Cohort I (2006-2009)
APA Educational Scholars Program is offered to members of the Pediatric Academic Societies who wish to earn a Certificate of Excellence in Educational Scholarship. The curriculum includes didactic sessions, participation in and review of workshops, and a mentored project. Scholars will be expected to complete the full curriculum, including projects, over 3-4 years.
Cohort I, including 30 scholars, was recruited in Fall 2006 and began the program in May 2006.
Educational Scholars, Cohort I (2006-2009)
| Last Name | First Name | Institution | Project Title |
| Blankenburg | Rebecca | Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford Univ | Brief Observation and Self-Reflection Tool for Critical Patient Interventions |
| Burke | Ann | Wright State University School of Medicine | Faculty Experience with Creating Their Own Individualized Learning Plans: A Pilot Study |
| Caudle | Suzette | Carolinas Medical Center | Is a New Approach to Journal Club Effective in Teaching Pediatric Residents? |
| Clark | Melinda | Albany Medical Center | Efficient and Effective Oral Health Education for Pediatricians |
| Dattner | Laura | SUNY Downstate | Can Structured Clinical Observations be used to help teach pediatric residents professionalism and interpersonal and communication skills? |
| DiPace | Jennifer | NYPH - Weill Cornell Medical Center | Development, Implementation, and Evaluation of a Breastfeeding Curriculum in Pediatric Residency Programs in Two Urban Academic Medical Centers |
| Fenick | Ada | Yale University | Evaluation of Education about Obesity in Residency |
| Gauthier | Claude | Mercer University School of Medicine | Implementation and evaluation of a formal longitudinal educational experience in the primary care of NICU graduates for family medicine residents |
| Hobson-Rohrer | Wendy | University of Utah | Development and Evaluation of Continuity Curriculum across Multiple and Varied Continuity Sites |
| Holmes | Alison | Dartmouth Medical School | A Breastfeeding Curriculum for Family Practice Residents |
| Howard | Cynthia | University of Minnesota | The evaluation of the new Global Health Track in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Minnesota |
| Hsu | Deborah | Baylor College of Medicine | The Pediatric Emergency Medicine Patient Perception Survey: Development of an Instrument to Measure Patient Perception with Medical Care Delivered by Resident Physicians in a Pediatric Emergency Department |
| Kersten | Hans | St. Christopher's Hospital for Children | Critically Appraised Topic (CATs) Introduction to Residents and EBM Behaviors Measurement |
| Loren | David | University of Washington | Disclosing medical errors: A pediatric resident education intervention |
| Mangiameli | Susan | Stony Brook University Hospital | Resident Education Program in Otitis Media (REPOM): |
| McGookin | Edward | Brown University School of Medicine | Design, Implementation and Evaluation of Effective Web-based Resident Education: Teaching Asthma Care |
| Mihalic | Angela | University of Texas Southwestern Medical School | Evaluating the Impact of a Pediatric Cultural Competency Curriculum at UT Southwestern |
| Mutnick | Andrew | Columbia University | Conflict Resolution in the Medical Setting:Â A Model for Medical Student and Resident Education |
| Paik | Steve | Columbia University | Teaching Cultural Competency through the "Reflective Practitioner" Framework for Conflict Resolution |
| Palazzi | Debra | Baylor College of Medicine | Prevention in Pediatric Infectious Diseases |
| Petershack | Jean | Univ. of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio | Design, Implementation and Critical Evaluation of Web-Enhanced Curricula for 3rd Year Medical Students and Pediatric Residents in the UTHSCSA Nurseries |
| Rougas | Stacie | University of Oklahoma Health Science Center | Transitioning chronically ill children to adult medical homes |
| Sanguino | Sandra | Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine | The use of video-recording and an individual learning prescription to improve oral case presentations |
| Smart | Katharine | Alberta Children's Hospital | Development of a Short Course Training Program in Pediatric Emergency Medicine in Lao People's Democratic Republic (PDR) |
| Solomon |
Barry |
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine | Clinical Skills Training in Pediatrics: Residents Teaching Students in the Preclinical Years |
| Ventre | Kathleen | Primary Children's Medical Center/University of Utah | Validation of a Computer Screen-Based Simulator for Assessment and Documentation of PALS Competency |
| Walls | Theresa | Children's National Medical Center | Outreach Education to Improve Management of Pediatric Interhospital Transport Patients |
| Whalen | Bonny | Children's Hospital at Dartmouth, Dartmouth-Hitchcock | The Use of an Online Evidence-Based Educational Module to Increase Pediatric Provider Breastfeeding Knowledge and Increase Breastfeeding Duration in a General Academic Pediatric Practice. |
| Williams | Tara | MetroHealth Medical Center | Impact of a Curriculum on the Use of Interpreters on Resident Interpersonal and Communication Skills with Limited English Proficiency (LEP) Patients |


