2024

2024 Meeting Theme: Leading Courageously in Community

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About

The APPD Annual Spring Meeting provides pediatric program educators and leaders with the opportunity to network and learn what’s new in medical education curriculum. Attendees will:

Learn best practices of medical education across the continuum.
Explore innovative educational approaches through sessions that present innovative curriculum and processes for residency and fellowship programs.
Enjoy networking and mentoring opportunities among a community of educators.
Hear from key stakeholders in the field, including the American Board of Pediatrics and the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.

Target Audience: All pediatric program educators and leaders! Including, but not limited to, residency and fellowship program directors, associate program directors, vice chairs, department chairs, designated institute officials, deans, coordinators/administrators/managers, chief residents, residents, fellows, and clinical educators.

Continuing Medical Education will be offered.

Program Schedule

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Important! Please note that for 2024, the Opening Plenary Session will begin on Tuesday, April 16th at 4pm Central.

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Times listed in Central. Schedule subject to change.

Sunday, April 14

8:30am-4:00pm: APPD LEAPES Cohort Meeting (invitation only)
1:30pm-5:00pm: APPD LEAD Council Meeting (invitation only)

Monday, April 15

8:30am-5:00pm: APPD LEGACY Program for Rising Chief Residents (additional fee required)
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APPD is pleased to offer the 2nd Annual APPD LEGACY program, a curriculum designed around the unique professional development needs of rising Pediatric Chief Residents. Programing kicks off on Monday, April 15 with a full-day, dynamic leadership curricular retreat, where experts in pediatric medical education will inspire your Rising Pediatric Chief Residents to succeed as prepared, driven and forward-thinking leaders in your programs. Incorporating concepts in leadership styles, professional development, emotional intelligence, and conflict resolution, Chief Residents will hear from nationally-renowned faculty and interact with peers to create a clear strategy for their Chief year –and beyond. Programming on the second day, Tuesday, April 16, will feature participation in the APPD Forum for Chief Residents.
8:30am-5:00pm: APPD LEAD Cohort Meeting (invitation only)
8:30am-5:00pm: APPD LEAPES Cohort Meeting (invitation only)
10:00am-5:00pm: APPD Board of Directors Meeting (invitation only)

Tuesday, April 16

8:30am-3:30pm: Chief Residents Forum for Rising & Graduating Residents
8:30am-12noon: APPD LEAD Cohort Meeting (invitation only)
8:00am-9:30am: APPD LEAPES Graduation Breakfast (invitation only)
9:00am-12:00pm: APPD Board of Directors Meeting (invitation only)
9:30am-3:30pm: Coordinators / Administrators Day
10:00am-3:30pm: APPD FUEL Cohort Meeting (invitation only)
10:00am-3:30pm: APPD AIMS Cohort Meeting (invitation only)
2:00pm-3:30pm: Vice Chairs of Education Section Specific Programming

----New for 2024! Annual Meeting Kick-Off at 4pm----

4:00pm-5:30pm: Opening Plenary Session (Welcome, APPD Presidential Address, Awards, Hot Topics)
5:30pm-6:30pm: Welcome Reception for All Attendees
6:30pm-7:30pm: Leaders Reception/Awards (invitation only)

Wednesday, April 17

8:00-9:00am: Continental Breakfast
8:00-8:45am: New Fellowship Directors Meet & Greet
8:00-8:45am: Crosswalk Study Meeting
9:00am-9:10am: Welcome, Overview of the Day
9:10am-9:45am: ACGME Updates & Q&A
9:45am-10:15am: APPD Update
10:30am-12:00noon: Section Specific Programming for Program Directors, Associate Program Directors. Coordinators / Administrators, Chief Residents, Fellowship Program Directors
12:15pm-1:15pm: Regional Meetings / Lunches
1:30pm-3:00pm: Enhanced Learning Session I
3:15pm-4:45pm: Enhanced Learning Session II
4:45pm-5:45pm: Poster Session I & Networking Reception
(including chief resident forum poster presentations)
5:45pm-6:45pm: APPD Leadership Development Program Networking Reception (AIMS, FUEL, UICC, LEAD, LEAPES; past and current cohort members)
(invitation only)

