to successful QI projects conducted in the continuity setting.

Method of Instruction: (1) Presentations by Continuity SIG Steering Committee members and 2005 workshop attendees (to be solicited in advance from SIG members and attendees from a 2004 workshop with similar content); (2) brief didactic presentations; (3) small group discussions

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

8:00am–11:00am
4157—Scholarship in Medical Education: Where the Rubber Hits the Road
PAS Educational Workshop
Leader: Larrie Greenberg, Potomac, MD; Co-leaders: Fred A. McCurdy, Mary Ottolini, Philip O. Ozuah

The thrust of this workshop on educational scholarship, facilitated by four well-published medical educators, will be to identify the Carnegie Foundation's definition of scholarship, how that should be evaluated and for participants to develop their own approach to an educational problem. Participants will identify barriers to performing scholarship and will have the opportunity to apply Glassick's criteria to two published papers on medical education.

Participants will work in groups, each of which will include one of the facilitators as a resource. The groups, using a preselected educational problem, will generate a hypothesis and develop a methodology and an appropriate evaluation. It is expected that the groups will continue to see their projects through to completion after the workshop, i.e., developing a product, with the assistance of each of the workshop facilitators.

Objectives:

1. To recognize the Carnegie Foundation's work on identifying and evaluating scholarship.

2. To develop an hypothesis, methodology and evaluation to an educational problem.

Method of Instruction: This workshop will utilize the mini-lecture, group interaction, group problem solving, and mentoring as methods to attain the objectives.

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

8:00am–11:00am
4158—Teaching Clinical Ethics to Pediatric Residents Using a Case-Based Method
PAS Educational Workshop
Leader: Peter J. Smith, Chicago, IL; Co-leaders: Tracy K. Koogler, John Lantos, William L. Meadow, Lainie F. Ross

Many physicians use case-based teaching in the clinical setting, yet few have had formal training in how to perform such teaching. Lectures are filled with learning facts while case discussions promote critical thinking and analysis. This workshop will provide a brief overview of the application of case-based teaching strategies and techniques to the teaching of clinical ethics. The workshop leaders have lead a series of case-based seminars for the pediatric residents in their institution and hope that this session will allow the participants to (1) learn from their experience (the cases used will be handed out to all participants in the workshop), (2) begin to practice some of the techniques and strategies of case-based learning, especially for this unique topic and (3) to ask questions to the workshop leaders regarding "troubleshooting" problems that the participants have encountered in the teaching of clinical ethics. Participants are encouraged to bring concrete examples of their experience to share.

Objectives:

1. To learn about a case-based method of teaching clinical ethics to residents.

2. To practice the skills related to teaching via the case-based method through question-and-answer and role playing.

Method of Instruction: panel presentations, question-and-answer and case discussion role playing.

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

8:00am–11:00am
4159—Teaching Otoscopy Skills: New Technologies To Bring Otoscopy Out of the "Black Box"
PAS Educational Workshop
Leader: Woodson S. Jones, Bethesda, MD; Co-leaders: Christine L. Johnson, Phillip H. Kaleida, Jeffrey L. Longacre

Recent studies, including research by the workshop presenters, have identified wide variation in otoscopic diagnostic skills in both pediatricians and pediatric residents. Traditionally, teaching of otoscopic skills has relied primarily on repetitive examinations accompanied by didactic sessions, with limited supervision of learners' assessment of the contents of the "Black Box" at the end of the ear canal. This workshop will present and allow participants an opportunity to operate new technologies (e.g., video otoscope systems) that enhance both teaching and assessment of otoscopic skills. Participants will also learn about other resources (videos/CDs, web-based tools, diagnostic adjuncts, tympanograms, etc.) for teaching and assessment of otoscopic skills and how each may be integrated into medical training.

Objectives:

1. Participants will acquire knowledge and skills to utilize new teaching technologies, including a video otoscopic system.

2. Participants will acquire knowledge necessary to develop and incorporate new otoscopic teaching approaches in their respective training programs.

Method of Instruction: Several teaching strategies, to include didactics, hands-on experience with equipment (e.g., video otoscopic systems, tympanograms) and roundtable discussions.

