Pediatric Medical Education Research Collaborative (P-MERC)

We are here for you! The P-MERC offers opportunities for one-time consultations, on-going project collaboration, and general mentorship in educational research and scholarship. Please fill out the request on Qualtrics here.

A good mentor-mentee relationship isn’t always as easy to develop as it looks! Find some advice, tools and resources here to enhance your mentorship circle.

Resources:

• Check out local resources through the Office of Academic Advancement and Professional Development
• Indiana University and the University of Wisconsin both have collated a large number of mentoring resources and toolkits
• The American Academy of Pediatrics offers a Mentorship Program to promote career and leadership development. Click here to look for mentors and mentees from all over the country.
• The AAP Mentor Handbook
• The Association of Pediatric Program Directors also has a mentorship subgroup you can view here
• The American Psychological Association Guide to Mentoring can be found here
• MedEdMentor

Articles:

• Mentoring in Medicine: Forms, Concepts and Experiences
• Mentoring in Academic Medicine: A systematic review
• Making the Most of Mentors: A Guide for Mentees

Courses, Workshops, Certificates:

• APA Med Ed fellowship (Educational scholars program) - a 3-year national faculty development program for academic pediatric educators who wish to build their skills in educational scholarship and leadership
• Pediatric Educator Excellence (APEX) – a longitudinal program for pediatric hospitalist interested in expanding your teaching skills and competence in evidence-based educational strategies
• Association of Pediatric Program Directors APPD LEAD - a 9-month educational program that provides outstanding training for educators aspiring to develop the knowledge and skills needed to advance leadership skills in medical education
• Professional Development and Teaching Opportunities - This repository is a communal resource for those in the Yale medical community looking to advance their medical education scholarship and find teaching opportunities.

National and International Conferences:

• Association of Pediatric Program Directors (APPD)
  
• Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE)
  
• The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)
• The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC)
  
• International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE)
  
• Northeastern Group on Educational Affairs (NEGEA)
  
• Pediatric Academic Society (PAS)
  
• The Generalists in Medical Education

A collaborative meeting for medical educators to gather and support one another to develop, write and publish ideas relevant to medicine and medical education.

• Pitch an idea to get feedback
• Discuss your challenges with projects and writing
• Meet others and form a new collaboration
• Set a personal goal to accomplish by the next meeting – we are accountable to one another
• Experience peer mentorship
• Revise and edit abstract/publication drafts
• Share practical solutions to common obstacles in finishing a project
• Be inspired and encouraged

Anyone! The group is open to students, trainees, junior and senior faculty members from all Pediatric Sections, Med-Peds, and Pediatric surgical specialties.

Writing groups have been shown to foster community, increase productivity, and lead to successful promotion.

Goldman MP, Campbell KL, Sousa D, Doolittle BR. A new skill is needed in the emergency department: Introducing ourselves properly. Acad Emerg Med. 2022 Jan;29(1):131-132. doi: 10.1111/acem.14414. Epub 2021 Nov 23. PMID: 34751968.

Langhan ML, Tiyyagura G. Revise and Resubmit. Acad Pediatr. 2022 Jul;22(5):711-712. doi: 10.1016/j.acap.2022.02.002. Epub 2022 Feb 10. PMID: 35151927.

Lee ME, Karnik R, Soffer G, Langhan M, Doolittle B. “Yale Medical Education Writing Project Innovation Lab – A Multidisciplinary Faculty Working Group Effectively Boosting Collaboration and Productivity.” Presented at: Medical Education Day at Yale 2023; June 1, 2023; New Haven, CT [virtual conference]. (Poster).

Lee ME, Price J, Schauer J, Carlozzi L, Virk K, Freeman K, Lee J, Johnston TA, Bhat A. Enhanced congenital cardiac surgery knowledge with multidisciplinary collaborative education series for paediatric cardiology fellows and nurse practitioners. Cardiol Young. 2023 Jul 26:1-5. Doi: 10.1017/S1047951123002603. PMID: 37493038.

Steinert Y, McLeod PJ, Liben S, Snell L. Writing for publication in medical education: the benefits of a faculty development workshop and peer writing group. Med Teach. 2008;30(8):e280-5. doi: 10.1080/01421590802337120. PMID: 18946816.

Grzybowski SC, Bates J, Calam B, Alred J, Martin RE, Andrew R, Rieb L, Harris S, Wiebe C, Knell E, Berger S. A physician peer support writing group. Fam Med. 2003 Mar;35(3):195-201. PMID: 12670113.

