Section on Transport Medicine

The Section on Transport Medicine (SOTM) was founded in 1990. The Section facilitates interactions between members involved in pediatric interfacility transport for the purpose of improving care of infants, children, and adolescents who require interfacility transport. Issues of clinical care, service delivery, access to care, education, research and administration are all included in the mission of the Section.

Membership in the Section is open to fellows of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and approved Section affiliates who are actively involved in the study or practice of pediatric or neonatal transport. A seven-member Executive Committee oversees and directs the mission of the Section. The fields of emergency medicine, pediatric and neonatal intensive care medicine are represented on the Executive Committee.

The Section on Transport Medicine provides educational programming at the AAP National Conference & Exhibition. The programs consist of an educational and scientific program as well as a business meeting. The Section also develops, implements and evaluates the Course on Neonatal and Pediatric Critical Care Transport Medicine for professionals involved in pediatric transport.

The Section on Transport Medicine is actively involved in the research and development of recommendations, standards, and guidelines for the interfacility transport of neonates and children. The recently released GUIDELINES FOR AIR AND GROUND TRANSPORT OF NEONATAL AND PEDIATRIC PATIENTS is available from the AAP Bookstore. A pediatric transport newsletter entitled Transport Dispatch is published for the Section members.

The Section on Transport Medicine contributes to the Academy's mission by providing quality educational materials and programming for the general practitioner, subspecialists and affiliate members. The Section's involvement is national in scope with respect to published material, legislative issues and continuing medical education courses.

Membership Categories

For more information on
Section membership criteria
or the approval process,
contact AAP Member Services
at membership@aap.org
800/433-9016, ext 7143
(FAX) 847/434-8000

Visit the
Affiliate Transport Medicine
Specialists web pages.

Membership Categories and Applications page

Membership in the Section on Transport Medicine (SOTM) is open to fellows of the American Academy of Pediatrics and approved Section affiliates who are actively involved in some aspect of the study or practice of the transport of infants, children and adolescents and who are interested in contributing toward the objective of the Section.

Qualifications for SOTM Membership are:

SECTION MEMBERS -- Section Member Application

The membership of the Section on Pediatric Transport Medicine shall consist of Fellows, Specialty Fellows, Post-Residency Training Fellows, Candidate Fellows, Honorary Fellows, Emeritus Fellows, Corresponding Fellows, Dual Fellows, Resident Fellows, and International Members of the Academy who are actively involved in some aspect of the study or practice of the transport of infants, children, or adolescents and who are interested in contributing toward the objectives of the Section.

The Section may recruit affiliate members who are:

1. Physicians not eligible for Fellowship in the Academy, whose practice or research includes the interfacility transport of pediatric patients.

2. Nurses whose clinical practice, research, or administrative responsibilities include the interfacility transport of pediatric patients.

Nurse applicants must submit a copy of their nursing license and a sponsoring letter from their transport program's medical director. (If the medical director is a Fellow, only one additional Fellow recommendation is necessary.)

3. Respiratory care practitioners whose clinical practice, research, or administrative responsibilities include the interfacility transport of pediatric patients.

Respiratory care applicants must submit (a) a copy of their state license (or documenta-tion from a supervisor that licensure is not available in their state), (b) proof of certifi-cation or registration by the National Board of Respiratory Care, and (c) a supporting letter from their transport program's medical director. (If the medical director is a Fellow, only one additional Fellow recommendation is necessary.)

4. Paramedics (EMT-P's) whose clinical practice, research, or administrative responsibilities include the interfacility transport of pediatric patients.

Paramedic applicants must submit (a) a copy of licensure by their state or by the National Registry of EMT-P's, and (b) a supporting letter from their transport program's medical director. (If the medical director is a Fellow, only one additional Fellow recommendation is necessary.)

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