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

8:00am–11:00am
4171—Division Directors of General Pediatrics
APA Special Interest Group
Chairs: Gary A. Emmett, gemmett@nemours.org; Panelists: Danielle Laraque, Christian Derauf, Tina Cheng

Welcome all division directors and other interested attendees! The program will start with presentations on:

• How Do We Keep the (Three-Legged) Stool Standing? Balancing our missions of clinical care, education, and research.

• Perspectives from Three Divisions

• Strengthening General Academic Pediatrics: A Proposal to have APA Accreditation of Academic General Pediatric Fellowship Programs

The session will end with a business meeting of the SIG to report on APA Board and SIG activities and open up to issues of divisions across the country. Some updates include:

• Revision of program requirements for residency education in pediatrics by the Pediatric Residency Review Committee.

• Compilation of a list of division directors in pediatrics and plan for a survey.
   

11:45am–2:45pm
4541—Clinician-Educators: Roles, Rewards and Strategies for Career Development
PAS Educational Workshop
Leader: Robert Hilliard, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Co-leaders: Ann Jefferies, Karen Leslie

Clinician-educators combine patient care, teaching and scholarly activities that promote excellence in medical education. This interactive workshop will include small group discussions and case problem solving. It is expected that participants will learn a practical approach to their career development and will:

1. have a better understanding of the motivation, roles and challenges of clinician-educators, including recruitment and advancement;

2. be able to develop a career 'map' for clinician-educators;

3. learn how a mentoring program can help the clinician-educator;

4. be able to identify useful and effective faculty development activities;

5. have a better understanding of the scholarly activities in education;

6. learn guidelines for developing an effective teaching dossier.

Objectives:

1. Have a better understanding of the motivations, roles, rewards and challenges of clinician-educators.

2. Be able to plan their careers as clinician-educators through mentorship, effective faculty development activities and effective teaching dossiers.

Method of Instruction: large group question and answer, small group discussions, and small group case problem solving.

Target Audience: Junior faculty with an interest in developing their academic careers as clinician-educators and senior faculty/administrators responsible for supporting junior faculty in the areas of teaching and education.
 

11:45am–2:45pm
4543—How To Motivate and Change the Attitude of Learners/Colleagues
PAS Educational Workshop
Leader: Joseph Gigante, Nashville, TN; Co-leader: Thomas G. DeWitt

Some learners seem naturally enthusiastic about learning, but many need, or expect, their teachers to inspire, challenge and stimulate them. How does one turn learners on without turning them off? What are the different motivators for different levels of learners (i.e., students, residents, faculty)? Whatever level of motivation learners bring to the learning setting will be transformed, for better or worse, by what happens in that setting. 

By using interactive formats that include small group discussion, audience participation and role play, this hands-on workshop will expose participants to motivational techniques that may be applied to a variety of different learning settings. Basic concepts of motivation theory in the context of social learning theory will be presented. Attendees will discuss what motivates the different types of learners they work with, share problems and attitudes that may hinder learning and share techniques they have used that have effectively motivated learners. After attending this workshop, participants will have several strategies that they may use to motivate learners.

Objectives:

1. Understand basic concepts of motivation and social learning theories.

2. Know how to assess motivators for learners and teachers and be able to apply different techniques to stimulate learner motivation.

Method of Instruction: Small group discussion, audience participation and role play.

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

11:45am–2:45pm
4544—I Can Do That! Preparing Residents To Perform Minor Procedures
PAS Educational Workshop
Leader: Steven M. Selbst, Wilmington, DE; Co-leader: Joel Fein

This is an interactive workshop. Workshop leaders will underscore the importance of learning technical skills in pediatrics and will demonstrate many common procedures that can easily be performed in an office setting. Participants will then have opportunities to practice many procedures using models. Participants should become adept at several procedures and will be able to teach them to others.

Objective:

1. Participants should improve their own technical skills during the workshop.

2. Participants will become aware of teaching modalities and be able to conduct similar teaching sessions at their own institutions.

Method of Instruction: Mini-stations to practice procedures, conferencing.

