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to attend the National Conference Exhibition (NCE) the largest and most amazing networking and family event taking place October 11 14, 2014 in San Diego, California.

Travel Reimbursement Available for Program Delegates! Do you want to become more involved in the national AAP? Think about becoming an AAP program delegate!

For a list of current District V Program Delegates visit the following link: http://goo.gl/flffyv. AAP offers a Program Delegate Award for travel fees to offset the cost of attending the meeting.

1 1/7 AAP District VII Newsletter Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Mississippi Summer 2014 What s Inside: (1) NCE (2) Program Highlight & Fellowship Opportunity (3) Advocacy Campaign (4 5) Section on Oral Health (6) Apps & Medical Student Updates (7) Scholarship Opportunities AAP National Conference Exhibition (NCE) 2014 All AAP medical students, residents and fellowship trainees are invited to attend the National Conference Exhibition (NCE) the largest and most amazing networking and family event taking place October 11 14, 2014 in San Diego, California. Registration for the NCE begins June 2. This is an exciting opportunity to network, travel and broaden your awareness of pediatric topics locally, regionally and nationally. Travel Reimbursement Available for Program Delegates! Do you want to become more involved in the national AAP? Think about becoming an AAP program delegate! Contact your Residency Program Director or current AAP delegate to find out more about how you can become a program delegate for your residency program. For a list of current District V Program Delegates visit the following link: AAP offers a Program Delegate Award for travel fees to offset the cost of attending the meeting. Your program director will receive the online application for the Program Delegate Award in August Please check with them to find out if you can become a program delegate for your residency program. Your attendance at the NCE is required to receive the award. For more information go to #forkids Shana Godfred-Cato, DO AAP SOMSRFT District VII, District Coordinator sgodfredcato@sw.org (254) Lauren Gambill, MD AAP SOMSRFT District V, Assistant District Coordinator lkgambill@seton.org

2 2/7 PROGRAM HIGHLIGHT Dr. Jacquelyn Fisher at Texas Children s Hospital in Houston, TX. Dr. Fisher, is working on a fabulous project on Human Trafficking, with the help of Doctors for Change. Who s Who District Coordinator & Assistant District Coordinator Some of the fine work that Dr. Fisher has either pioneered or was a part of consists of developing an educational course aimed to provide information to healthcare providers and spread awareness of human trafficking to the medical community. The course focuses on presenting the local statistics (Houston is a major hub for human trafficking world wide), providing the definition of trafficking, a brief understanding of the psychology of how and why people become victims, how victims may present in a clinical encounter, and how we as providers can intervene and provide resources for survivor restoration. Within the course, they advocate for providers to call the National Human Trafficking Hotline Number. Dr. Fisher have been giving these presentations, along with case study discussions, around the medical center with very positive responses. They are collecting pre and post educational data to try to validate the course. As a result of giving the presentation to the Baylor pediatric residents, one victim was identified within 1 week and referred to appropriate services! Dr. Fisher and her fellow residents are working on giving the course to residents in all specialties across the Texas Medical Center. Shana Godfred Cato, DO Baylor Scott and White Hospital/ Peds District VII Coordinator *Please let me know what you are doing at your program! sgodfredcato@sw.org FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITY Global Pediatric Fellowship in Health Service Delivery Boston Children s Hospital is now accepting applications for their Global Pediatric Fellowship in Health Service Delivery for July 2015, with potential field placement with their collaborating partners in Rwanda and Haiti (Partners In Health) or with an affiliated partner in Liberia. The fellowship aims to provide training in clinical care in low resource settings as well as in the training, development, management and evaluation of programs and projects aimed to improve child health in low resource settings. For more information visit their website at If you have questions about this opportunity, please contact Tony Tran. Deadline: October 10, Lauren Gambill, MD UT Southwestern Austin/ Peds District VII Assistant Coordinator

Some programs are involved in quality improvement projects within their continuity clinics by handing out information on firearm safety.

There is a large variety of program projects out there and we would light to turn the spotlight to your program!

3 3/7 Let s PAVE the way! By: Shana Godfred-Cato, DO, Ashley Lucke, MD, and Lisa Costello, MD, PAVE Tri-chairs Please send updates on on what your program is doing to PAVE the way to firearm injury prevention. Some programs are involved in quality improvement projects within their continuity clinics by handing out information on firearm safety. Others have increased their firearm injury prevention counseling of parents during well child visits. There is a large variety of program projects out there and we would light to turn the spotlight to your program! Baylor Scott & White is holding a program in local schools called poetry for prevention. Residents and medical students are going to local schools to educate students of all ages on how to improve safety with firearms in their homes and lives. The students then create a piece of poetry or artwork to reflect their feelings and desires for firearm safety. Shana Godfred Cato, DO Scott and White Hospital/Med Peds District VII Coordinator More information about P.A.V.E. (Pediatricians Against Violence Everywhere) the Way to Firearm Injury Prevention may be found at: Ashley Lucke, MD University of TX Southwestern Dallas/Peds Lisa Costello, MD West Virginia University/MP

4/7 Oral Health Update Children s Dental Health Resources Online! The Children's Dental Health Project (CDHP) http://goo.

