Professional Development

Vision and Mission

Our vision is that all faculty, staff, and trainees in the Department of Pediatrics will flourish in their personal lives and professional careers.

Our mission is to create and maintain relevant and innovative growth opportunities for faculty, staff and trainees within the University of Wisconsin Department of Pediatrics. These opportunities are guided by principles of diversity, equity and inclusion to address personal and professional well-being. Professional development opportunities will be developed based on the needs of faculty and staff within our department and through the recognition of national and local issues affecting pediatric clinical care, education, quality improvement, research, and advocacy. Consistent with the Wisconsin Idea, the impact of our professional development education will benefit the children and families that we serve in our communities and throughout the state.

Regularly Scheduled Series & CME

Pediatric Grand Rounds

Thursday's from 7:30-8:30 a.m. via Zoom

Pediatric Grand Rounds is a weekly multidisciplinary conference designed to improve participant's ability to practice pediatric medicine. These sessions are for CME and MOC Part II credits.

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Medical Education Scholars in Pediatrics

Medical Education Scholars in Pediatrics is a monthly conference for faculty and trainees to conduct research in medical education, viewing medical education as a primary focus for academic scholarship.

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Pediatric Collaborative Care Behavioral Health Conference

The Pediatric Collaborative Care Behavioral Health Conference is a bi-monthly interactive lecture series that focuses on core behavioral health clinical topics encountered in pediatric primary care settings.

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Conferences

Clinical Care Week

September 18-22, 2023

This weeklong conference  highlights innovations in clinical care through state and nationwide lenses.

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Medical Education Week

March 18-22, 2024

This week long conference  highlights medical education and scholarship for faculty, staff and trainees.

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Research Week

May 13-17, 2024

This weeklong conference highlights the latest advances in pediatric research.

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Lectureships

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The Allen Inspiring Children Lecture

The Allen Inspiring Children Lectureship welcomes our new trainees each July. This lectureship is grounded in motivating, creating connections and sparking passion in these new learners, by sharing the experiences that have made faculty wiser clinicians and to keep learning and growing from patients.

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The Gilbert-Barness Lecture

The Gilbert-Barness Lectureship, as designated by its endowment, invites University of Wisconsin medical community individuals who will provide state-of-the-art, contemporary information and ideas in the areas of pediatrics and pathology. The lectureship is co-administered by the Departments of Pathology and Pediatrics. The lectureship embodies the highest ideals of academics. It broadens the learning potential of both departments and will bring to the entire University community fresh ideas on which to contemplate. This lectureship happens every fall.

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Norman Fost Lecture on Skepticism and Critical Thinking

The Norman Fost Lecture on Skepticism and Critical Thinking will be presented on a topic that reflects the engagement of skepticism and critical thinking about a health care issue that may be guided by conventional wisdom rather than facts, preferably about an ethical issue related to pediatrics. If no speaker is available to speak about ethics, the lecture could address any area of medicine or health care that challenges conventional wisdom. This lectureship happens in February.

 

 

The Murray Katcher Child Health Advocacy Lecture

The Katcher Lectureship will feature speakers who address the challenges and successes of such advocacy. Murray Katcher, MD’75, PhD, emeritus professor of pediatrics, retired from the Department of Pediatrics in 2012 after 35 years as both a clinician and a focused, tireless, prodigious advocate for the health and safety of children and vulnerable adults. The Katcher Lectureship will feature speakers who address the challenges and successes of such advocacy. This lectureship happens every April.

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The Iams-Tuffli Lecture

The Iams-Tuffli Lecture is an annual lecture series on the practice of pediatrics. The series is named after the late Alexander Iams, MD, and Gordon Tuffli, MD, two Madison-based pediatricians and friends who embodied the lecture series’ goal of promoting camaraderie in the field of pediatrics. After Iams passed away in 1984, his family – including son and daughter-in-law Jay and Pat Iams – established a memorial fund and lecture series to honor his 35+ years in pediatrics. The annual lecture covers a diverse range of topics relevant to pediatricians in both private and academic settings. Additionally, the memorial fund generously pays for the registration fees for all participants. This lectureship happens every April/May.