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

11:45am–2:45pm
4545—Journals as a Teaching Resource
PAS Educational Workshop
Leader: Julie R. Ingelfinger, Boston, MA

As primary sources, journals are unique. At their best, journals contain high-quality, novel peer-reviewed work as original articles that can change practice. Many journals contain rich cases and excellent reviews, along with accessible material with graphics, collections and wide appeal. Despite such a rich resource, the teaching potential of journals are underutilized. This workshop will focus on several interactive examples to demonstrate some innovative uses of primary data useful in addressing core competencies. These will include use of primary data for teaching statistics in real time, use of original articles to teach study design and to ask new research questions, use of case material for interactive discussion of management and consideration of original data in comparison to textbook and just-in-time material. There will be ample time to participate and ask questions.

Objectives:

1. To demonstrate innovative teaching uses of primary data in medical journals.

2. To demonstrate the use of medical journals in teaching core competencies for residents.

Method of Instruction: Demonstration and discussion

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

11:45am–2:45pm
4548—Show Me: The Role of Direct Observation in the Age of Competency-Based Education
PAS Educational Workshop
Leader: William V. Raszka, Burlington, VT; Co-leader: Ann S. Wittpenn

Medical education is now driven by competencies. Unfortunately, in most academic health centers faculty rarely observe learners during clinical encounters yet are responsible for ensuring that they are clinically competent. The purpose of this interactive workshop will be to identify barriers to assessing clinical competence, explore tools for assessing clinical competence, and review strategies and resources available for faculty development. Videotapes and role play will be used to initiate discussion, provide examples and test already developed as well as piloted tools. Participants will break into small groups to develop, refine and assess observation tools and remediations strategies. By the conclusion of the workshop, the participant should be able to describe the utility of direct observation, use appropriate assessment tools, provide effective feedback based on those tools and design systems to improve faculty use of direct observation.

Objectives:

1. Describe the utility of direct observation of medical students and residents in assessing clinical competence.

2. Describe and design observation tools and strategies to assess the clinical competence of medical students and residents.

Method of Instruction: large group discussion, small group discussion, videotape, role play, and problem solving.

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

11:45am–2:45pm
4549—Using High-Fidelity Patient Simulators in Pediatric Training
PAS Educational Workshop
Leader: Mark D. Adler, Chicago, IL; Co-leaders: Elizabeth (Betsy) Hunt, Viva Jo Siddall, Jennifer L. Trainor

This workshop will offer three varied approaches to the use of a high-fidelity human patient simulator (HPS) in pediatrics. We will briefly introduce the participant to HPS technology, its costs, and support needs. We will demonstrate:

1. Use of a portable HPS in on-ward surprise mock code drill at a tertiary care pediatric hospital.

2. Use of a pediatric HPS mannequin for pediatric resident core competency evaluation.

3. Quick-hit scenarios—use of a simulator to instruct larger groups. We will describe the use of brief scenarios in which 2–3 trainees participate and a larger group observe and rate the performance of the active participants.

Participants will gain an understanding of current ways pediatric programs are or could use an HPS system.

Objectives:

1. Learn what high-fidelity simulators can do from an educational and evaluation standpoint.

2. Understand the benefits and limitations of pediatric high-fidelity patient simulation.

Method of Instruction: We plan to bring a pediatric simulator (PediaSIM ECS, METI, Sarasota, FL) to use as the focal point of our session. We plan to demonstrate three examples of teaching or evaluation approaches. Each example will begin with a group discussion followed by a demonstration of the method. Participants will have time to interact with the simulator and will be involved in the simulation examples.

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

11:45am–2:45pm
4570—Continuity
APA Special Interest Group
Chair: John Olsson, olssonj@mail.ecu.edu

Cherry blossoms and the Continuity SIG meeting—two great happenings in Washington, DC, this spring! Come to the Continuity SIG meeting: It’s a great chance to meet colleagues, old and new, who provide residents with a continuity experience in their residency programs.

The Continuity SIG will meet following our sponsored workshop, so we encourage attendees to grab lunch between the two and bring it to our meeting.

