APA Environmental Health, Climate Change, and Sustainability & Advocacy Training Combined SIG

Sunday, April 30, 2023

11:00 AM – 2:00 PM ET

Location: Convention Center: 149 AB

CE: Live CME: 3.00

SIG Chair(s)

Elizabeth Friedman, MD MPH

Medical Director of Environmental Health
Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City
Kansas City, Missouri, United States
SJ

Sandra Jee, MD MPH (she/her/hers)

Professor of Pediatrics and Center for Community Health and Prevention
Pediatrics
Golisano Children's Hospital at The University of Rochester Medical Center
Rochester, New York, United States
Leora Mogilner, MD

Associate Professor
Pediatrics
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York, United States
Michelle Barnes, MD (she/her/hers)

Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Pediatrics
University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine
Oak Park, Illinois, United States

Disclosure(s):

Elizabeth Friedman, MD MPH: No financial relationships to disclose

Sandra H. Jee, MD MPH: No financial relationships to disclose

Leora Mogilner, MD: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Michelle Barnes, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

Session

Description: How do we teach advocacy skills to our peers and trainees? How do we leverage existing resources to make climate advocacy work also contribute to academic productivity? In this interactive workshop, a collaboration between the Advocacy SIG and the Environmental Health, Climate Change and Sustainability SIG, we will demonstrate how academic physicians can apply their passion for climate advocacy as scholarly work. We will provide discussion by experts who have been advocates through teaching, legislative advocacy (community level and state/federal level), and media outreach. In short presentations the presenters will highlight:
• Teaching resources on climate and health that are already available to the audience as well as guidance on how to efficiently utilize the resources
• Ideas for documenting our advocacy work
• Success stories from national climate policy advocates
• Practical advice on media outreach, whether this is speaking to news outlets or writing an Op/Ed
Small group discussions will allow attendees to discuss their area of choice with the experienced faculty. Audience members will leave the workshop with improved understanding of how to utilize advocacy in a professional, academic setting whether by individual action, mentorship or training future physician advocates.

Learning Objectives:

Upon completion, participants will be able to identify, access understand how to effectively utilize already available teaching resources on climate and health
Upon completion, participants will be able to interact with the press and media in a professional context when advocating for climate action
Upon completion, participants will be able to apply climate advocacy to their scholarly work portfolios

Presentations:

11:00 AM – 11:10 AM ET

Overview and scope of the problem
SIG Speaker: Elizabeth Friedman, MD MPH – Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City
11:10 AM – 11:30 AM ET

Teaching, education and trainee involvement
SIG Speaker: Sandra H. Jee, MD MPH (she/her/hers) – Golisano Children's Hospital at The University of Rochester Medical Center
11:30 AM – 11:50 AM ET

Teaching, education and trainee involvement
11:50 AM – 12:10 PM ET

Teaching, education and trainee involvement
SIG Speaker: Harleen K. Marwah, MD, MS – Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
12:10 PM – 12:15 PM ET

Documenting advocacy work and scholarship
SIG Speaker: Leora Mogilner, MD (she/her/hers) – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
12:10 PM – 12:30 PM ET

Media advocacy
SIG Speaker: Elizabeth Murray, DO MBA FAAP (she/her/hers) – Golisano Children's Hospital at The University of Rochester Medical Center
12:15 PM – 12:20 PM ET

Documenting advocacy work and scholarship
SIG Speaker: Michelle Barnes, MD – University of Illinois College of Medicine
12:20 PM – 12:40 PM ET

Legislative advocacy
SIG Speaker: Lisa Patel, MD, MESc (she/her/hers) – Stanford University School of Medicine
12:40 PM – 1:00 PM ET

Media advocacy
SIG Speaker: Jennifer Johnson (she/her/hers) – University of Rochester, Golisano Children's Hospital