Sonnad SS, Goldsack J, McGowan KL. A writing group for female assistant professors. J Natl Med Assoc. 2011 Sep-Oct;103(9-10):811-5. doi: 10.1016/s0027-9684(15)30434-x. PMID: 22364047.

Fleming LW, Malinowski SS, Fleming JW, Brown MA, Davis CS, Hogan S. The impact of participation in a Research/Writing Group on scholarly pursuits by non-tenure track clinical faculty. Curr Pharm Teach Learn. 2017 May;9(3):486-490. doi: 10.1016/j.cptl.2016.12.004. Epub 2017 Apr 29. PMID: 29233289.

Houfek JF, Kaiser KL, Visovsky C, Barry TL, Nelson AE, Kaiser MM, Miller CL. Using a writing group to promote faculty scholarship. Nurse Educ. 2010 Jan-Feb;35(1):41-5. doi: 10.1097/NNE.0b013e3181c42133. PMID: 20010271.

Ben Doolittle

Madonna Lee

Melissa Langhan

These articles present some articles that give a general overview of educational research and scholarship:

• Conducting Educational Research from Design To Dissemination, click to see PDF
• Scholarship Toolkit, click to see PDF
• Educational Research Guideline, click to see document
• Five steps to Publication, click to see PDF
• A Primer on Med Ed Research, click to see PDF
• The Research Compass: An introduction to research in medical education, click to see PDF
  

• Overview of Conceptual Frameworks, click to see PDF
• Kerns 6 Step Curriculum Development, click to see PDF
• Kirkpatrick Model for Outcomes Evaluation, click to see document
• CIPP Model for Outcomes Evaluation, click to see PDF
• Medical Education Research Study Quality Instrument (MERSQI), click to see PDF
• Instruments for Measuring Clinical Environment, click to see PDF
• Choosing Statistical tests:
  • A Clinician-Educator’s Roadmap to Choosing and Interpreting Statistical Tests
  • Diagrammatic Approach to Choosing Summary Measures, Statistical Tests and Methods
  • Glossary of Terms
• Program Evaluation Models and Related Theories
• Learn, See, Practice, Do, Maintain: An Evidence-based Pedagogical Framework for Procedural Skill Training in Medicine

• ABC of Learning and Teaching in Medicine: Curriculum Design
  
• Curriculum Development Worksheet
  
• Kern’s Six Step approach to Curriculum Development
  

• Debrief2Learn
• Pediatric Simulation-based Medical Education at Yale: Best Practices, Resources, Opportunities (PowerPoint)

SYNAPSE

• Hospital simulation center- focus on hospital staff, improvement efforts
  
• Application process for programs (services include educator consult, technician, resources)
• Many pediatric simulators/skills trainers, educators/facilitators/technicians/actors
• Course work: intro to sim/experiential learning, debriefing, advanced debriefing

• Medical school center- focus on students/university/research
  
• Many pediatric simulators/skills trainers, educators/facilitators/technicians/actors
• Course work: debriefing, journal clubs
• ** sim fellowship, ** grants/research program

• Standardized patient program: clinical skills rooms at medical school (Harkness)
• Nursing school simulation center
• EMS simulation center
• Sim resources: PALS, NRP, EMS, VR, EMSC

• Click here to view July 2021 - Volume 96 - Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs): Current State and Future Directions

• Item Writing Guide and Free Online Item Writing Tutorial: The National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME) Item Writing Guide and Tutorial are resources for educators interested in learning how to write quality test items. The NBME Item Writing Guide incorporates lessons that NBME staff have learned from decades of collaborating and developing exam questions and conducting workshops with medical educators globally.
• NBME Learning Resources: Unlocking Assessment is a new video series that helps students and residents see how a panel of their peers, as well as a team of licensed physicians, approach NBME® test questions used to measure their clinical knowledge. Each episode focuses on a different patient scenario and includes an interactive discussion.
• United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) Sample Items: Sample items for USMLE are available as a resource for educators and students.