The business portion of the meeting will include reports from the APA Board, Communications, CORNET, as well as an update on the continuity section of the RRC Requirements for Pediatrics.

Our educational session will focus on evaluation of residents in continuity settings. A brief overview of the use of SCOs (structured clinical observations) will be provided, and the group will divide into small groups for discussion of evaluation tools. The SCO is one potential tool that can be used in the clinical setting, having the advantage of being brief and easy. Key points made in small groups will be shared with the large group at the conclusion of the meeting.

We encourage all who plan to attend the Continuity SIG meeting to bring examples of tools you are using to evaluate residents in continuity settings.
 

3:15pm–5:15pm
4801—The Pediatric Generalist and Pediatric Subspecialists in the 21st Century: Who Will Take Care of Children with Subspecialty Disorders?
PAS Topic Symposium
Chair: Robert P. Schwartz, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC

The demand for pediatric subspecialty service is increasing, and waiting times for appointments get longer. Workforce and reimbursement issues contribute to the problem. In this symposium we will discuss the relationship of the pediatric generalist and subspecialist in the care of the children with common uncomplicated, as well as complex, subspecialty disorders in the 21st century.

Target Audience: Pediatric medical and surgical subspecialists, academic and private practice pediatricians.

Introduction and Opening Remarks
Robert P. Schwartz, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC

Role of the Pediatric Generalist in Management of Diabetes in the 21st Century
Francine R. Kaufman, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

Role of the General Pediatrician in Management of Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Fan Tait, Utah Department of Health, Salt Lake City, UT

Role of the General Pediatrician in Management of Chronic Subspecialty Disorders
Gordon B. Glade, Utah Valley Pediatrics, American Fork, UT

Creating a Generalist-Specialist Team
Christopher J. Stille, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA

Summary
Robert P. Schwartz, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC

Discussion

Sponsored jointly by the American Academy of Pediatrics: Pediatrics for the 21st Century Symposium Series and the Pediatric Academic Societies
 

3:15pm–5:15pm
4872—Computer-Based Enhancements for Medical Education
PAS Educational Workshop
Leader: Virginia N. Niebuhr, Galveston, TX; Co-leaders: Norman B. Berman, Leslie H. Fall, Teri L. Turner

This workshop is designed for medical educators interested in developing and/or using computer-based instructional tools and curriculum enhancements. Participants will work a set of tasks and have a hands-on opportunity to preview several programs. Software applications to be previewed: for case-development, CASUS; for curriculum presentation, Neobook, Front Page, Powerpoint; for test development, WebCt, QuizStar; for curriculum management, WebCt, Blackboard. Curriculum components to be previewed include: "CLIPP Project" (a web-based, case-based program for pediatric clerkships); "Health & Development" and "Genetics in Primary Care" (web-based curricula for residency education); "Who Wants to be a Pediatrician", "Jeopardy", and "The Pediatric Board Game" (examples of computer-based games for learning and evaluation).

Objectives:

1. Use of software applications to develop computer-assisted components.

2. Integration of computer-assisted components into curriculum.

Method of Instruction: Participants will preview potential development tools (including Front Page, Neo-book, Web-CT, Blackboard, Powerpoint, and CASUS) and preview computer-assisted instructional programs. In small group round-robin format, participants will work a series of tasks related to development and implementation of curricular components.

Target Audience: Trainee, junior faculty, mid-level faculty, all with at least minimal computer literacy
  

3:15pm–5:15pm
4874—Family-Centered Rounds: Overcoming Barriers To Get Back to the Bedside
PAS Educational Workshop
Leader: Stephen Muething, Cincinnati, OH; Co-leaders: William Brinkman, Jeffrey Simmons

At academic medical centers, it is common for attending physician rounds (patient presentations and rounds discussions) to occur in a conference room far removed from the patient and family. A recent AAP policy statement entitled, "Family-Centered Care and the Pediatrician's Role," calls for rounds of all hospitalized patients to occur at the bedside in the presence of the patient and family. 'Family-Centered Rounds' are meant to facilitate information sharing and encourage active family involvement in decision-making. Drawing on their own experience as well as on the Cincinnati Children's Hospital experience during the Robert Wood Johnson Pursuing Perfection Initiative, workshop participants will become familiar with the basic principles of family-centered care and will develop practical strategies for overcoming barriers to return rounds to the bedside.