4 4/7 Oral Health Update Children s Dental Health Resources Online! The Children's Dental Health Project (CDHP) is a not for profit organization focused on evaluating and promoting health policies, systems and changes that can have the greatest impact on children's oral health. The organization offers a suite of web based information and tools to dental professionals, advocates and parents on strategies to address and prevent dental disease. CDHP briefs policy makers oral health coalitions and journalists on dental care provisions in the Affordable Care Act, monitors how Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program and state insurance exchanges are working. Their work is built around three priorities. The first priority is helping to prevent tooth decay in kids. Nearly all tooth decay can be prevented and the organization helps identify cost effective options for preventing and stopping the spread. Second, the site offers a road map for parents to navigate through Medicaid and the Children's health Insurance Program. Third, the site offers develops tools to help state oral health programs which may be resource poor. An exciting new tool is a consumer guide for parents that helps them explore options for children s dental coverage on the new health insurance marketplaces Affordable Care Act: What It Means for You and Your Patients Oral Health Did you miss the ACA Webinar about oral health held on February 24th? If you would like to view the slides and listen to the presentation they will be archived on the Children s Oral Health Web site Learn more about how the ACA works and what it means for helping the families of your patients maintain their oral health. New Clinical Report on Dental Trauma Management in the Primary Care Setting from the Section on Oral Health Check out this new clinical report to guide you when you are faced with a dental trauma in your office! Being prepared to handle these situations and acting swiftly can mean life or death for a tooth. Understand how you can help your patients until they can get to their dental home. The report is available online at the following link:

5 5/7 Oral Health Update (cont.) Oral Health Abstracts Now Being Accepted for Poster Presentations at the 2014 NCE In 2013, the AAP SOOH hosted its first abstract poster session. Due to the success of the event, the group will be soliciting abstracts again for the meeting in San Diego in Residents and young physicians are encouraged to submit their work or to attend the event. A cash prize is given to the best abstract award winner. Submissions will be sought in April 2014, click here for more information Learn more about oral health Visit the AAP Oral Health Web site at to learn more about oral health. Sign up to complete the EQIPP Oral Health in Primary Care Course take the Protecting All Children s Teeth Online Curriculum or use the Smiles for Life National Oral Health Curriculum for quick training on how to assess for caries risk and apply fluoride varnish. Residents Needed to Participate in Community Water Fluoridation Initiative In April 2013, the U.S. Surgeon General Regina Benjamin, MD officially endorsed community water fluoridation as one of the most effective choices communities can make to prevent health problems while actually improving the oral health of their citizens. The Pew Children's Dental Campaign is working with staff in the Division of State Government Affairs and Division of Pediatric Practice to defend community water fluoridation in various areas of the country. Residents interested in participating in this initiative should contact Lauren Barone at LBarone@aap.org. Opportunities to write blog posts on the topic as well as engage in social content marketing strategies will be available! Tell us about oral health in your residency program Does your program offer fluoride varnish in your continuity clinic? Do you have opportunities to work with your local pediatric dentists in your community? Do your residents go into schools to work with dentists to provide care to kids? If so, tell us about it! We know there is a lot going on at your programs that other residents would like to read about. Let us know how your residency program is providing oral health services in your community. Send your story to Jen Noble jnobleny@gmail.com, SOMSRFT District V. Follow us on social media If you want to hear more about the AAP oral health initiatives, follow our updates on these social media platforms: Facebook: Join the AAP Section on oral health (SOOH)! Residents can join the section on oral health for free by sending an oralhealth@aap.org with their request to join!

6 6/7 AAP has the APPS! District Updates Cont'd The American Academy of Pediatrics publishes and partners with publishers of mobile apps in order to provide both parents and health care providers with tools for fast, convenient answers and information. There are over 30 apps! For Professionals AAP Stay current with updates and messages from AAP when new information and apps are available. A convenient gallery of AAP web links are available with single sign-on access to AAP web sites. Search AAP.org and stay connected with Medical Student Update The Medical Student portion of SOMSRFT has gone through quite of bit of restructuring in the last 6 months with the help of former chair of the committee Lisa Costello, MD and we now have a new Medical Student Subcommittee Chair and new Medical Student District V Representative! The new Medical Student Subcommittee Chair is Christian Pulcini christian.pulcini@gmail.com. Our new District V representative is Jenni Kusma, a third year medical student at Ohio State. She recently ed all of the Pediatric Interest Groups (PIGs) within District V to introduce them to the AAP and what resources are available. It would be amazing to set up mentorship within the different communities in District V. Any interested residents, fellows or physicians please let us know! Medical Student District Representatives: District I Nan Du nan_du@brown.edu District II Chirag Parikh cparik02@nyit.edu District II Alison Mols amols@mix.wvu.edu District IV Robert Sellers Robert_sellers@med.unc.edu District V Jennifer Kusma Jennifer.kusma@osumc.edu District VI Puja Umaretiya Umaretiya.Puja@mayo.edu District VII Beverly Patuwo patuwo@bcm.edu District VIII Kathleen Rooney krooney@salud.unm.edu District IX Christine Thang cthang@mednet.ucla.edu District X Shannon Brockman shannonebrockman@gmail.com

America s Voice for Community Health Care

America s Voice for Community Health Care The National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) represents Community and Migrant Health Centers, as well as Health Care for the Homeless and Public