Family-Led Academic Grand Rounds

noon–1 p.m. CST via Zoom Thursday afternoons

A collaborative initiative between the University of Wisconsin’s Waisman Center, the Department of Pediatrics in the School of Medicine and Public Health, and the Bluebird Way Foundation has created 5 virtual Family-Led Academic Grand Rounds (FLAG Rounds) focused on Ableism in Pediatrics. These national, quarterly educational sessions will be led and presented by families. FLAG Rounds flips the traditional grand rounds model and embraces family as educators. Family Faculty will present an aspect of their “case” as a story and then offer strategies to develop knowledge, skills and abilities to perform, or partner in, the essential activities of care of children with disabilities and/or medical complexity.

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FLAG Sessions 2024-2025

January 16, 2025 I Whose Expectation is it Anyway? Access, Care and Humanization

Whose Expectation is it Anyway? Access, Care and Humanization

12-1 p.m. CST

HSLC 1335 & zoom

Session Overview: Life is full of expectations — of ourselves, others, groups, professions, the law, ethics, morality and more. For children with disabilities, expectations are chronically low and often fueled by lack of knowledge, assumptions and apathy. One effective tool to combat these expectations and biases is to form partnerships between clinicians and families. Using stories from lived experience that illustrate examples of substandard care, dehumanization and inaccessibility, we will provide guidance on how to tackle barriers together.

Speakers:

Cara Coleman – Co-Chair of Family Led Academic Grand Rounds

Danielle Gerber – Co-Chair of Family Led Academic Grand Rounds, Family Engagement Specialist, Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

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March 13, 2025 I Say What? Language Matters

Say What? Language Matters

12-1 p.m. CST

Thursday, March 13, 2025 via Zoom

Speaker: Jessica Egar

Speaker: Lisa Treleaven

Speaker: Emma Bouza

Session Overview: March FLAG Rounds session overview: Join three family faculty to hear stories focused on the importance of language in the care of children with medical complexity and/or disability. These stories will illustrate how language can dehumanize and further fragment systems of care. Family faculty will deliver strategies to partner with families to humanize, build trust and understand how language matters in improving the care of children with medical complexity and/or disability.

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May 29, 2025 | The Compass We Carry

The Compass We Carry

12-1 p.m. CST

Thursday, May 29, 2025 via Zoom

Speaker: Darcel Jackson

Speaker: Eithne Egan

Speaker: Lori Ann Dotson

Session Overview: In this month’s FLAG Rounds family faculty will tell stories that involve diagnostic overshadowing, end of life decision making, and defining dignity. They will share strategies surrounding uncertainty to ensure we align and move forward together, guided by the compass we carry.

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FLAG Rounds View-Reflect Flyer May 2025

FLAG Rounds Key Takeaways May 2025 (2)

September 25, 2025 | Walking the Line: Giving Care/Forgone Care (and everything in between)

Walking the Line: Giving Care/Forgone Care (and everything in between)

12-1 p.m. CST

Thursday, September 25, 2025 via Zoom

Speaker: Lora Batson, MPAS, PA-C, MPH

Speaker: Anastacia Newton, MA

Session Overview: Join us as Family Faculty share powerful stories of caring for children with disabilities—highlighting the delicate balance ( or ‘walking the line’) between providing care and the risk of care being forgone. Our Family Faculty will offer thoughtful strategies to facilitate accessibility and deliver compassionate, whole-child care.

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December 4, 2025 | Dismissed: Devaluing the Voices of Families in Health Care

Dismissed: Devaluing the Voices of Families in Health Care

12-1 p.m. CST

Thursday, December 4, 2025 via Zoom

Speaker: Ellie Acuna

Speaker: Adenike Chon, MA, LGSW

Speaker: Ida Winters

Session Overview: This session includes stories of being dismissed while seeking care for children with disabilities and the effect it has on families. Family faculty will share strategies for professionalism and communication, and also reflect on how deeply they seek to partner with clinicians in spite of experiences of ableism.

Additional Resources

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Accreditation Statement

Accreditation Statement

In support of improving patient care, the University of Wisconsin–Madison ICEP is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Credit Designation Statements

American Medical Association (AMA)

The University of Wisconsin–Madison ICEP designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)

The University of Wisconsin–Madison ICEP designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 ANCC contact hours.

ASWB Approved Continuing Education (ACE)

As a Jointly Accredited Organization, the University of Wisconsin–Madison ICEP is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this course receive 1 general continuing education credits.

Continuing Education Units

The University of Wisconsin–Madison ICEP, as a member of the University Professional & Continuing Education Association (UPCEA), authorizes this program for 0.1 continuing education units (CEUs) or 1 hours.