Objectives:

1. Participants will understand the basic principles of family-centered care in the inpatient setting.

2. Participants will develop practical strategies to overcome barriers to delivering family-centered care at the bedside of the hospitalized patient.

Method of Instruction: small group discussion, didactic presentation, videotaped rounding vignettes, question and answer, and small group problem solving sessions.

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

3:15pm–5:15pm
4875—From Lectures to Modules: Designing/Developing Online Teaching and Learning Materials
PAS Educational Workshop
Leader: Kadriye O. Lewis, Cincinnati, OH; Co-leader: Raymond C. Baker

Lectures have traditionally been the most common teaching method in medical education. With the advent of computers and the World Wide Web, medical institutions have recognized their potential as sources of information and aid to learning and are encouraging medical educators to put their courses or training materials online. Many educators, however, unfamiliar with the potential of online learning, simply transfer their lectures to an online text format rather than taking advantage of the rich electronic resources that are available. The educational literature shows that such technology can improve the quality of education. This workshop will provide guidelines and hands-on experience in designing and developing instructional modules on the Web using a range of teaching options and strategies for online teaching.

Objectives:

1. To learn how to adapt traditional course materials to an online format that uses modules to offer content, links to Web-based resources and video, Web-based interactive activities and online discussion conferences.

2. To encourage medical educators to put their teaching modules online for a wider audience.

Method of Instruction: Hands-on activities in small groups, large group discussion, brief didactic presentation and small group discussion.

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

This workshop is sponsored by the APA Faculty Development Program in the domain of Communication/Technology.
 

3:15pm–5:15pm
4876—Innovation in Community Pediatrics—Motivating Residents Through Community Advocacy Projects
PAS Educational Workshop
Leader: Katharine Smart, Chicago, IL; Co-leaders: Nadia Bajwa, Kristi Canty, Dana Hargunani

Child advocacy is a core competency of pediatric resident training. Many advocacy curriculums utilize the creation of resident community-based projects as an innovative way to develop resident advocacy skills.The Community Access To Child Health (CATCH) Program provides grants to pediatric residents to develop community-based initiatives that increase children's access to medical homes or to specific health services not otherwise available. Through lessons learned from the CATCH experience, our workshop, led by the Resident CATCH facilitators, will provide program directors, community preceptors and residents with creative ideas on how to develop and implement successful resident child advocacy projects.

The objectives of our session are to:

1. Identify the steps necessary in preparing the components of a successful resident community-based project;

2. Describe unique approaches to encouraging resident participation;

3. Describe methods for developing faculty and community mentors;

4. Describe common barriers encountered by residents;

5. Provide real examples of residents whose community-based advocacy projects led to full-time child advocacy work;

6. Provide real examples of how resident projects impacted health care in communities and within their training programs.

Target Audience: Trainee, junior faculty, mid-level faculty, resident project preceptors
 

3:15pm–5:15pm
4878—Medical Simulation Technology—What Is It and What Can It Do for You?
PAS Educational Workshop
Leader: Joseph O. Lopreiato, Bethesda, MD; Co-leaders: Michael Fitzgerald, Hilary M. Haftel, Mary D. Patterson

Medical simulation technology is a rapidly expanding area of education in medicine. This expansion is due in part to an expectation that training programs will assess and document clinical skills over a wide range of competencies. Many medical schools and some residency programs are using simulation technologies to assess clinical skills, professionalism, information gathering, communication and trauma/resuscitation skills. This workshop is designed for medical professionals involved in the education of medical students, residents and fellows. It is directed to those with an interest in the educational potential of simulation technology and will also be useful for those interested in learning about the practical aspects of simulator program development.

Objectives:

1. Be able to describe the capabilities and optimal applications of the various types of medical simulation in the pediatric environment.

2. Understand the elements required to develop and sustain a successful program including issues of personnel, utilization and financing.

