The Pediatrics Review and Education Program (PREP)

1990 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 195-196
Keyword(s):  
American Academy ◽  
Continuing Education ◽  
Education Program ◽  
Advisory Group ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
New Era ◽  
Roles And Responsibilities ◽  
Self Evaluation ◽  
American Academy Of Pediatrics ◽  
Pediatric Education

PREP Advisory Group In 1979, the American Academy of Pediatrics entered a new era in continuing pediatric education with the introduction of the Pediatrics Review and Education Program (PREP), a coordinated program of continuing education and self-evaluation designed for the practicing pediatrician. Since then, enrollment in PREP has tripled and members have come to rely on Pediatrics in Review and the PREP Self-Assessment examination as valuable and convenient tools for their continuing education. The PREP Advisory Group, established in 1984, is responsible for providing oversight and direction for the PREP program. The major roles and responsibilities of the PREP Advisory Group are: (1) to meet twice annually and report to the Advisory Committee to the Board on Education (ACBOE) on the Academy's PREP Program;

PREP Statement

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1989 ◽  
Vol 84 (6) ◽  
pp. 1116-1117
Author(s):  
ERROL R. ALDEN ◽  
JEAN Dow ◽  
Keyword(s):  
American Academy ◽  
Department Of Education ◽  
The Self ◽  
Practice Management ◽  
Advisory Group ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Diagnosis And Management ◽  
American Academy Of Pediatrics ◽  
The Future ◽  
Projected Changes

The following statement was developed by the PREP Advisory Group as part of an effort to inform the Academy membership about plans currently underway for the future of the PREP program. Planning is still in the early stages, but the Department of Education is enthusiastic about the projected changes, including 12 (instead of 10) issues of Pediatrics in Review, a new section in the journal devoted to practice management, and computerized diagnosis and management problems in addition to the Self-Assessment examination. Some of these changes will be phased in during the next 2 years; the new PREP program will actually be launched in January 1992. Please "stay tuned"—as plans continue to develop, we will keep the membership informed. In the meantime, if you have questions, comments, or suggestions regarding PREP, we would be happy to hear from you. You may contact PREP, Department of Education, American Academy of Pediatrics, 141 Northwest Point Blvd, Elk Grove Village, IL 60009-0927.

How to Use PIR for Renewal of Certification

1995 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-3
Author(s):  
R J H
Keyword(s):  
American Academy ◽  
Education Program ◽  
The Self ◽  
Certification Program ◽  
Educational Objectives ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
American Academy Of Pediatrics ◽  
First Time

During 1995, many pediatricians will participate for the first time in the Pediatric Renewal of Certification Program (PRCP). Since Pediatrics in Review (PIR) and the Pediatrics Review and Education Program (PREP) began in 1979, their material has been integrated with the American Board of Pediatrics (ABP) renewal of certification program. The ABP sets the educational objectives (now called content specifications) and develops the examinations. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) develops PREP education materials, PIR, and the Self-Assessment Exercise based on these. Each year PIR covers about 1000 of the more than 4000 content specifications, including at least half of the 900 selected as the basis each year for the cognitive examination.

News and Announcements

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1975 ◽  
Vol 56 (4) ◽  
pp. 623-624
Keyword(s):  
American Academy ◽  
Continuing Education ◽  
Normative Data ◽  
Patient Management ◽  
Multiple Choice ◽  
Multiple Choice Questions ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
American Academy Of Pediatrics ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Personal Assessment

PERSONAL ASSESSMENT FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION (PACE): Presented by the American Academy of Pediatrics, PACE is a series of six three-hour written selfscored, self-assessment examinations designed to keep physicians abreast of advances in the field of pediatrics. Each PACE packet contains multiple-choice questions and patient management problems along with answer keys, normative data, and bibliographic references. PACE packets will be mailed at three-month intervals over the next 18 months. The cost for the entire six-part series is $50 for nonmembers.

Future Events: Pediatrics in Review

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1979 ◽  
Vol 63 (6) ◽  
pp. 937-937 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. J. H.
Keyword(s):  
American Academy ◽  
Continuing Education ◽  
Education Program ◽  
Major Activity ◽  
American Academy Of Pediatrics ◽  
Review Articles ◽  
Future Events

Beginning in subsequent volumes of Pediatrics, readers will find a new section, Pediatrics in Review, a major activity in continuing education of the American Academy of Pediatrics. This 32-page supplement will be included with all copies of Pediatrics for the next two issues. After that, only those readers who subscribe to PREP (Pediatric Review and Education Program), or who elect to subscribe to Pediatrics in Review alone, will receive this within their copies of Pediatrics. This "introductory" offer is designed to acquaint all readers with the continuing education program in the hopes that they will be interested in subscribing. Each issue will contain four to six review articles and several abstracts, together with questions that will allow the reader to determine whether he or she has retained the main points of the article.

PREP 2 - YEAR 6: An End and a New Beginning

1990 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-4
Keyword(s):  
American Academy ◽  
Continuing Education ◽  
Education Program ◽  
Executive Director ◽  
Department Of Education ◽  
Pediatric Practice ◽  
American Academy Of Pediatrics ◽  
New Beginning ◽  
Exact Origin

It does not seem possible that 12 years have passed since the launching of PREP. The first issue of Pediatrics in Review appeared in July 1979, preceded by several years of planning. The exact origin of the joint efforts of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Board of Pediatrics to develop a continuing education program tied to recertification is not clear to me today. Suffice to say that Dr Olmstead (then Director of the Academy's Department of Education), Dr Fraser (the Executive Director of the Academy), and Dr Brownlee of the Board worked together to form a Coordinating Committee made of representatives from both organizations and from pediatric practice and academia.

Child Health Services and Pediatric Education; Report of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Commonwealth Fund, New York, 1949

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1949 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
pp. 868-869
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Health Services ◽  
American Academy ◽  
Child Health Services ◽  
Commonwealth Fund ◽  
American Academy Of Pediatrics ◽  
Pediatric Education ◽  
Education Report ◽  
Nation Wide Survey ◽  
The U.S

The American Academy of Pediatrics has made a nation-wide survey, the first ever undertaken, of all the services and facilities currently available for the medical care and health supervision of infants and children throughout the country. And, because the quality of the health services is largely dependent on the pediatric orientation of the physician, the second half of this study is devoted to an analysis of present-day pediatric education. In the conduct of the study and the analysis of the data, the Academy has had the cooperation of the U.S. Public Health Service and the U.S. Children's Bureau.

Editorial: Those Educational Objectives

1981 ◽  
Vol 2 (7) ◽  
pp. 195-195
Author(s):  
R. J. H.
Keyword(s):  
American Academy ◽  
Continuing Education ◽  
Task Force ◽  
Educational Objectives ◽  
Task Forces ◽  
American Academy Of Pediatrics

The material Covered in PEDIATRICS IN REVIEW is, for the most part, based upon Educational Objectives developed by two Task Forces and accepted by the Coordinating Committee on Continuing Education and Recertification. Both Task Forces are made up of practicing pediatricians (at least 50%) and academicians, and are appointed by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Board of Pediatrics. The organization and respective responsibilities of the Task Forces are shown in the diagram. The activities of The Academy (PREP) and The Board are based upon these objectives. The Topics Task Force develops some 25 to 35 Educational Objectives dealing with the Topics selected for review each year.

PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1952 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
PAUL W. BEAVEN
Keyword(s):  
American Academy ◽  
Private Practice ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Medical Schools ◽  
Public Welfare ◽  
Atlantic City ◽  
Pediatric Practice ◽  
Major Objective ◽  
American Academy Of Pediatrics ◽  
Pediatric Education

IT IS now, 21 years since the American Academy of Pediatrics was founded. It is not inappropriate at this time to call attention to this significant anniversary of our birth. In June 1930, at Detroit, its organization was completed and officers were elected. A year later, the first annual meeting was held in Atlantic City. It was made clear at that time that pediatricians were now convinced that a society was needed whose principal objective would be not solely to promote social and scientific needs of its members, but which would exist primarily to promote child welfare. The means by which this major objective would be gained would be to raise the standards of pediatric education and pediatric research; to encourage better pediatric training in medical schools and hospitals; to promote scientific contributions to pediatric literature; and to relate the private practice of pediatrics to the larger field of the welfare of all children. The society should cooperate with others whose objectives were similar, but would he the democratic forum for pediatric thought and endeavor. Following is a quotation from the constitution adopted at the first meeting: "The object of the Academy shall be to foster and stimulate interest in pediatrics and correlate all aspects of the work for the welfare of children which properly come within the scope of pediatrics. The Academy shall endeavor to accomplish the following purposes: to maintain the highest possible standards of pediatric education in medical schools and hospitals, in pediatric practice, and in research; ... to maintain the dignity and efficiency of pediatric practice in its relationship to public welfare; to promote publications and encourage contributions to medical and scientific literature pertaining to pediatrics."

Quality Improvement: An ACQIP Exercise on the Management of Otitis Media

1996 ◽  
Vol 17 (7) ◽  
pp. 251-256
Author(s):  
Robert H. Sebring ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Improvement ◽  
American Academy ◽  
Otitis Media ◽  
Quality Care ◽  
Care Quality ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Improvement Program ◽  
Additional Information ◽  
American Academy Of Pediatrics

As part of Pediatrics in Review's ongoing focus on quality improvement, we present a self-assessment exercise taken from the American Academy of Pediatrics' Ambulatory Care Quality Improvement Program (ACQIP). Tabulated responses of pediatricians who completed this exercise as part of the ACQIP program are presented on pages 253 to 254, allowing readers to see how their own answers compare and providing material for thought and discussion. Readers are encouraged to participate in the ACQIP program. Additional information can be obtained by calling or writing the Division of Quality Care, American Academy of Pediatrics, Box 927, Elk Grove Village, IL 60009-0927. Monitoring Otitis Media EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES This exercise and the follow-up materials should help you identify areas of improvement in how your practice monitors and documents information for children with acute or chronic otitis. INSTRUCTIONS Beginning with tomorrow's appointments, answer the questions below for the most recent, but not the current episode of otitis media in the first 10 patients you see who are younger than 4 years of age and experiencing at least their second episode of otitis. You will need to review charts to answer the questions. Put a check in each box in which you find the information in your medical record listed.

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