Thursday, April 18

8:00am-9:00am: Continental Breakfast
8:00am-8:45am: Council of Learning Community Chairs Meeting
8:00am-8:45am: Coordinators/Administrators Region Networking
8:00am-8:45am: PRB-RSC Meeting
9:00am-9:10am: Welcome, Overview of the Day
9:10am-9:45am: ABP Updates, Q&A
9:45am-10:15am: Recruitment Updates from the APPD Residency Recruitment Action Team
10:15am-10:45am: Platform Presentations in Educational Scholarship
11:00am-12:30pm: Enhanced Learning Session III
12:30pm-1:30pm: APPD LESSON Committee Meeting / Lunch
12:30pm-1:30pm: Chief Residents: Meet the Professor
12:30pm-1:30pm: SPIN Steering Committee Meeting
12:45pm-1:30pm: APPD Council of Regional Chairs Meeting / Lunch
12:30pm-1:30pm: Facilitated Junior Faculty Mentoring Session
12:30pm-1:30pm: Associate Program Directors Mentoring Session
12:30pm-1:30pm: Networking Lunches*
1:45pm-2:45pm: Learning Community Sessions
*Attendees are welcomed to grab lunch and bring to their chosen learning community session meeting room during lunch.
Informal networking will be held prior to the formal learning community session kick off at 1:45pm.
3:00pm-4:30pm: Enhanced Learning Session IV
4:45pm-5:45pm: Poster Session II & Networking Reception
Sponsored by Nemours Children's Health

Friday, April 19

8:00am-9:00am: Continental Breakfast
9:00am-9:30am: Welcome, Overview of the Day, APPD LEARN Update
9:30am-10:30am: Platform Presentations in Educational Scholarship
10:30am-10:45am: Break
10:45am-12:15pm: Table to Able Session (3 Topic Rotations; view topics here)
12:15-12:30pm: Closing Remarks
Megan Aylor, MD, Incoming APPD President
12:30pm: Meeting Adjourns

Registration

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APPD Meeting:

APPD Member (MD/Coordinators/Other): $750 (Early - by March 4); $800 (Regular - March 5 through onsite)
Non-Member (MD/Coordinators/Other): $900 (Early - by March 4); $950 (Regular - March 5 through onsite)
Current Chief Resident: $450 (includes Chief Forum)
Resident, Fellow, Student: $350

APPD LEGACY (for Rising Chief Residents): Space limited; registration on first come, first serve basis.

APPD LEGACY Only plus APPD Chief Resident Forum (2-day programming): $650
APPD LEGACY, APPD Chief Resident Forum + APPD Meeting: $850

Policies:

Code of Conduct:
APPD is committed to providing a safe, productive, and welcoming environment for all virtual meeting participants, including, but not limited to, attendees, speakers, volunteers, exhibitors, APPD staff members, and service providers. APPD has zero-tolerance for any form of bullying, discrimination, or harassment, and reserves the right to take any action deemed necessary and appropriate, including immediate removal from the meeting without warning or refund, in response to any incident of unacceptable behavior. APPD reserves the right to prohibit attendance at any future meeting, virtually or in person. Disruption of presentations at any event organized by APPD is strictly prohibited. Participants should not copy or take screen shots of Q&A or any chat room activity that takes place in the virtual space. Presentations, postings, and messages should not contain promotional materials, special offers, job offers, product announcements, or solicitation for services. APPD reserves the right to remove any presentation, posting, or message that it deems to be inappropriate for a scientific meeting. Read the full code of conduct here.

Photography:
By registering for the APPD 2024 Annual Spring Meeting, attendees consent to be photographed during the meeting, with the understanding that these images will be used in APPD documents, social media, and publications only. If anyone prefers to not have their photo used by APPD, please contact info@appd.org.

Cancellation:
APPD reserves the right to cancel any sessions due to lack of enrollment or other factors. In the event of a cancellation, registered participants will be notified by e-mail and will have the option to choose an available alternative. All registration cancellations by participants must be received in writing to APPD. A $50 administration fee will be assessed for all cancellation requests received by March 15, 2024. Cancellations received after March 15, 2024 will not be eligible for a refund. All reimbursements will be processed following the meeting.

Housing

Sheraton Grand Chicago Riverwalk
301 E North Water Street
Chicago, IL 60611

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Discounted Room Rate for APPD Attendees: $255 per room, per night (plus taxes, fees).

Deadline for reservations is March 22, 2024.

Nearby Hotels
(APPD does not have block of rooms at these hotels; please visit hotel website to make reservations)

Loews Chicago Hotel
1-844-204-5639

Embassy Suites by Hilton Chicago Downtown River North
1-312-943-3800

Chief Resident Abstracts

Call for Abstracts for Graduating Chief Residents! NOW CLOSED

The APPD Forum for Chief Residents' Planning Committee, sponsored by the APPD Faculty & Professional Development Learning Community, is pleased to announce our annual Call for Abstracts for Graduating Chief Residents.