• On Racism: A New Standard For Publishing On Racial Health Inequities | Health Affairs
• Misrepresenting Race — The Role of Medical Schools in Propagating Physician Bias | NEJM
• Structural competency Rubric PDF
• Click here for the Scoring Tool

• Academic Pediatric Association
• Alliance for Clinical Education
• American Board of Internal Medicine
• American Medical Association (AMA)
• Association of American Medical Colleges
• Generalists in Medical Education
• National Board of Medical Examiners
• Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates
• Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research
• Association of Standardized Patient Educators (ASPE)
• International Association of Medical Science Educators
• Society for Simulation in Healthcare
• Council on Medical Student Education in Pediatrics (COMSEP)
• Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM)
• Society for Academic Continuing Medical Education
• American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine
• Northeast Group on Educational Affairs (NEGEA) of the AAMC

• Association for Medical Education in Europe
• Association for the Study of Medical Education (ASME)
• European Medical Students Association (EMSA)
• Gesellschaft fur Medizinische Ausbildung (GMA)
• International Federation of Medical Students Associations (IFMSA)
• National Association of Clinical Tutors (NACT)
• Sociedad Española De Educación Médica (SEDEM)
• World Federation for Medical Education (WFME)
• Canadian Association for Medical Education (CAME)
• International Association of Medical Science Educators
• Medical Council of Canada
• Medical Protection Society
• MEDINE: Medicine Thematic Network
• General Medical Council

• Academic Pediatrics
• Academic Medicine
• Teaching and Learning in Medicine
• Medical Teacher
• Medical Education
• Advances in Health Science Education
• BMC Medical Education
• MedEdPortal
• Medical Education Online
• JGME
• GMS Journal for Medical Education
• Perspectives on Medical Education
• International Journal of Medical Education
• Advances in Medical Education and Practice
• Journal of Medical Education and Curricular Development
• MedEd Publish
• The Clinical Teacher
• Medical Science Educator
• Education for Primary Care

• JANE: Journal/Author Name Estimator
• Web of Science Manuscript Matcher
  
• Identify trusted Journals and Publishers here

• Manuscript Checklist
• Resource on different reporting guidelines PDF
  
• GREET: Guidelines for reporting evidence-based practice Educational Interventions and Teaching PDF
• Reporting on OSCEs checklist PDF
• Qualitative research reporting guidelines PDF
  
• Simulation reporting guidelines PDF
  
• Standardized patient reporting guidelines PDF

Implementation and Maturity of Clinical Learning Environment Components Across Pediatric Residency Programs. Zwemer E, Serwint JR, Sieplinga K, Wilson PM, Webber S, Lien ER, Babal JC, Donnelly KM, Nichols MH, Batra M, Schwartz A, Reese JW.Acad Pediatr. 2023 Sep-Oct;23(7):1301-1306. doi: 10.1016/j.acap.2023.04.008. Epub 2023 Apr 23.PMID: 37094643

Master clinical teachers and personalised learning. Fowler MJ, Crook TW, Russell RG, Cutrer WB.Clin Teach. 2023 Apr;20(2):e13562. doi: 10.1111/tct.13562. Epub 2023 Feb 9.PMID: 36760070

Competencies for the Use of Artificial Intelligence-Based Tools by Health Care Professionals. Russell RG, Lovett Novak L, Patel M, Garvey KV, Craig KJT, Jackson GP, Moore D, Miller BM.Acad Med. 2023 Mar 1;98(3):348-356. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000004963. Epub 2022 Sep 6.PMID: 36731054

Using Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning to Identify Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Residency Values in Applications. Drum B, Shi J, Peterson B, Lamb S, Hurdle JF, Gradick C.Acad Med. 2023 Nov 1;98(11):1278-1282. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000005352. Epub 2023 Jul 27.PMID: 37506388

Uses of Electronic Health Record Data to Measure the Clinical Learning Environment of Graduate Medical Education Trainees: A Systematic Review. Lees AF, Beni C, Lee A, Wedgeworth P, Dzara K, Joyner B, Tarczy-Hornoch P, Leu M.Acad Med. 2023 Nov 1;98(11):1326-1336. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000005288. Epub 2023 Jun 1.PMID: 37267042

Advocacy Curricula in Graduate Medical Education: an Updated Systematic Review from 2017 to 2022. Agrawal N, Lucier J, Ogawa R, Arons A.J Gen Intern Med. 2023 Sep;38(12):2792-2807. doi: 10.1007/s11606-023-08244-x. Epub 2023 Jun 20.PMID: 37340255

Are Final Residency Milestones Correlated With Early Fellowship Performance in Pediatrics? Reed S, Mink R, Stanek J, Tyrrell L, Li ST.Acad Med. 2023 Sep 1;98(9):1069-1075. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000005215. Epub 2023 Mar 22.PMID: 36972134

