Member Updates,
Opportunities &
Events
Friday, 11 March 2022| Issue 49
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Dear Nevada AAP Members,

It's been a busy week for the Nevada AAP -- so busy that I'm sending a second Member Update in so many weeks!

Take a look at this issue's updates from members, opportunities for pediatricians, and calendar events for pediatricians and for the families you serve in Nevada.

Most notably, Nevada AAP Board Member Jose Cucalon Calderon, MD, FAAP encourages all members to attend virtual Renown Grand Rounds on Wednesday, March 16 at noon when award-winning author and co-host of the American Academy of Pediatrics' podcast Pediatrics On Call David L. Hill, MD, FAAP will present Screen Media and Child Health: What do we know now?


Be well,

Leann

Leann D. McAllister, Executive Director
Nevada Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics
Cell 508-685-0918
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Screen Media and Child Health: What do we know now?

Renown Pediatric Grand Rounds
UPDATES
Positively Kids Seeks Interim Medical Director
Nevada AAP Member Mandee Cormican, APRN is seeking to identify an interim Medical Director to serve on the Board of Positively Kids, a Las Vegas non-profit that meets the need for specialized care for medically fragile and/or developmentally delayed children in Southern Nevada. The Medical Director is a volunteer Board role who contributes about one hour a month to the nonprofit.
 
Interested candidates can reach Mandee at amandacormican@positivelykids.org.
Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program
The Nevada Chapter of the AAP joined the American Academy of Pediatrics and other national and state organizational leaders in this open letter asking for a timely reauthorization of the current Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program (MIECHV) statute that expands MIECHV to reach more families and better support the workforce.

Specifically, the letter asks for:

  1. Increase MIECHV funding over the next five years to reach more families and better support the workforce.  
  2. Double the Tribal set‐aside. 
  3. Continue to allow virtual home visiting with model fidelity as an option for service delivery. 
OPPORTUNITIES
AAP EQIPP Course: Immunizations – Strategies for Success
This AAP EQIPP immunization course is designed to identify immunization rates in your practice, uncover barriers to immunization delivery systems, and provide techniques to overcome those barriers using clear aims that reflect expert principles and proven quality improvement methods and tools. The online course features 2 tracks: the 19- to 23-month-old track and the adolescent track, with data collection activities specific to each population. The course is free to AAP members and eligible for PI CME, NAPNAP, MOC Part 2, and MOC Part 4 credits. Additional course information is available here.
AAP Spina Bifida Webinar Series
Spina bifida is the most commonly occurring complex congenital birth defect. This free webinar series addresses important care guidelines and highlights the critical role of pediatricians, subspecialists, and other clinicians in caring for individuals with spina bifida. The first webinar in the series focuses on understanding all the body systems and the impact of spina bifida, while providing an overview of the medical and non-medical issues associated with it. The second webinar highlights the greater role primary care pediatricians can assume in supporting children and their families, with an emphasis on the valuable role of both the primary care medical home and sub-specialty clinicians in coordinating effective treatment for individuals with spina bifida. Each of the webinar modules are eligible for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ and MOC Part 2.
Chapter Calendar

Complete Calendar and Details at NevadaAAP.org/calendar.

Fri Mar 11th 12:00 PM-1:00 PM
UNR Project ECHO Complex Pediatrics
Second Friday of Every Month -- Free CME led by Nevada AAP Board Member Kathryn Eckert, MD, FAAP

Sun Mar 13th 10:00 AM-10:30 AM
FREE Walk with a Doc -- KIDS TIME!

Tue Mar 15th 4:00 PM-5:00 PM
E-cigarettes and Youth Vaping: What Nevada parents need to know in 2022

Wed Mar 16th 10:00 AM-11:00 AM
CDC's Project Firstline Curriculum Launch Event for Healthcare Workers

Wed Mar 16th 12:00 PM-1:00 PM
Screen Media and Child Health: What do we know now? (Renown Pediatric Grand Rounds)

Wed Mar 16th 12:00 PM-1:00 PM
Nevada Youth Healthcare Transitions ECHO series
Free 6-part ECHO with CME -- Attend one or all 6! 

Thu Mar 17th 9:00 AM-10:00 AM
Addiction Treatment in Pediatric Settings ECHO

Thu Mar 17th 5:00 PM-6:00 PM
Connecting with the Experts: A COVID-19 Townhall Series

Sun - Tue Mar 20th-22nd
2022 AAP Advocacy Conference

Thu Mar 24th 9:00 AM
Nevada Joint Interim Standing Committee on Health and Human Services

Fri Mar 25th
DEADLINE: National Conference Call for Plenary Proposals & Keynote Ideas

Thu Mar 31st
Parent Vaccine Survey Deadline

Fri Apr 1st
2022 Resolution Deadline

Fri Apr 1st
April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month

Fri Apr 1st
Deadline for Nevada Medicaid Families to Switch MCO Plan

Thu Apr 7th 9:30 AM
Nevada Interim Finance Committee Meeting

Fri Apr 15th
Deadline: Nominations for Nevada AAP Leadership

Thu Apr 21st 5:00 PM-7:00 PM
Inclusive Medicine Series: Black Men In White Coats R.I.S.E. Up!
TMCC William N. Pennington Health Science Center, 18600 Wedge Pkwy, Reno

Fri Apr 22nd
DEADLINE: 2022 AAP National Conference & Exhibition Call for Abstracts

Fri - Sat Apr 22nd-23rd
2022 Nevada PTA Virtual Convention

Sat Apr 30th 8:30 AM-10:30 AM
Quarterly Virtual Nevada AAP Board Meeting
Guest Speaker Dr. Kas - The Teen Doc - presents confidentiality best practices

Sun May 15th 10:00 AM-10:30 AM
Camine Con Un Doctor

Fri - Sat May 20th-21st
Inflammatory Brain Disorders Virtual Conference

Tue - Wed May 24th-25th
Parents Against Vaping e-cigarettes--Clear the Vapor 2022 Conference

Tue - Wed May 24th-25th
2022 Nevada Health Conference
Whitney Peak Hotel, 255 N Virginia St, Reno
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