We invite the submission of innovative Chief Resident projects for these sessions, which will allow Graduating Chief Residents to share educational, administrative, technologic, or mentoring advances with Chief colleagues from around the country.

Accepted abstracts will be presented as either posters during the Wednesday, April 17^th Poster Session or as platform presentations (~10 minutes) at either the Chief Forum (4/16) or Chief Section-Specific (formerly Grassroots) session (4/18).

**Note: This is a separate process from the main APPD conference abstract submission. It is okay to submit a project that has already been submitted for presentation at the APPD meeting, but please indicate as a short note in your "Conclusions" that you have already submitted (or been accepted) so we can distribute opportunities in the event of space/time limitations.

Submissions should be:

A description of a unique project you have participated in as a Chief Resident. This may include curricular development, resident wellness programming, research projects, etc.
Submissions must have at least some data/results collected, details of which must be included at time of submission. Abstracts describing interventions must have some POST data by the time of the Chief Forum.
Abstracts should include Background, Methods, Results, and Conclusions and may not exceed 2,600 characters (including spaces).
Submitted by 11:59PM EST on Friday, February 16th

Submissions will be reviewed by the Planning Committee and authors notified of a decision by March 10^th. With any questions, please email Eric Zwemer at eric_zwemer@med.unc.edu.

Abstracts

Enhanced Learning Sessions

We are pleased to offer 50 Enhanced Learning Sessions (ELS) during the APPD 2024 Annual Spring Meeting!

Below you may view a listing of all ELS sessions below. You will be asked during registration which ELS session you would like to attend.

Download PDF of ELS titles and descriptions.

Please note: Attendee seating onsite for each ELS is on a first come, first serve basis, depending on size of the meeting room.

For ELS Presenters:

Registration:
All Presenters of accepted ELS proposals are required to register for and attend the meeting.

Conflict of Interest Disclosure:
All Presenters of accepted ELS proposals are required to complete a conflict-of-interest disclosure form for CME purposes (to be sent by the APPD).

PowerPoint Template:
Presenters are welcome to use the following spring meeting PowerPoint template.
Download here

Sponsorship

The APPD invites member programs to support the mission of our organization by sponsoring the APPD 2024 Annual Spring Meeting! Please download the below prospectus to view opportunities.

Opportunities start at $1,000.

Download the Sponsorship Prospectus Here

Why Sponsor?

Visibility for your program
Network with pediatric program leaders and trainees
Support the mission of APPD
Foster our growing APPD community

Eligibility
Sponsorship opportunities are open to program members of the Association of Pediatric Program Directors (APPD).

Payment
To secure a sponsorship opportunity, please visit the APPD online store here and select the sponsorship level. Once payment is processed, we will be in touch to begin fulfillment of your sponsorship.

Deadline to Secure a Sponsorship is Monday, April 8, 2024.

Custom Sponsorships
Don’t see anything here that is exactly what you are looking for? Let us work with you to customize a sponsorship tailored to meet your needs and marketing objectives.

Policies
All secured sponsorships will be reviewed and approved by the APPD. APPD reserves the right to deny any application for sponsorship for any reason.

Cancellation:
To cancel a sponsorship and receive a refund, a written request must be received to the APPD National office (info@appd.org) by March 22, 2024. Cancellation requests received by this date will receive a refund less a $50.00 processing fee. All requests received after March 22, 2024 will forfeit 100% of monies paid.

Educational Content:
Sponsors of the APPD 2024 Annual Spring Meeting will have no involvement or influence in the educational content of the meeting.

Questions?
For any questions, please contact Colleen Hughes, Associate Executive Director, APPD, at colleen@appd.org or (703) 718-6030.

Continuing Education

Joint Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Amedco LLC and Association of Pediatric Program Directors. Amedco LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Amedco Joint Accreditation #4008163.

Physicians (ACCME) Credit Designation
Amedco LLC designates this live activity for a maximum of 19.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

American Board of Pediatrics (ABPeds) MOC Part 2 Credits
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the activity, with individual assessments of the participant and feedback to the participant, enables the participant to earn 19.50 MOC Part 2 points in the American Board of Pediatrics’ (ABP) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABP MOC credit. Participant must complete the assessment within 30 days of the activity. Participant information will be uploaded to ABP 30 days post activity.
You must request your certificate within 30 days of the activity to meet the deadline for submission to PARS.