Dear APPD Member:

We are excited to announce the launch of the new APPD Wellbeing Action Team – PEd-THRIVE (Pediatric Educator & Trainee Health and Resilience Integrated and Valued in Education).

Please review the components of this new Action Team below and consider applying to join the Action Team Leadership or one of the 5 Sub-Committees and contributing to this important work!

If you are interested in applying for Leadership or any of the Sub-Committees of PEd-THRIVE please click here and complete this application form: https://forms.office.com/r/wTxKLjfndS

Wellbeing Action Team Mission / Goals
Mission: Promote wellness of pediatric trainees, faculty and GME leaders through research, education and effective training methods.

Goals: Promote wellness of pediatric trainees, faculty and GME leaders through the following core activities:

  1. Continue annual longitudinal assessments of wellbeing of pediatric trainees
  2. Provide annual program wellbeing reports to participating PDs and institutions
  3. Promote wellbeing of pediatric trainees, faculty and GME leaders through development and dissemination of wellbeing interventions and activities for pediatric trainees, faculty and GME leaders
  4. Enable research and scholarship regarding important factors that impact trainee, faculty and GME leader wellbeing
Ped-THRIVE Action Team Framework v 2.0 5.19.25

Initial Action Team Chairs and Members and Sub-Committee Chairs and Members (for two-year terms) – plan to add up to 5 APPD members to each of the 6 leadership groups

1. Initial APPD Wellbeing Action Team (PEd-THRIVE) Leadership – 2026 Q1
Mission: Set priorities & oversee all activities of PEd-THRIVE Sub-Committees; track outcomes and prepare regular reports on PEd-THRIVE activities and outcomes for APPD Board (~2 hrs/month)

2. PEd-THRIVE Sub-Committees

A. Measuring & Feedback (PRB-RSC Study Annual Survey & Program Report - Residents; Fellows)
Mission: develop and supervise annual wellness surveys of pediatric residents and fellows; explore wellness surveys of program leaders and teaching; develop and deliver program reports (~2 hrs/month)

B. Empowering through Education (STREAM, additional didactics/workshops; focusing on trainees, program leaders, teaching faculty)
Mission: develop and implement STREAM training sessions; develop and implement additional didactics and workshops for trainees, program leaders and teaching faculty (~ 2hrs/month)

C. Advancing Knowledge and Impact (Research/Scholarship)
Mission: review PEd - THRIVE research proposals and support scholarship and dissemination of THRIVE data and insights (~2 hrs/month)

D. Fostering Belonging and Equity (Culture, equity)
Mission: promote evidence informed methods to foster belonging, inclusivity, and equity in pediatric GME and teaching faculty (~ 2 hrs/month)

E. Connecting & Connecting
Mission: promote APPD member/teaching faculty engagement in PEd – THRIVE activities through website/ email communications, social media and APPD sessions (~ 2 hrs/month)

If you are interested in applying for membership in the Action Team Leadership or any of the Sub-Committees of PEd-THRIVE please click here and complete this application form: https://forms.office.com/r/wTxKLjfndS

If you are interested in additional information about PEd-THRIVE, please reach out to:

If you are interested in additional information about any of the PEd-THRIVE Sub-Committees, please contact the appropriate Sub-Committee Chair: