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.

Currency, Competency, and Credibility: New Directions for Pediatric Continuing Education

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1986 ◽  
Vol 78 (2) ◽  
pp. 369-369
Author(s):  
MARTIN H. SMITH
Keyword(s):  
American Academy ◽  
Continuing Education ◽  
Educational Needs ◽  
Educational Programs ◽  
Department Of Education ◽  
Pediatric Care ◽  
Search Committee ◽  
American Academy Of Pediatrics ◽  
New Directions

One of the historic cornerstones of the American Academy of Pediatrics has been the development of educational programs designed to assure the highest quality of pediatric care. Although our commitment to this goal remains unwavering, changes in the manner in which pediatric care is—and will be—rendered demand that we constantly look for new and better ways to satisfy the educational needs of the membership. Toward that end, the Academy recently has embarked on a nationwide search for a director of the Department of Education at the Academy's Elk Grove Village, IL, headquarters. A search committee comprised of Blair E. Batson, MD, Floyd W. Denny, Jr, MD, and Doris A. Howell, MD, has been appointed to pursue this effort.

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.

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;

NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1970 ◽  
Vol 45 (6) ◽  
pp. 1046-1048
Keyword(s):  
American Academy ◽  
Iowa City ◽  
Fall Meeting ◽  
Pediatric Practice ◽  
University Of Iowa ◽  
Children's Hospital ◽  
American Academy Of Pediatrics ◽  
Iowa College ◽  
The University ◽  
Guest Speakers

Course In Pediatrics And Fall Meeting of the University of Iowa and the Iowa chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics will take place in Iowa City, Iowa, September 9 and 10, 1970. Guest speakers will be Drs. Robert Haggerty, Judson Randolph, and Douglas Johnstone. For information write David L. Silber, M.D., Department of Pediatrics, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa 52240. A Conference On Pediatric Practice will be presented by the Denver Children's Hospital at The Lodge at Vail, Vail, Colorado, Septemben 17-19.

Residency Training and Continuing Medical Education in School Health

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1993 ◽  
Vol 92 (3) ◽  
pp. 495-496
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
American Academy ◽  
Graduate Medical Education ◽  
Continuing Medical Education ◽  
School Health ◽  
Task Force ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Pediatric Practice ◽  
Graduate Medical ◽  
American Academy Of Pediatrics

Children between the ages of 5 and 18 spend a significant amount of their time in school. School health is a vital part of pediatric practice and an important concern for pediatric graduate medical education. There are few substantiated data, however, to suggest that residents entering pediatric practice or academic medicine are exposed to school health in a significant way. Many pediatricians, upon entering practice, find that they are consulted by school systems and parents whose children have problems related to school. Pediatricians find themselves unprepared for this new role and express the need for postgraduate education in school health.1-4 The American Academy of Pediatrics Task Force on Pediatric Education5 and the most recent report from the Pediatric Residency Review Committee have both underscored the appropriateness and importance of education in school health as an important part of the residency curriculum.6 The American Academy of Pediatrics believes that education in school health should be an important part of graduate medical education for pediatric residents and of continuing medical education for practicing pediatricians. Many advances in pediatrics that affect the well-being of the child relate directly to the school setting. Increased attention to federal legislation (Section 504 of PL 93-112, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973; parts B and H of PL 102-119, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act), health education including education about the prevention of drug and alcohol abuse and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, new approaches to screening and health services in the schools, immunization requirements, physical fitness, and knowledge about the school environment—all are important aspects of school health and areas in which many residents and/or pediatricians have had little or no training or experience.

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.

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.

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."

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.

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