Family-Educator Partnership in the Development of Entrustable Professional Activities in Complex Care. Huth K, Henry D, Cribb Fabersunne C, Coleman CL, Frank B, Schumacher DJ, Shah N.Acad Med. 2023 Mar 1;98(3):342-347. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000005095. Epub 2022 Nov 15.PMID: 36512821

Incorporating Community Member Perspectives to Inform a Resident Health Equity Curriculum. Lichtenstein C, Baiyewu M, Bhansali P.J Grad Med Educ. 2023 Dec;15(6):718-725. doi: 10.4300/JGME-D-23-00373.1.PMID: 38045947

Discrimination 911: A Novel Response Framework to Teach Bystanders to Become Upstanders When Facing Microaggressions. Rubenstein J, Rahiem S, Nelapati SS, Arevalo Soriano T, Tatem A.Acad Med. 2023 Jul 1;98(7):800-804. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000005171. Epub 2023 Jun 23.PMID: 36795599

Read CE, Tracz JA, Mhaimeed N, Mainville RN, Elzie CA. Examination of residency program websites for the use of gendered language and imagery. BMC Med Educ. 2023 Sep 26;23(1):697. doi: 10.1186/s12909-023-04677-4. PMID: 37752546; PMCID: PMC10523617.

Culture and language coaching for bilingual residents: the first 10 years of the CHiCoS model. Cowden JD, Martinez FJ, Dickmeyer JJ, Bratcher D.Teach Learn Med. 2023 Oct-Dec;35(5):589-600. doi: 10.1080/10401334.2022.2092113. Epub 2022 Jun 30.PMID: 35770421

Upholding Our PROMISE: Underrepresented in Medicine Pediatric Residents' Perspectives on Interventions to Promote Belonging. Yemane L, Kas-Osoka O, Burns A, Blankenburg R, Prakash LK, Poitevien P, Schwartz A, Lucas CT, Marbin J.Acad Med. 2023 Dec 1;98(12):1434-1442. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000005443. Epub 2023 Aug 30.PMID: 37643583

Experiences of Discrimination, Institutional Responses to Seminal Race Events, and Depressive Symptoms in Black U.S. Medical Students. Milam AJ; Brown I; Johnson JE; McDougle L; Sousa A; Furr-Holden D Academic Medicine. 2022; 97: 876–883

Narrative Assessments in Higher Education: A Scoping Review to Identify Evidence-Based Quality Indicators. Chakroun M, Dion VR, Ouellet K, Graillon A, De´silets V, Xhignesse M, St-Onge C Academic Medicine. 2022;97:1699-1706

Bridge Builders: A Qualitative Study of Fellows’ Successful Supervision of Residents. Chiel L*, Winthrop Z*, Huth K, Gross C*, Gomez A*, Marcus C, and Winn A Academic Medicine. 2022; 97:1195-1202.

Teaching Medical Students to Teach: A Narrative Review and Literature-Informed Recommendations for Student-as-Teacher Curricula. Cohen A, Steinert Y, Ruano Cea E Academic Medicine. 2022; 97:909-922

Council Of Medical Student Education in Pediatrics (COMSEP)

Uma Phatak, Rachel Johnson, Ada Fenick, Michael Goldman:

• “Leveraging Medical Students’ Experiences with Social Determinants of Health (SDHs) During their Pediatric Clerkship to Drive Curriculum.”

Rachel Johnson, Michael Goldman, Uma Phatak. “Impact of Critical Care Rotation on Medical Student Education During the Pediatric Clerkship.”

Association of Pediatric Program Directors

Farzana Pashankar:

• “Support for IMG Trainees on Visas.” Virtual Café Panelist.

Melissa Langhan:

• “Ensuring psychological safety and emotional well-being during remediation: protecting your residents, fellows and yourself.” Workshop presenter.
• “Many Pediatric Subspecialty Fellows Do Not Achieve the Expected Minimum Level of Supervision for Graduation After Two Years of Training.” Poster presentation
• “Equations to predict milestone levels from entrustable professional activities level of supervision ratings for the subspecialties.” Poster presentation

Pediatric Academic Society

Christie Bruno:

• “Research in Fellowship: Results from Past ONTPD Surveys.” Invited Speaker, Organization of Neonatal Training Program Directors.

Magna Dias:

• “Supporting community PHM to host fellows.” Invited workshop facilitator.

