CME and Educational Opportunities

UPCOMING PROGRAMS:

FOR MCAAP MEMBERS – MCAAP 2025 Annual Business Meeting with the Second Annual Poster Session – Awards & Networking Dinner – Tuesday, May 6th – 6:00 pm – registration – 6:30 – 9:00 pm – program at the Massachusetts Medical Society, Waltham MA – Featured Speaker: David Hill, MD FAAP – “Countering misinformation and disinformation. How do you fight back, and when?” – Space Limited – Click here to register.

FOR MCAAP MEMBERS – Residents and Fellows Day at the State House (RFDASH) – Thursday, June 12th at MGB and MA State House, 9 am – 2 pm – Click here for more information.

FOR MCAAP MEMBERS – Early Childhood Mental Health: A Primer for Pediatric Primary Care Clinicians – Tuesday, June 17th – 8 am – 5 pm at the Massachusetts Medical Society, Waltham. MA. Click here for more information.

2025 Vaccine Education Webinar Series
Thursday, May 1, 2025, 12:00-1:00 PM
Measles Update: Spring 2025
Presenters: Angela Fowler, MD, MPH, Associate Medical Director for Vaccine Preventable Diseases, Massachusetts Department of Public Health; John Snyder, MD, FAAP, Pediatrician, Amherst Pediatrics
Click here for more information and to register for the webinar.

RECENT PAST PROGRAMS:

April 2, 2025 – Webinar – “Pediatricians Take Action Advocating for Child Health through Op-Eds and Letters to the Editor” – Wednesday, April 2nd – 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm –  Click here to access the presentation slides and click here to access the recording.

December 4, 2024 – Webinar – “Infant Food Introduction and Food Allergy Prevention” – Wednesday, December 4th – 12 pm – 1 pm – Click here for the program outline. Click here to access the presentation slides and click here to access the recording.

September 25, 2024 – Webinar – “Chronic Absenteeism and Child Health: To Excuse or Not Excuse”– Click here for the program outline. Click here for the presentation slides. Click here for the recording.

May 8, 2024 – MCAAP Virtual Annual Business and CME Meeting – “Adolescent Wellness in the 21st Century” – Click here for the program outline.

April 17, 2024 Webinar – “An Introduction to Generative AI for the Busy Pediatrician” – Click here for the outline and click here for the presentation.

The MCAAP Monday Bi-weekly Virtual Drop-in Educational Lunch Series Archives:

May 13, 2024 – “Learning about Regional Autism Resource Centers” – Click here for the recording.

April 29, 2024 – “ABA Autism Therapies in EI” – Click here for the first presentation. Click here for second and click here for the third. Click here for the recording.

April 15, 2024 – “Who/What/How of Autism Diagnosis in MA” – Click here for the presentation. Click here for the recording.

April 1, 2024 – “Leveraging Community Services to Support Your Patients’ Mental Health Needs“. Click here for the recording.

March 18, 2024 – No session

March 4, 2024 – How to support parents before, during, and after developmental diagnosis. Click here for presentation. Click here for the recording.

February 19, 2024 – No session

February 5, 2024 – Bring IDEA Part B and Part Cases to Share and Support. No recording or presentation slides for this presentation.

January 22, 2024: Meet Early Intervention Program Directors. Click here for the presentation. Click here for the recording.

January 8, 2024: Early Intervention Services in 2024: Referrals, Care, and Communication – Click here for the presentation. Click here for the recording.

December 11, 2023: Anatomy of an IEP: What a Pediatrician Needs to Know. Click here for the presentation. Click here for the recording.

October 30, 2023: IEP/TEAM assessment timeline: How to work with parents and advocate for testing and accommodation. Click here for the presentation. Click here for the recording.

October 16, 2023: IDEA Part B: Requesting an IEP/504 TEAM assessment: Just do it! Click here is the presentation. Click here for the recording.November 13, 2023: The 504/IEP Process: Understanding the School’s Team Assessment Report – Click here for the presentation. Click here for the recording.

October 2, 2023: Introduction to Expanding Your Patient-Centered Medical “Neighborhood” – Intro to IDEA Part B and C Services for Pediatricians – Click here for the presentation. Click here for the recording.