Developing a Successful Advanced Advocacy Curriculum; The Secret to the Secret Sauce

Monday, April 28, 2025

2:00pm – 3:30pm HST

Location: Convention Center: 321

CE: 1.5

Leader(s)

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Sara Horstmann, MD (she/her/hers)

Associate Professor
Levine Children's Hospital
Cornelius, North Carolina, United States

Co-Leader(s)

Andy Aligne, MD, MPH

Director of the Hoekelman Center for Health Beyond Medicine
University of Rochester, Golisano Children's Hospital, United States
Meghan Aabo, D.O. (she/her/hers)

Associate Professor
Albany Medical Center Pediatric Residency Program
Albany, New York, United States
Stefanie Reed, D.O. (she/her/hers)

Clinical Assistant Professor
Wake Forest School of Medicine-Charlotte
Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
Sarah Ventre, MD, MPH (she/her/hers)

Assistant Clinical Faculty, Associate Program Director of Advocacy
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, New York, United States
Larissa Truschel, MD, MPH (she/her/hers)

Assistant Professor
Duke University School of Medicine
Durham, North Carolina, United States

Disclosure(s):

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

Andy Aligne, MD, MPH: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Meghan Aabo, D.O.: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Stefanie Reed, D.O.: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Sarah Ventre, MD, MPH: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Larissa Truschel, MD, MPH: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Workshop Description: This workshop is designed for people interested in creating or improving a community pediatrics curriculum. Experts with over 50 years of combined experience in advanced advocacy training will guide you through the core elements of successful curricula through an immersive experience. While simultaneously creating the foundations of a curriculum that you can bring back to your home program, you will experience the fundamental paradigm shift that allows impactful resident projects to be created. You will leave this workshop more energized about advanced advocacy skills, armed with a toolbox of curricular elements to tailor to your own individual institution, ready to change the world!

Learning Objectives:

Understand 3 foundational components to building a successful advanced advocacy curriculum
Experience activities which can be integrated into their own curricula
Understand the key skills that can be taught in an advanced advocacy curriculum