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Advocacy

We actively engage in state and federal advocacy for the needs of children with endocrinologic health issues, including diabetes and transgender youth. Priority issues include pediatric subspecialty loan repayment, safe and effective drugs and devices for children, drug shortages, and Medicaid payment. We need a healthy and vibrant membership to advocate and be the voice for children with endocrinological health issues.

  • Advocacy Action Center – contact your members of Congress on child health issues, learn about AAP Federal advocacy priorities, and access advocacy training modules
  • Receive Academic and Subspecialty advocacy reports
  • Legislative updates via email

Leadership

Develop leadership skills and assume leadership positions in pediatric radiology by:

  • Serving on the Section on Endocrinology Executive Committee (elected position) or on a section subcommittee (appointed position).
  • Serving on internal subcommittees, Planning Groups and Editorial Boards such as PREP Self-Assessment, AAP Grand Rounds, Pediatrics and Pediatrics in Review. Section members are encouraged to submit a nomination for these opportunities.
  • Serve as an AAP representative pediatric endocrinology expert to external groups.
  • Serve as a pediatric endocrinology subject matter expert on AAP policy, clinical practice guidelines and other AAP groups.
  • Sign up to become a mentor and/or mentee through participation in the AAP Mentorship Program.
  • Engage pediatric endocrinology fellows’ participation in section activities and opportunities.
  • Participate in the AAP Volunteer Network

Education

Our Section provides quality and well-attended programming at the annual AAP National Conference & Exhibition and other AAP CME activities. We're also very involved in producing educational content to help both primary care physicians and pediatric endocrinologists stay current and earn credits towards recertification. Members can serve as faculty, subject matter experts, editorial boards, and/or planning groups for various educational offerings.

  • Educate general pediatricians regarding endocrinology issues that impact practice by serving as faculty for AAP national courses and providing suggestions for educational programing content.
  • Assist in the development and review of endocrine related public education information and other publications.
  • Section sponsored sessions at the AAP National Conference & Exhibition

Member Benefit! Earn MOC part 4 and CME credit through participation online EQIPP QI courses including:

Member discount available and Trainee Member Benefit! Earn MOC part 2 and CME credit and prepare for board examination through the online PREP Subspecialty Self-Assessment

Policy and Publications

The Section on Endocrinology and plays a key role in developing and reviewing policy statements, clinical/technical reports and clinical guidelines that impact pediatric endocrinology.

Section on Endocrinology policy collection

AAP News Focus on Subspecialties

  • Innovations in type 1 diabetes management for high-risk patients
  • Get up to speed on advances in diabetes prevention, treatment
  • Focus on Subspecialties Topic collection

Engage

The SOEn works internally with other AAP committees and Sections on policy statements and practice guidelines while regularly collaborating externally with the Pediatric Endocrinology Society (PES) and meet in conjunction with the PES Annual Meeting.

As a member of the Section on Endocrinology, you will:

  • Receive communications from the Section through the Listserv® email list
  • Have leadership opportunities including participating in the nominations process for the section executive committee (if eligible), serve on section subcommittees (as determined by the Executive Committee), serve as faculty, subject matter expert and/or other volunteer opportunities
  • Be able vote in the section elections (if eligible)

Section Awards

AAP and PES Leona Cuttler Quality Improvement Award

The SOEn, in collaboration with the PES, offers an award in memory of Leona Cuttler, MD and her extensive career as an advocate for children with endocrine disorders. The award is given to acknowledge the best abstract by a pediatric endocrine fellow, resident, or medical student on a topic that has a focus on quality improvement in pediatric endocrinology.

Paul Kaplowitz, MD, Endowed Lectureship

The American Academy of Pediatrics and the Pediatric Endocrine Society collaborate to offer the annual Paul Kaplowitz, MD, Endowed Lectureship. This award recognizes a pediatric endocrinologist who has improved cost-effective care in pediatric endocrinology. The award recipient will receive the award and present a 30-minute lecture focused on cost-effective care in pediatric endocrinology during the Pediatric Endocrine Society Annual meeting.

Learn more about the SOEn awards.

Last Updated

04/29/2022

Source

American Academy of Pediatrics

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