Method of Instruction: Minilectures and demonstrations will be used to introduce participants to the full range of simulation technology including standardized patients, mechanical simulators and computer-based virtual reality; videos and DVDs, as well as actual simulation technology, will be used as feasible. This will serve as a springboard for discussion of the practical aspects of a patient simulator program. Large and small group activities will explore how these technologies may be utilized in assessing clinical skills, evaluating competencies and evaluating the progress of trainees. We will also address the elements required to develop and sustain a successful simulation program including issues of personnel, utilization and financing. Hands-on demonstrations of hardware and software elements used in simulation will allow participants to judge which simulation technologies would best serve their needs.

Target Audience: Trainee, 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
 

3:15pm–5:15pm
4880—Teaching and Evaluating an Innovative Competency-Based Health Promotion Curriculum for Maternal and Child Health Educators
PAS Educational Workshop
Leader: Henry H. Bernstein, Boston, MA; Co-leader: Gregory S. Blaschke

Pediatrics in Practice, a Bright Futures-based health promotion curriculum designed for pediatric training programs to support educators and clinicians to communicate health-promoting messages to families and children, was created by the Bright Futures Health Promotion Workgroup. Dramatic changes are taking place in today's health care environment, and this curriculum provides an opportunity to advance and foster ACGME-recommended competencies for future health professionals. PediatricsinPractice.org helps residents gain knowledge and skills teaching health content (partnership, communication, health promotion, time management, education and advocacy) to their learners to facilitate effective patient interaction and care. Child health educators new to or developing skills in teaching health promotion content will learn to effectively convey this content utilizing proven teaching strategies (brainstorming, reflective exercise, buzz group, case discussion, mini-presentation, role play).

Objectives:

1. Familiarize participants with an innovative paper- and web-based (www.pediatricsinpractice.org) health promotion curriculum for maternal and child health training.

2. Identify how to effectively facilitate the implementation and evaluation of this curriculum in participants' clinical and teaching settings.

Method of Instruction: Presentation, participation in a representative module, small and large group discussion and videotape.

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

3:15pm–5:15pm
4881—Tools for Making Group/Team Decisions
PAS Educational Workshop
Leader: Larrie Greenberg, Potomac, MD; Co-leader: Christine O. Corriveau

In the complex world of academic medicine there are many opportunities for group or team decision-making. Many departments confront familiar issues like prioritizing ACGME competencies, improving inpatient teaching and sorting out strategic plans. However, few of us as academicians have received leadership development training in this area.

In this workshop, faculty at all levels, but especially those with administrative responsibilities, will have an opportunity to learn, apply and use tools for making team decisions and generating solutions to problems. These tools include brainstorming, the SLIP method, paired weighting, the nominal group technique, the Delphi technique and dialog via the 'talking stick'.

Objectives:

1. To identify tools that contribute to group/team decision-making.

2. To provide opportunities for participants to learn the tools and then apply them in small groups.

Method of Instruction: This workshop will encourage reflection, small group interactions, large group interactions, and anaysis of videotapes.

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

3:15pm–5:15pm
4882—Using the APA Educational Guidelines for Pediatric Residency To Plan Effective Evaluation Systems
PAS Educational Workshop
Leader: Diane Kittredge, Lebanon, NH; Co-leaders: Constance D. Baldwin, Miriam Bar-on, Patricia S. Beach, R. Franklin Trimm

This workshop will help pediatric educators use the APA Educational Guidelines website to create resident evaluation systems that are consistent with anticipated new RRC requirements. The workshop will first address evaluation systems planning: selection of appropriate methods and processes across a residency program. Small groups will adapt evaluation planning documents from the Guidelines. Next the team will discuss the key features of sound evaluation forms, and small groups will review and adapt selected evaluation forms to meet the needs of a typical program. Finally, participants will brainstorm about implementation challenges, and the presenters will discuss process issues in evaluation, including teaching residents and faculty to use a program's evaluation system and conducting quality improvement studies of one's system. A summary of recommendations will be shared.

Objectives:

1. Describe the qualities of a well-balanced evaluation system for a residency program, including use of methods suitable for a learning setting, multiple evaluators, recurrent feedback processes and sound evaluation forms.

