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April 2012 Newsletter Article

Happy Spring!

In the current issue of APA Focus you'll hear from Benard about some exciting news - the APA Mission and Vision Statements and our Core Values have been updated. As you'll see, our new mission, vision and core values continue to have children's health and well-being as our central purpose. In addition to highlighting our four historic pillars, we now showcase our expertise and focus on advancing the career development of child health professionals as well as meeting the needs of our members.

The 2012 Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) meeting is just 2 weeks away! I imagine many APA members are finalizing and printing their posters, setting up last minute conference calls to review workshop materials, and practicing platform presentations with co-workers and mentors. The PAS meeting is always a great chance to re-connect with colleagues and a wonderful opportunity to establish new connections with like-minded APA members. This year, Past President Janet Serwint and the APA Mentoring Task Force have organized an exciting APA Mentoring Event pairing about 60 mentees with 60 mentors. This event is sure to be a hit! During the opening general session on Saturday, April 28^th 5:00-6:30pm, NASA Astronaut & Mission Specialist Gregory E. Chamitoff will launch us into the 2012 PAS meeting with a Keynote Address entitled, "The International Space Station - Gateway to Our Future." As always, the meeting will be packed with poster and platform sessions, workshops, mini-courses, invited science presentations, hot topic symposia and much more. Are you interested in family-centered care? How about simulation in medical education or qualitative research? Maybe health literacy or serving the underserved is your passion? Well, as you know our SIGs are the lifeblood of the APA and we now have 39 of them! Be sure to check out this month's newsletter and the PAS program for details and meeting times. Also, on Monday, April 30^th don't forget to set your alarm clocks extra early and try your very best to attend your APA Regional Breakfast at 7:00am! Check out the Region Co-Chair updates in this month's newsletter for details about breakfast meeting times and locations. Get ready! If you haven't yet looked at the on-line PAS program, check it out now and make a personalized schedule.

See you in Boston!

Barry Solomon
Communications Director
Academic Pediatric Association
bsolomon@jhmi.edu

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