Local Pediatric CME and Chapter Events

HPV and Influenza Vaccination Outreach and Education

MNAAP, with support from a grant from the American Academy of Pediatrics, has produced a series of webinars for providers focusing on outreach for HPV and influenza vaccination and education. The webinars are available through the links below:

• Planning Family Vaccination Clinics With Schools – Jeanné R. Portoghese, Hennepin Healthcare:
• The Anti-Cancer Shot: Addressing HPV Vaccine Hesitancy with Dr. Garrett Jones
• Mobile Vaccine Delivery – Sheyanga Beecher, APRN, CNP, MPH – Hennepin Healthcare Dept. of Pediatrics
• Fixing the System: System Interventions for Improving Immunization Rates with Dr. Garrett Jones
• More Than Just A Cold: Exploring Ways to Combat Flu Vaccine Hesitancy with Dr. Garrett Jones

Fighting Racism to Advance Child Health Equity

This free training is available through the AAP Online Learning Center through April 2024. The course is designed to change competence and performance by focusing on ways to equip pediatricians to advance child health equity by applying an anti-racist lens to the systems shaping health and medicine. Tools and strategies will be provided to help prepare pediatricians on how to use the power of their platform to address health disparities and help create the conditions that we know support healthier children and families. AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ and MOC 2 credit available.

Upcoming Events

Friday, Nov. 18;  8:15 a.m. – 3:15 p.m.
Emerging Infections in Clinical Practice and Public Health (webinar)
This activity is planned and hosted by the University of Minnesota Department of Medicine in collaboration with the Minnesota Department of Health and Mayo Clinic. Learn more here.

Thursday, Nov. 17; 8 – 9 a.m.
Precision Medicine
Hosted by Children’s Minnesota Grand Rounds
Presented by David Gregornick, PharmD, Lane Miller, MD, and Doug Smith, MD

Thursday, Nov. 17; 6-8:30 p.m.
MNAAP Board Meeting at Mankato Clinic (also via Zoom)

Monday, Nov. 28; 12:15 – 1 p.m. via Zoom 
Early Childhood Work Group Meeting Lunch and Learn: The Developing Brain
Presented by Dr. Michael Georgieff, Executive Vice Chair and Martin Lenz Harrison Land Grant Professor, University of Minnesota Department of Pediatrics

Thursday, Dec. 1; 8-9 a.m.
Responding to the Pediatric Mental Health Crisis with an Equity Lens
Hosted by Children’s Minnesota Grand Rounds
Presented by Sharonne Herbert, PhD, ABPP

Tuesday, Dec. 6; 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Research in Child Health Dinner Forum: “After COVID, we carry on: Configuring child health priorities
Hosted by Children’s Minnesota, the University of Minnesota Medical School Department of Pediatrics, and the University of Minnesota’s Clinical and Translational Science Institute
RSVP by Nov. 28 at 3 p.m. using this link.

Monday, Dec. 12; 12:15 – 1 p.m. via Zoom
Anti-Racism & Disparities Work Group Meeting

To submit a CME event to be considered for listing, email venable@mnaap.org