Melissa Langhan:

• “Supporting Pediatric Subspecialty Trainees Through Remediation: The Fellowship Directors' Perspective.” Poster presentation
• “Many Pediatric Subspecialty Fellows Do Not Achieve the Expected Minimum Level of Supervision for Graduation After Two Years of Training.” Poster presentation.

Michael Goldman:

• “Usability Testing Via Simulation: Optimizing the NEAR4PEM Pre-Intubation Checklist.” Poster presentation.

American Academy of Pediatrics

Uma Phatak, Rachel Johnson, Ada Fenick, Michael Goldman:

• “Leveraging Medical Students’ Experiences with Social Determinants of Health (SDHs) During their Pediatric Clerkship to Drive Curriculum.” Poster at Connecticut Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare

Isabel Gross:

• “Implementing Culturally Adapted Pediatric Emergency Medicine Curriculum Through Distance Simulation Using the Virtual Resuscitation Room in Pakistan.”
• “Get Ready Simulationists: Implementing Guidelines for Distance Simulation Educators.”

Michael Goldman:

• “Utilizing Simulation for Usability Testing of the NEAR-4-PEM Pre-intubation checklist.”

Other Meetings

Frances Cheng:

• Pediatric Hospital Medicine Annual Conference, Global Health Education in Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellowships in the U.S.”

Gary Soffer:

• Sackler School of Medicine. “Navigating Residency Applications.” Invited Speaker

Julie Goodwin:

• Bi-Annual National Education Meeting for Pediatrics in Finland, “Medical Education in the United States.” Invited Speaker.

Michael Goldman:

• The National Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellows Conference.
  • “Pediatric Emergency Airway Management.”
  • “Precepting Pearls Workshop.”

Magna Dias:

• Society of Hospital Medicine, Elevation Mentor

Isabel Gross:

• Fellow of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare

Lindsay Johnston:

• Accreditation appeals panel for Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
• Association of Pediatric Program Directors, Spring Meeting Planning Committee
• National Multispecialty Flipped Classroom Curriculum for Pediatric Fellowships, Steering Committee Chair
  

Ruchika Karnik:

• Society of Pediatric Echocardiography, Education Committee Member
• American Board of Pediatrics, Subspecialty Milestones 2.0 to Entrustable Professional Activity Mapping Project

Anthony Porto:

• North American Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Vice Chair, Public Education Committee

Antonio Riera:

• CHOP Global Health Pilot, “Longitudinal Pediatric POCUS Program Development at Rober Reid Cabral Children’s Hospital – Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic”

Antonio Riera:

• Dox Foundation Grants, “Pediatric POCUS Workshop – Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic”

Beverley Sheares:

• “Modeling Professional Attitudes and Teaching Humanistic Communication to Remedy Implicit Bias and Promote Cultural Humility in Healthcare (MPathic-IBCH)”

Isabel Gross:

• Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM), “High-risk, low-frequency pediatric procedural training: simulation-based pediatric emergent airway curriculum for emergency medicine residents”

Rob Elder:

• American Heart Association, “Second Century Clinical Fellow Research Education Program”

Pnina Weiss: Selected for the Academic Pediatric Association, National Academy of Distinguished Educators in Pediatrics

Talwalkar JS, Fenick AM, editors. Yale Primary Care Pediatrics Curriculum. New Haven, CT: Yale. 2009-2023. Available at www.pcpc.yale.edu.

Boolchandani H, Chen L, Elder RW, Osborn R, Phatak UP, Puthenpura V, Sheares BJ, Tiyyagura G, Amster L, Lee S, Langhan ML. Identifying Gender and Racial Bias in Pediatric Fellowship Letters of Recommendation: Do Word Choices Influence Interview Decisions? J Pediatr. 2024 Feb;265:113843.