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The Odell Lecture

The Odell Lectureship was established in 1994 to honor Dr. Gerard B. Odell, Emeritus Professor of Pediatrics. Dr. Odell was internationally recognized for his research in the field of neonatal jaundice and bilirubin metabolism. In addition to the lectureship, the Gerard B. Odell Research Award was established to honor Dr. Odell’s distinguished career in pediatrics research, academics, clinical practice and education. The award is given to an assistant or associate professor of pediatrics in recognition of outstanding research accomplishments and demonstrated potential for future contributions in basic or translational research. This lecture happens every May during Research Week.

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Current Workshops and Series

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Flourish Hour 2023-2024 Sessions

The Department of Pediatrics hosts a variety of workshops and series throughout the year for all departmental faculty, staff and trainees. Click on the tabs below to read through the different, and upcoming, offerings.

ourish Hour is accessible to all faculty, staff, and trainees and these sessions are created to support department members in flourishing in their careers. Sessions may include a variety of topics that relate to our department’s strategic priorities, as well as topics such as finding passion in your work, how to utilize time management strategies, and how to live a healthier life.  These sessions are recorded and can be accessed on the DOP Intranet. If you are interested in hosting, teaching and/or suggesting a future professional development event, please complete the Professional Development Activity Request Form.


2023-2024 Flourish Hour Schedule

12-1 p.m. via zoom

Date Topic Speaker
September 7 Well-Being Sarah Webber, MD
October 26 Fall Adventures Reva Finkelman, MS

Heidi Kloster, MD

Julia Clemens, MD

November 30 Passion and Purpose Casey Freymiller, MD FAAP

Arij Beshish, MD, PhD

Dominic Co, MD, PhD

January 25 Life Hacks Sushant Srinivasan, MD, MHPE
February 29 Advocacy/DEI Megan Yanny, MD

Alex Wolfe, MD

April 4 Passion and Purpose
June 27 Summer Adventures

Academic Lunch and Learn - 4 part series

Academic Lunch and Learn series is a four part series aimed at helping department members with their scholarly work, such as: writing abstracts, creating poster presentations and more!

These session will be more 12-1 p.m. via zoom.

Date Topic Speaker
August 31 Abstract Writing Brad Kerr
November 9 Presentation Skills for an Academic Meeting Bernadette Gillick, PhD
February 22 Power Point Presentations and Data Sharing Jenna Contreras
June 20 Inclusive Leadership Mala Mathur, MD

MESP Day & Workshop

Date: Thursday, February 8th

Time: 9:15 to 11 a.m.

Mike Weisgerber, MD – professor, Medical director of Medical Education, Pediatric Hospital Medicine, Children’s Wisconsin

Time: 9:15 to 11 a.m.

*This workshop will follow Dr. Weisgerber’s Pediatric Grand Round from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. via zoom and in-person in HSLC 1335.

 

 

 

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Residency Education Workshop

Date: Thursday, February 22nd

Time: 9:15 to 11 a.m.

Stuart Slavin, MD – Senior Scholar for Well-Being, Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education

*This workshop will follow Dr. Slavin’s Pediatric Grand Round from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. via zoom and in-person in HSLC 1335.

 

 

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Medical Improv Workshop

Date: Thursday, March 21st

Time: 9:15 to 11 a.m.

Amy Zelenski, PhD – associate professor, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

*This workshop will follow Dr. Zelenski’s Pediatric Grand Round from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. via zoom and in-person in HSLC 1335. This workshop is apart of Medical Education Week 2024.

