3120 - Giving credit where credit is due: Building your pediatric global health fellowship and working towards accreditation

Monday, April 25, 2022

8:00 AM – 9:30 AM US MT

Location: Convention Center: 207

CE: Live CME: 1.5

Course Number: 3120

Leader(s)

Melissa Bauserman, MD MPH

Associate Professor of Pediatrics
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

Co-Leader(s)

Heather Crouse, MD

Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Divison of Emergency Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine / Texas Children's Hospital
Houston, Texas, United States
Andrew Steenhoff, MBBCh, DCH, FCPaed

Associate Professor & Medical Director, Global Health
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia & UPenn
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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Maneesh Batra, MD, MPH

Professor of Pediatrics - Neonatology, Global Health
Pediatrics
University of Washington School of Medicine
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Jeff Robison, MD

Associate Professor Pediatrics
University of Utah School of Medicine
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Michelle Eckerle, MD MPH

Associate Professor, Fellowship Director, Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Marideth Rus, MD, MEd

MD
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, United States
Jennifer Watts, MD, MPH

Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Children's Mercy Hospital
Kansas City, Missouri, United States

Participants should be aware of the following financial/non-financial relationships:

Melissa Bauserman, MD MPH: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Heather Crouse, MD: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Andrew P. Steenhoff, MBBCh: Copan Diagnostics (Currently Ongoing) (Products/Services: Research Support including clinical trials & the principal or named investigator)

Maneesh Batra, MD, MPH: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Jeff Robison, MD: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Michelle Eckerle, MD MPH: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Marideth Rus, MD, MEd: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Jennifer Watts, MD, MPH: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Nearly half of US pediatric fellowships offer global health (GH) experiences, and an increasing number of dedicated pediatric GH fellowship training programs have emerged. However, universal standards for fellowship training in pediatric GH within general pediatric and subspecialty fellowship programs are lacking. Beginning in 2019, a group of multidisciplinary pediatric GH educators began a process to accredit pediatric GH fellowship programs through the Academic Pediatric Association. The group’s mission is to advance the ethical and equitable practice of global child health by identifying standards for pediatric GH fellowships, providing guidance to training programs, and establishing a collaborative network of fellowship programs engaged in global child health. This interactive workshop is led by this multi-institutional group of educators who are designing this path towards accreditation. Our workshop is curated for pediatric GH educators, general academic pediatric and subspecialty fellowship program directors with an interest in expanding, standardizing, or creating GH fellowship programs. Participants will be equipped with the tools and knowledge needed to understand the pediatric GH fellowship accreditation process. Through self-assessments and small group activities, participants will appraise the current state of their GH offerings and set goals for further development of pediatric GH fellowship training opportunities. Participants will connect with other fellowship GH educators and be mentored by leaders of established GH fellowship programs. Workshop leaders are members of the national GH accreditation subcommittee and will facilitate small group sessions.