Lovinsky-Desir S, Riley IL, Bryant-Stephens T, De Keyser H, Forno E, Kozik AJ, Louisias M, Matsui EC, Sheares BJ, Thakur N, Apter AJ, Beck AF, Bentley-Edwards KL, Berkowitz C, Braxton C, Dean J, Jones CP, Koinis-Mitchell D, Okelo SO, Taylor-Cousar JL, Teach SJ, Wechsler ME, Gaffin JM, Federico MJ.. Research Priorities in Pediatric Asthma Morbidity: Addressing the Impact of Systemic Racism on Children with Asthma in the United States: AN OFFICIAL ATS WORKSHOP REPORT. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2024 Oct;21(10):1349-1364. doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.202407-767ST.PMID: 39352175

Baugh AD, Akgün KM, Rusk A, Adelson VA, Afolabi F, Crowder S, Ferreira JC, Gurubhagavatula I, Lovinsky-Desir S, Lawrence K, Myers LC, Niranjan SJ, Schotland H, Sheares BJ, Sullivan DR, Wisnivesky J, Sweet SC. Keeping Race and Diversity Relevant in Medical Education. Annals ATS. 2024 Oct;21(10):1365-1371. doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.202403-322PS.PMID: 39078251

Forman K, Bruno CJ, Izatt S, Fuloria M, Adams A, Kim M, Zuber J, Cano N, LaTuga MS. Building Relationships: Advanced Practice Providers and Fellows in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine. Am J Perinatol. 2023 Aug 4. doi: 10.1055/s-0043-1771503. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37541311.

Johnston LC, Fernandez Dyess N, Glass K, O’Dea, C, Myers P, Bruno C(Editor), Dadiz R. Neonatal Simulation: A Compilation of Team-Based Scenarios, Kindle Edition 2024

Lenzen C, Coria A, Hofto M, Pitt MB, Cheng FY, Mediratta R. (2024) Global Health Education in Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellowships in the U.S. Hospital Pediatrics. Jun 1;14(6):499-506. doi: 10.1542/hpeds.2023-007575.

Tiyyagura G, Weiss J, Goldman MP, Crawley DM, Langhan ML. Selection and Recruitment Strategies among Competitive Pediatric Training Program and the Impact of Diversity. Acad Pediatr. 2024 Mar; 24(2): 338-346. PMID37748536

Duff JP, Morse KJ, Seelandt J, Gross IT, Lydston M, Sargeant J, Dieckmann P, Allen JA, Rudolph JW, Kolbe M. Debriefing Methods for Simulation in Healthcare: A Systematic Review. Simul Healthc. 2024 Jan 1;19(1S):S112-S121.

Stefanidis D, Cook D, Kalantar-Motamedi SM, Muret-Wagstaff S, Calhoun AW, Lauridsen KG, Paige JT, Lockey A, Donoghue A, Hall AK, Patocka C, Palaganas J, Gross IT, Kessler D, Vermylen J, Lin Y, Aebersold M, Chang TP, Duff J, Kolbe M, Rutherford-Hemming T, Decker S, Collings A, Toseef Ansari M. Society for Simulation in Healthcare Guidelines for Simulation Training. Simul Healthc. 2024 Jan 1;19(1S):S4-S22.

Charnetski MD, Wawersik D, Palaganas JC, Duff JP, Bailey SKT, Ramachandra G, Birido N, Elkin R, Nair B, Thurber P, Gross IT. Understanding the Effects of Health Care Distance Simulation: A Systematic Review. Simul Healthc. 2024 Jan 1;19(1S):S57-S64.

Birido N, Brown KM, Olmo Ferrer D, Friedland R, Bailey SKT, Wawersik D, Charnetski M, Nair B, Kutzin JM, Gross IT*, Palaganas JC*. Health Care Simulation in Person and at a Distance: A Systematic Review. Simul Healthc. 2024 Jan 1;19(1S):S65-S74. doi: 10.1097/SIH.0000000000000763. PMID: 38240620.

Joshi N, Loyal J. Using an Innovative Model to Improve Performance of the Infant Hip Exam. Hospital Pediatrics, 2024. Aug 1;14(8):666-673. doi: 10.1542/hpeds.2023-007504.

Johnston L, Aylor M, Thoreson L, Alpert K. Leading from the Middle: Important skills for clinical educators to bring out the best in their teams. Acad Peds. 2024 March [online prior to print] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acap.2024.02.011

Czaja AS, Mink R, Herman BE, Wiess P, Turner DA, Curran ML, Stafford DEJ, Myers AL, Langhan ML. Exploring factors for implementation of EPAs in pediatric subspecialty fellowships: A qualitative study of program directors. Journal of Medical Education and Curricular Development, 2024; 11:1-8.

