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Current Events

• QI: Learn more about the VIP network at http://www.vipnetwork.webs.com/
• Education: The PHM Roundtable Education Taskforce created a central repository of resources for all of the topics listed in the PHM Core Competencies. The repository can be accessed at http://sites.google.com/site/phmeducationresources/home. The core competencies themselves are available at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jhm.v5.2s/issuetoc.
• Fellowships: For more information on existing Hospital Medicine fellowship programs, check out the Fellows Corner at http://www.academicpeds.org/education/education_resident_corner.cfm
• Research: Learn more about the PRIS network at www.prisnetwork.org
• Strategic Planning (STP) Committee Activities: The STP Committee has recently issued an update on their work examining the pros/cons of each training/certification option for the field of pediatric hospital medicine. Review the STP summary of methods to learn more about the general approach they took. See the pros/cons list for the training/certification options the STP Committee reviewed, including Residency track, Extra training, No change, Focus of practice, and Fellowship, here. Finally, visit the STP blog (see blog site information for instructions) to see the public conversation and leave a public comment. Private comments to the STP Committee can be directed to PHM.StrategicPlanning@gmail.com or the Hospital Medicine SIG Co-Chairs.
• Joint Council: Through collaborative efforts of our three core societies (the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Academic Pediatric Association, and the Society of Hospital Medicine), we have created our annual tri-sponsored conference, have supported the development of our robust PRIS research network, and continue to foster activities in education, quality collaboratives, work force and practice management. Building on this foundation, and in an effort to formalize the roles and relationships with our core societies to better coordinate efforts on behalf of all of us and our patients and families, the Joint Council of Pediatric Hospital Medicine governance document was created. It was reviewed and is supported by the leadership of the core societies and was presented for discussion at the July Pediatric Hospital Medicine meeting in Kansas City.
  
  

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Upcoming Meetings:

• 5th Annual APA Leadership Meeting Developing Leaders in Pediatric Hospital Medicine
  July 18th-19th
  Meeting Registration Now OPEN
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• Pediatric Hospital Medicine 2012
  July 19-22
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April 2012 Newsletter Article

An amazing meeting is planned for the upcoming Hospital Medicine SIG meeting at the Pediatric Academic Societies meeting on SUNDAY, APRIL 29, 2012 from 12 PM to 3 PM in Republic A. We invite you all to attend and participate in this incredible program!

Similar to last year, we'll start with updates from the Pediatric Hospital Medicine (PHM) task forces that are related to ongoing projects in quality improvement (VIP network), research (PRIS network), and education (PHM Roundtable), and practice management (STP Committee). Facilitated breakout sessions will allow attendees to have input in the direction of these efforts. We'll also have a report from the Joint Council of Pediatric Hospital Medicine.

Then, we'll move on to SIG business, including our first ever election! We have several terrific candidates, including Shelley Wells Collins, Nora Esteban, Bryan Fine, Vineeta Mittal, Nena Osorio, and Neha Shah. Each candidate will have three minutes to present their platform. Hospital Medicine SIG members will be receiving a SurveyMonkey invitation to review the candidates' platforms and cast their ballot. The election will close a week after PAS.

Finally, we'll wrap up with an incredible Journal Editor panel. Several journal editors will discuss areas of interest to the journals that intersect with hospital medicine. After presentations by each editor, there will be an opportunity for questions from the audience. So come prepared to ask questions about manuscript submissions!

Here are the details of the planned agenda:

12:00 pm - 12:30 pm	Updates from Pediatric Hospital Medicine roundtable groups, including: Shawn Ralston representing the VIP network Raj Srivastava representing the PRIS network Mary Ottolini and/or Jennifer Maniscalco representing the Education Taskforce Chris Maloney representing the Strategic Planning Committee Erin Stucky Fisher representing the Joint Council of Pediatric Hospital Medicine
12:30 pm - 1:00 pm	Breakout sessions for Pediatric Hospital Medicine roundtable groups
1:00 pm - 1:45 pm	SIG business Discussion about election process SIG co-chair candidates review platforms Plaque for Doug Thompson Announcements
1:45 pm - 2:00 pm	Break
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm	Publication panel Hospital Pediatrics -Shawn Ralston Pediatrics - Virginia Moyer Academic Pediatrics - Peter Szilagyi Journal of Pediatrics - Sarah Long and Thomas Welch Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine - Fred Rivara and/or Ron Keren Hospital Medicine - TBD

We're pretty certain this will be the *best* SIG meeting ever, so we are looking forward to seeing you there.

