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Advocate, Negotiate, Vaccinate: Hot Topics for Today’s Pediatrician
June 1, 2019 @ 8:30 am - 1:30 pm
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FREE CME PROGRAM
Registration Deadline is May 23rd!
Presented by: NYS AAP – Chapter 3
Date: Saturday, June 1, 2019 from 8:00am – 1:30pm
Location: NYU School of Law, Lipton Hall, 110 West Third Street, New York, NY 10012
CME Hours: 3.5 AMA PRA Category I Credits™Tuition: Free for members of Chapter 3. (A $10 refundable deposit will secure your seat and will be refunded to you after you attend.) The fee for non-member pediatricians is $50.
OVERVIEW:
This ½ day CME program was created as a result of our Membership Survey. We’re pleased to offer it at no charge for Chapter 3 members as a member benefit (A $10 refundable deposit will secure your spot and will be refunded to you after you attend). Attendees will hear from advocacy experts on immigrant health and environmental health, learn how to navigate contracts and work challenges, and learn how to successfully address vaccine hesitancy and refusal. Breakfast and lunch are included. The registration deadline is May 23rd. Space is limited.
AGENDA:
8:00am Registration/Breakfast
9:00am Welcome and Introductions
Heather Brumberg, MD, MPH, FAAP
President, NYS AAP – Chapter 3
9:15am Advocating for Newly Arrived Immigrant Children and Families at the Border and Beyond
Moderator: Elie Ward, MSW
Director of Policy, Advocacy & External Relations, NYS AAP – Chapters 1, 2 & 3
Benard P. Dreyer, MD, FAAP
Professor of Pediatrics
Director of Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics
NYU School of Medicine
Director of Pediatrics, Bellevue Hospital Center
Objective: to understand how the US Border Patrol, Family Detention System, and Office of Refugee Resettlement process immigrants and asylees as they cross the southern border
Alan Shapiro, MD, FAAP
Senior Medical Director, Community Pediatric Programs
Children’s Hospital at Montefiore
Co-Founder and Medical Director
Terra Firma: Healthcare and Justice for Immigrant Children
Objective: to understand how the impact of Department Homeland Security policies of metering at the border, ORR influx shelters and ongoing separation is harmful to children, and how pediatricians can lend their voice and expertise to advocate for immigrant children
9:45am Healthy Children, Healthy Environments: From Research to Action
Moderator: Elie Ward, MSW
Director of Policy, Advocacy & External Relations, NYS AAP – Chapters 1, 2 & 3
Maida P. Galvez, MD, MPH, FAAP
Region 2 PEHSU Director (NJ, NY, PR and USVI)
NYS Centers of Excellence in Children’s Environmental Health Director
Objective: to understand opportunities to engage in Research to Action Initiatives promoting Children’s Health and the Environment
Rebecca Wilding, MS
Deputy Director, Clean & Healthy New York
Campaign Director, Getting Ready for Baby (national campaign)
Objective: to understand opportunities to help patients make safer chemical choices, and use their expertise to support policies that protect children’s health
10:15am Break
10:30am Bringing Wellness to the Table in Contract Negotiations
Moderator: Mandy O’Hara, MD, MPH, FAAP
NYS AAP – Chapter 3 Wellness Committee Co-Chair
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Child Abuse Pediatrics Specialist
Columbia University Medical Center
New York Presbyterian Hospital
Sam Chase, MA
Workplace Wellness Consultant
Lead Facilitator for RISE (an evidence-based mindful leadership program for people in high-stress industries, based at The Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health)
Objectives:
- understand what your personal needs and priorities are for wellness/happiness/balance both inside and outside of work, and how to use this self-awareness to inform workplace negotiation, both at the employer contract level and also to create a “contract with self” for prioritized wellness
- describe basic elements of the workplace contract and how it relates to wellness
- understand physician employment agreements
11:30am Lunch/Chapter Business Meeting/Advocacy Update
Chapter Business Meeting – Opportunities to Get Involved
Heather Brumberg, MD, MPH, FAAP
President, NYS AAP – Chapter 3
Objective: to understand opportunities for professional performance that a physician can perform for the public and profession through the New York State American Academy of Pediatrics – Chapter 3
Advocacy Update – Take Action Now!
Elie Ward, MSW
Director of Policy, Advocacy & External Relations, NYS AAP – Chapters 1, 2 & 3
Objective: to understand current status of NYS AAP priority legislation, and learn specific advocacy actions to help move the legislation forward in the current legislative session
12:30pm Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy and Refusal in Your Practice and Community
Jesse Hackell, MD, FAAP
Pomona Pediatrics PC, A Division of Boston Children’s Health Physicians
Clinical Assistant Professor, New York Medical College
Objectives:
- understand the reasons behind vaccine hesitancy and refusal
- describe ways to approach parents who are hesitant about vaccines
- apply different skills in helping parents overcome hesitancy and resistance to vaccinating their children
1:30pm Adjourn
ACCREDITATION STATEMENT:
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Accreditation Requirements and Policies of the Medical Society of the State of New York (MSSNY) through the joint providership of the Westchester Academy of Medicine and the NYS American Academy of Pediatrics Chapter 3. The Westchester Academy of Medicine is accredited by MSSNY to provide Continuing Medical Education for physicians.
The Westchester Academy of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 3.5 AMA PRA Category I Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
FOR MORE INFO:
Contact Jessica Geslani at jgeslani@aap.org or 516-326-0310.
