One of the AAP’s major activities is to further the professional education of its members. Continuing education courses, annual scientific meetings, seminars, publications and statements from committees, councils, and sections form the basis of a continuing postgraduate educational program.
More than 30 committees develop many of the AAP’s positions and programs. Committees have interests as varied as injury, violence, and poison prevention, infectious diseases, disabled children, sports medicine, nutrition and child health financing. The AAP currently has 6 councils and 48 sections consisting of more than 41,500 members with interest in specialized areas of pediatrics. This includes a section for resident physicians with more than 9,000 members. Sections and councils present educational programs for both their members and the general membership of the AAP in order to highlight current research and practical knowledge in their respective subspecialties.
The AAP publishes Pediatrics, its monthly scientific journal; Pediatrics in Review, its continuing education journal; and its membership news magazine, AAP News. It also publishes manuals on such topics as infectious diseases and school health. In its public education efforts, the AAP produces patient education brochures and a series of child care books written by AAP members.
The AAP executes original research in social, economic and behavioral areas and promotes funding of research. It maintains a Washington, DC office to ensure that children’s health needs are taken into consideration as legislation and public policy are developed. The AAP’s state advocacy staff provides assistance to chapters, promoting issues such as child safety legislation and Medicaid policies that increase access to care for low-income children.
(read less)One of the AAP’s major activities is to further the professional education of its members. Continuing education courses, annual scientific meetings, seminars, publications and statements from committees, councils, and sections form the basis of a continuing postgraduate educational program.
More than 30 committees develop many of the AAP’s positions and programs. Committees have interests as varied as injury, violence, and poison prevention, infectious diseases, disabled children, sports...
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