Ngo TL, Caglar D, Yanek L, Baghdassarian A, Eckerle M, Nagler J, Rose JA, Tavarez M, Benedict FT, Langhan M. The COVID Cohort: PEM Fellowship during a pandemic. Cureus. DOI: 10.7759/cureus

Langhan ML, Boyer DL, Hsu D, Moffatt ME, Pitts SA, Atlas MP, Aye T, Chess P, Curran ML, Czaja AS, Dammann C, Fussell J, George RP, Herman BE, High P, James SH, Kamin DS, Karnik R, Kesselheim J, Lopez MA, Mahan JD, McFadden V, McGann KA, Mehta JJ, Rama J, Robinson BW, Sauer C, Stafford DEJ, Turner DA, Weiss P, Yussman SM, Schwartz A, Mink R. Facilitating the Implementation of Entrustable Professional Activities in Pediatric Fellowships. Pediatrics, 2024. In press.

Wing R, Goldman MP, Prieto M, Miller K, Baluyot M, Tay KY, Larsen E, Patel D, Bharath A, Greenwald E, Kerrey B, Polikoff L, Nishisaki A, Nagler J. “Usability Testing Via Simulation: Optimizing the NEAR4PEM Pre-Intubation Checklist with a Human Factors Approach.” Pediatric Emergency Care. 2024 Aug 1;40(8):575-581. doi: 10.1097/PEC.0000000000003223.

Bockrath R, Cynthia O, Trainor J, Wang H, Phatak UP, Richards D, Keeley M, Chung E. Education scholarship assessment reconsidered: expansion of Glassick’s criteria to incorporate health equity. Acad Med 2024;99:487-92

Porto A. Bytes of Health, Pediatric Edition Podcast - Co-founded podcast with daily 5-minute parent education episodes.

• Association Between Funding and Quality of Published Medical Education Research
  
• Academic Pediatric Association
• Spencer Foundation
  • Small Research Grant
  • Large Research Grant
    
  • Research Practice Partnerships
  • Racial Equity Special Research Grants
    
• Teleflex - funding for medical education programs
• Alfred P Sloan Foundation
• AMA
• Gold Foundation - support the research and development of innovative projects within the graduate medical education setting, designed to facilitate successful patient-centered care initiatives
  • Picker Gold Challenge Grants for Residency Training
  • Mapping the Landscape, Journeying Together
    
• Hearst Foundation – supports professional development for educators
• Society for Academic Emergency Medicine - foster innovation in teaching, education, and educational research in emergency medicine for faculty-, fellow-, resident- and medical student-level learners
• Macy Foundation - fostering innovation in clinical learning environments
• U.S. Department of Education – improvements in post-secondary education
• Alo Grant – focus on admissions and applicant assessment
• Society for Simulation in Healthcare
• National Institutes of Health (NIH)
• National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID)
• BEIGENE - supporting medical education programs
• AACOM
  
• International Network for Simulation-based Pediatric Innovation, Research & Education (INSPIRE) – simulation based research
• Group on Educational Affairs (GEA) – medical education across the continuum
  
• Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE) – international healthcare professions education
  
• Northeast Group on Educational Affairs (NEGEA) - medical education scholarship
  • Scholars Grants
• Astra Zeneca – supporting medical education activities
  
• Bristol Myers Squibb – support of evidence based educational activities in various areas of interest
  
• National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME) – innovative approaches in assessment of medical education
  
• Society for Academic Continuing Medical Education (SACME) – advancing CME to improve patient care
• Association of Standardized Patient Educators (ASPE) – projects using standardized patients
  
• International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE) – educational scholarship and curriculum innovation
  
• Council of Medical Student Education in Pediatrics (COMSEP) – innovative educational scholarship

The Barbara Ross-Lee, DO Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Award recognizes efforts to achieve diversity, equity, and inclusion in the graduate medical education (GME) community. This award celebrates initiatives in which diverse learners are developed, diverse faculties are constructed, and the GME community embraces differences and highlights them as examples of what is achievable. The award recognizes ACGME-accredited Sponsoring Institutions and programs, as well as specialty organizations working to diversify the underrepresented physician workforce and create inclusive workplaces that foster humane, civil, and equitable environments.

Click here for award information.

The AAP Section on Early Career Physicians (SOECP) invites nominations for the 2021 AAP SOECP Excellence in Education Award. One individual or entity of the American Academy of Pediatrics is awarded the SOECP Leadership in Advocacy Award each year. The award recipient will be honored during a virtual SOECP Networking and Awards Reception in 2021. The award provides full general registration for the 2021 AAP National Conference and Exhibition and a $1,000 honorarium.

• Advancement in Research Award
• Excellence in Education Award
• Leadership in Advocacy Award