 

 

 

 

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Finding Your Passion

Date: Friday, March 22nd

Time: 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. I HSLC 1335

Megan Moreno, MD, MSEd, MPH, professor and interim chairMegan Moreno, MD, MSEd, MPH – professor, interim department chair, Division of General Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, University of Wisconsin Madison School of Medicine and Public Health

 

 

 

 

 

Mala Mathur

Mala Mathur, MD, MPH – associate professor, director of professional development, Division of General Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, University of Wisconsin Madison School of Medicine and Public Health

 

 

 

 

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Workshops and Special Series

Professional Development Team

Mala Mathur, MD, MPH

Position title: Associate Professor, Director of Professional Development

Address:
Division of General Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
For Academic Inquiries: (608) 265-5835

Reva Finkelman

Position title: Professional Development Manager

Email: rfinkelman@pediatrics.wisc.edu

Phone: (608) 263-8542

Address:
Academic Affairs
600 Highland Ave, H6/577

Catherine (Kate) Dougherty

Position title: Professional Development Specialist

Email: catherine.dougherty@pediatrics.wisc.edu

Address:
Academic Affairs
600 Highland Ave, H6/577

Jenna Contreras

Position title: Strategic Initiatives Specialist

Email: jrcontreras@pediatrics.wisc.edu

Address:
Academic Affairs
600 Highland Ave, H6/577

Professional Development Calendar

The below calendar includes: Pediatric Grand Rounds, Medical Education Scholars in Pediatrics, Conferences, Lectureships, Flourish Hours and workshops/series.

Pediatric Grand Rounds – Erin Lowery, MD, MS *ABP MOC II

Via Zoom

Date: Thursday, December 7, 2023 Time: 7:30-8:30 a.m. CST Zoom Link Title: Adolescent Lung Transplant: A Changing Landscape in a New Era of Transplantation Speaker: Erin Lowery, MD, MS - associate professor, Division of Pulmonary & Critical …

Pediatric Grand Rounds – Nikki Orlov, MD

Via Zoom

Date: Thursday, December 14, 2023 Time: 7:30-8:30 a.m. CST Zoom Link Title: Coaching for Change: Using a Coach Framework to Foster Growth in Your Learners Speaker: Nikki Orlov, MD - associate professor of pediatrics, University of Chicago …

Pediatric Grand Rounds- Lindsey Boyke, MD, MPH * ABP MOC II

Via Zoom

Date: Thursday, January 11, 2024 Time: 7:30-8:30 a.m. CST Zoom Link Title: Going Beyond the Curve: Diagnosis and Management of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Speaker: Lindsey Boyke, MD, MPH, Non-Operative Pediatric Orthopedic fellow, Department, Orthopedics and Rehabilitation, University …

Pediatric Grand Rounds- Winter Research Potpourri- Mala Mathur, MD, MPH & TBD

Via Zoom

Date: Thursday, January 18, 2024 Time: 7:30-8:30 a.m. CST Zoom Link Title: Forthcoming Speaker: Mala Mathur, MD, MPH, assistant professor, director of professional development, Divison of General Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin …

Pediatric Grand Rounds- Raina Voss, MD, MPH

Via Zoom

Date: Thursday, January 25, 2024 Time: 7:30-8:30 a.m. CST Zoom Link Title: Promoting Sexual Health for LGBTQ+ Adolescents and Young Adults Speaker: Raina Voss, MD, MPH, assistant professor of pediatrics, Northwestern Medicine, Fedinberg School of Medicine Please …

Flourish Hour- January 2024

Via Zoom

Theme: Life Hacks Speakers: Sushant Srinivasan, MD Zoom Link: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/96720043144 Flourish Hour is accessible to all faculty, staff, and trainees and these sessions are created to support department members in flourishing in their careers. Sessions …

Pediatric Grand Rounds- Pooja Tandon, MD

Via Zoom

Date: Thursday, February 1, 2024 Time: 7:30-8:30 a.m. CST Zoom Link Title: Play Equity to Promote Health Equity Speaker: Pooja Tandon, MD, associate professor, General Pediatrics, Seattle Children's Hospital Please text the 6-letter code provided in the …