2. Discuss the challenges of implementing such a system, including the need for methods development, orientation of residents and development of faculty and continuous quality improvement of the evaluation system.

Method of Instruction: Computer demonstration, presentations by workshop faculty, large group discussions, brainstorming, review of models of forms, small group activities and handouts.

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

3:15pm–5:15pm
4891—Pediatrics for Family Practice
APA Special Interest Group
Chair: Scott D. Krugman, scott.krugman@medstar.net

Many pediatricians struggle with how best to teach pediatrics to non-pediatric residents. The Pediatrics for Family Practice SIG is here to help. All pediatricians who teach Family Practice residents are welcome to come to this year's SIG! This year's rejuvenated program will include:

1. An interactive workshop on strategies to teach challenging learners such as Family Practice residents—taught by your colleagues who teach Family Practice residents for a living.

2. Lively discussion about the best teaching tools and evaluation methods to ensure pediatric competency in Family Practuce residents.

3. Mentoring, support and feedback for pediatricians who teach Family Practice residents as a career.
    

Sunday, MAY 15

8:00am–10:00am
5140—Childhood Asthma
PAS Original Science Abstracts - Platform Session

8:00am–10:00am
5149—Underserved Populations I
PAS Original Science Abstracts - Platform Session

8:00am–11:00am
5200—ADHD and Other Disruptive Behaviors in Preschool Children: Challenges in Diagnosis and Treatment
PAS Mini Course
Chair: Martin T. Stein, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA

Pediatricians typically think about ADHD as a neurobehavioral condition in school-age children and adolescents. In preschool children, evidenced-based studies on diagnosis and treatment of ADHD are limited. In young children, it is especially difficult to distinguish hyperactivity, impulsive behaviors and inattention from developmentally normal behavior in this age group. The session will begin with a discussion about a developmental–biopsychosocial model for early identification and treatment of attentional and disruptive disorders in young children. Recent studies designed to define an evidenced-based structure for the diagnosis and treatment of ADHD in young children will be reviewed. Current knowledge about the effectiveness of behavior management, parent training and psychopharmacological treatments in preschool children with ADHD will be emphasized. The symposium will target the clinical challenges of working with preschool children who present with ADHD-like behaviors in pediatric practice.

Target Audience: Clinicians who see preschool children and teachers of pediatric residents and medical students; those who do research in developmental and behavioral pediatrics and pediatric neurology; clinicians who want to find direction in evaluating and managing hyperactive, disruptive and impulsive preschool children; and to clinicians and those who study disruptive behaviors in preschool children.

ADHD in Preschool Children: Challenges in Definition, Diagnosis and Treatment
Martin T. Stein, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA

Developmental–Biopsychosocial Model for Early Identification and Comprehensive Treatment of Attentional and Disruptive Disorders in Young Children
Stanley I. Greenspan, George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC

Diagnostic Strategies for ADHD in Preschool Children
Helen Link Egger, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC

Treatment of Disruptive Behaviors in Preschool Children
Chris K. Varley, University of Washington Medical Center, Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center, Seattle, WA

The Preschool ADHD Treatment Study (PATS Study)
Larry L. Greenhill, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY

Managing Disruptive Preschool Children with ADHD in a Pediatric Office
Suzanne Dixon, University of Washington, University of California San Diego, Emeritus

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8:00am–11:00am
5233—Direct Observation of Residents in Their Natural Habitat: Documenting ACGME Competencies and Giving Feedback in a Busy Clinical Setting
PAS Educational Workshop
Leader: Ellie Hamburger, Washington, DC; Co-leaders: Dale Coddington, Sandra Cuzzi, J. Lindsey Lane, Joseph O. Lopreiato

Direct observation of residents in the clinical setting is now mandated by the RRC and AAMC as a method to document competence in patient care, communication skills and professionalism. Who has the time? How many observations are needed? How can we standardize our observations to make them valid and reliable? This workshop will address those questions and more as we review potential uses for and pitfalls in direct observation. Using videos of resident encounters, participants will practice using two tools, one of which has been adapted for ACGME competency documentation. We will discuss th