In addition, we'd also like to congratulate the National Pediatric Nighttime Curriculum project, a collaboration between the PHM Education Task Force and APPD Curriculum Task Force, for being awarded the APA Ray E. Helfer Award for Innovation in Medical Education. Special congratulations go to Becky Blankenburg for leading the project, as well as the steering committee (Nicole Paradise Black, Jennifer Maniscalco, Barrett Fromme, Cindy Ferrell, Christine Skurkis, Erin Augustine, Jessie Myers, Lou Ann Cooper, and Lynn Kahana) and all the task force members who contributed to the project. Results of the pilot study will be presented at the APA Presidential Plenary Session at PAS, Monday April 30 at 2:15 pm.

Also, if you haven't already checked it out, be sure to take a look at the meeting website for Pediatric Hospital Medicine 2012 at http://www.academicpeds.org/PHM2012/hospitalmed.cfm. The program is incredible and offers valuable networking opportunities, educational workshops and lectures, as well as posters and exhibits. There have been record numbers of workshop, abstract, and conundrum submissions, and an additional clinical track has been added called "Clinical Hands On" for even more material than years past. Our keynote speaker will be Robert Wachter, widely regarded as the "father of hospital medicine". Discussions about our future as a field will be woven throughout the meeting, and we are setting up a social media platform. Our closing plenary speaker is Joseph Gilhooly, the head of the Pediatric Residency Review Committee. Registration is open now so sign up!

We are also incredibly fortunate that the 5^th annual APA leadership precourse will immediately precede PHM 2012 and it will focus on developing pediatric hospitalist leaders. The program and associated materials are available at http://www.academicpeds.org/PHM2012/leadership.cfm. Highlights include valuable networking opportunities, workshops to develop leadership skills, and a peer mentoring project that culminates in feedback from a panel of four department of pediatrics chairs. Again, registration is open so be sure to sign up as soon as possible! A discount is available if you sign up for both meetings.

Other important dates to remember include:

• April 27, 2012 2^nd Annual Advancing Quality Improvement Science for Children's Healthcare Research - APA Conference for Pediatric Quality Improvement Methods, Research, and Evaluation, Boston, MA
• April 28-May 1, 2012 Pediatric Academic Societies 2012, Boston, MA
• July 18-19, 2012 5^th Annual APA Leadership Meeting - Developing Leaders in Pediatric Hospital Medicine, Cincinnati, OH
• July 19-22, 2012 Pediatric Hospital Medicine 2012, Northern Kentucky Convention Center( directly across from Cincinnati, OH )

Please take advantage of these opportunities for personal and professional growth and to contribute to advancements in Pediatric Hospital Medicine.

SIG Co-Chairs:
Jeff Simmons
jeffrey.simmons@cchmc.org

Tamara Simon
Tamara.Simon@seattlechildrens.org

Doug Thompson
ethompso@drexelmed.edu

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Resources

• American Academy of Pediatrics activities: http://www.aap.org/sections/hospcare/default.cfm
  
  
• Coming up for promotion and need external evaluators?
• Resources for the Academic Hospitalist (Last updated December 2010)

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Past Meetings

Pediatric Hospital Medicine Roundtable

Pediatric Hospital Medicine meetings

2011 Pediatric Hospital Medicine Conference

2010 Pediatric Hospital Medicine Conference

2009 Pediatric Hospital Medicine Conference

2008 Pediatric Hospital Medicine Conference

2007 Pediatric Hospital Medicine Conference

2005 Pediatric Hospital Medicine Conference

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Previous Newsletters

• February 2012
• October 2011
• August 2011
• June 2011
• April 2011
• December 2010
• October 2010
• August 2010
• June 2010
• February 2010

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Current SIG Co-Chairs:

Jeffrey M. Simmons, MD
3333 Burnet Avenue, MLC 7035
Cincinnati, OH 45229-3039
Phone: (513) 636-6601
Jeffrey.Simmons@cchmc.org

Tamara D. Simon, MD, MSPH
Seattle Children's Research Inst. Bldg 1, M/S C9S-10
Seattle, WA 98101
Phone: (206) 884-1136
Tamara.Simon@seattlechildrens.org

Eric (Doug) Thompson, MD
Erie Ave. at Front St.
Philadelphia, PA 19134
Phone: (215) 427-8945
eric.thompson@drexelmed.edu