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ArticleMedEdPORTAL : the journal of teaching and learning resources2020

Advancing Advocacy: Implementation of a Child Health Advocacy Curriculum in a Pediatrics Residency Program.

Amara Majeed, Heather Newton, Arnold Mahesan, Turaj Vazifedan, Dana Ramirez

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Article in MedEdPORTAL : the journal of teaching and learning resources, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Learning How to Advocate: A New Curriculum for Psychiatry Residents.Academic psychiatry : the journal of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training and the Association for Academic Psychiatry · 2026
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  4. Advocacy Education in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: Results of a National Survey of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship Programs.Academic psychiatry : the journal of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training and the Association for Academic Psychiatry · 2026
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  6. Advocacy in Psychiatry.Focus (American Psychiatric Publishing) · 2025
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  9. A Pediatric Resident Advocacy in Complex Care Curriculum.MedEdPORTAL : the journal of teaching and learning resources · 2023
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  10. Policy Advocacy Workshop Tools for Training Medical Students to Act on Climate Change.MedEdPORTAL : the journal of teaching and learning resources · 2023
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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors.

Amara MajeedClinical Fellow, Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Harvard Medical School.
Heather NewtonInstructor, GME Programs, Eastern Virginia Medical School.
Arnold MahesanClinical Fellow, Department of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Eastern Virginia Medical School.
Turaj VazifedanInstructor, Department of Pediatrics, Eastern Virginia Medical School.
Dana RamirezAssociate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Eastern Virginia Medical School.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: ACGME program requirements for graduate medical education state that pediatric residency programs should include elements of child advocacy education. Finding readily available, easily implementable advocacy curricula for pediatric residency programs is challenging. We conducted a generalized curricular needs assessment via literature review and a targeted needs assessment with health care providers and advocacy leaders and developed and implemented a child health advocacy curriculum in a pediatrics residency program. Methods: Delivered across 9 months, the curriculum included three components: electronic resources, didactic sessions, and interactive workshops aimed at developing advocacy skills in the context of pressing child health issues. The learner audience was PGY 1 through PGY 4. The curriculum was evaluated using pre- and postcurriculum surveys. Results: Our curriculum advanced child advocacy locally by establishing partnerships with state and federal American Academy of Pediatrics and pediatric residency programs, teaching residents to generate advocacy action plans, and implanting a longitudinal advocacy curriculum in the residency program. Sixty-four of 70 residents participated in the curriculum: 33% were PGY 1, 31% were PGY 2, 30% were PGY 3, and 6% were PGY 4. Pre- and postcurriculum surveys demonstrated improved knowledge of and comfort level with advocacy after curriculum completion. Discussion: Child advocacy teaching improved resident and faculty awareness about child health issues in the community, as well as understanding of pathways to advocate for child health. The curriculum is reproducible and feasible and can assist other institutions to develop advocacy education and skill development programs.

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Child AdvocacyChild HealthHealth Plan ImplementationInternship and ResidencyChildCurriculumEducation, Medical, GraduateHumansPediatricsSurveys and QuestionnairesAdvocacyCase-Based LearningChild HealthChild Health Advocacy CurriculumFocus Groups/InterviewsProgram EvaluationSimulation

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PMID32175473
PMCPMC7062538

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