CME and Educational Opportunities

UPCOMING PROGRAMS:

Health Equity Rounds Webinars

MCAAP members are invited to join Health Equity Rounds conferences hosted by Boston Medical Center, the UMASS Child Health Equity Center and Mass General Brigham for Children. Access to webinar links and other resources will be offered via a Google Group and shared Google calendar. To gain access to the Google Group and calendar, please contact Cathleen Haggerty at chaggerty@mcaap.org for an invitation.

PAST PROGRAMS:

12/13/2025@10:30 am – 1:45 pm – MCAAP Medical Student Committee Advocacy Conference – UMass Chan Medical School – Please contact Cathleen Haggerty at chaggerty@mcaap.org for more information.

12/9/2025@12 noon – “Bringing Health Equity Rounds to Your Practice” Presenter: Jackie Hsieh, MD, MPH, Pediatrician Pediatrics at Newton Wellesley, PC. Click here for the program outline, click here for the presentation and click here for the recording.

11/12/2025@6 pm – FREE CME – “Achieving Equity in Clinical Practice” – Presenter: Joseph L. Wright, MD, MPH, FAAP, Senior Vice President and Chief Health Equity Officer American Academy of Pediatrics. Click here for the program outline, click here for the presentation and click here for the recording.

11/7/2025 – UMASS Chan Pediatric Health Equity Rounds. Contact Cathleen Haggerty at chaggerty@mcaap.org for more information.

11/5/2025 – 30th Annual Massachusetts Immunization Action Partnership (MIAP) Pediatric Immunization Skills Building Conference – Wednesday, November 5, 8 am – 4 pm at the DCU Center, Worcester, MA. Click here for more information.

10/24/2025 – BMC Health Equity Rounds.

10/20/2025 – 12 pm – “Introduction to Health Equity Rounds: A Solutions-oriented, Case-based Conference Series on Bias & Structural Racism.” Presenters: Heather Hsu, MD MPH, Raquel Selcer, MD and Destiny Tolliver, MD. Here is the recording.

9/19/2025 – Ask the Experts – “Providing Early Relational Heath – Practical Updates in Pediatric Care – Simply and Reducing Burnout” – Featuring Dr. Barry Zuckerman. Click here to access the presentation. Courtesy of CT Children’s.

6/12/2025 – 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.

6/17/2025 – 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.

5/6/2025 – MCAAP 2025 Annual Business Meeting with the Second Annual Poster Session – Awards & Networking Dinner – Featured Speaker: David Hill, MD FAAP – “Countering misinformation and disinformation. How do you fight back, and when?”

5/1/2025
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

4/1/2025 – 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.

12/4/2024 – 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.

9/25/2024 – 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.

5/8/2024 – MCAAP Virtual Annual Business and CME Meeting – “Adolescent Wellness in the 21st Century” – Click here for the program outline.

4/17/2024 – 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:

5/13/2024 – “Learning about Regional Autism Resource Centers” – Click here for the recording.

4/29/2024– “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.

4/15/2024 – “Who/What/How of Autism Diagnosis in MA” – Click here for the presentation. Click here for the recording.

4/1/2024 – “Leveraging Community Services to Support Your Patients’ Mental Health Needs“. Click here for the recording.

4/18/2924 – No session

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

2/19/2024 – 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.