The Tele-Preventive Medicine (TPM) service is a 3-month rotation designed for the virtual delivery of clinical preventive services and lifestyle medicine interventions for a variety of populations, including patients in the Stony Brook Family Medicine Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH). The clinical care data generated in the TPM service form the basis of the content for the Population Health Rounds.

Congratulations to Stony Brook and Dr. Iris Granek, Clinical Professor and Founding Chair of the Department of Family, Population and Preventive Medicine

The program was recognized during Teaching Prevention 2022: Pivot With Purpose To Build A Healthier Future. Learn about the Awards Program and nominations process at www.aptrweb.org/awards.

Members of the editorial board will advise on journal policy and scope in addition to providing regular peer review.

For more information or to submit a manuscript, please visit www.journals.elsevier.com/ajpm-focus.

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Jointly sponsored by the Association for Prevention Teaching and Research (APTR) and the American College of Preventive Medicine (ACPM), AJPM Focus will continue the AJPM tradition of publishing high-quality research and scholarship across all aspects of public health and preventive medicine practice, teaching, and research. In addition to research papers, review articles, and editorials, AJPM Focus publishes policy analyses, quality improvement findings, program evaluations, and other types of articles. Recognizing that global prevention teaching, research, and practice must be grounded in a body of evidence that is inclusive of all scholarly methodologies and scientific perspectives, AJPM Focus also welcomes manuscripts reporting on studies utilizing diverse methodologies, including quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methodologies.

To inquire about submitting and reviewing papers, or serving on the editorial board of AJPM Focus, contact Yuri Jadotte at AJPM.Focus@stonybrookmedicine.edu.

For more information visit www.aptrweb.org/acceleration_projects 

Grant Recipients

Advancing Anti-Racism in a Maternal Child Health Curriculum

• University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center College of Population Health     
• Pamela Sedillo, MPA & Stephanie Chambers, MPH

Heat Related impact of Climate Change Amongst Incarcerated Individuals Within the United States

•  University of Massachusetts Medical School; Department of Family Medicine and Community Health
• Jennifer Bradford, MD, MPH & Heather Alker, MD

Climate Justice: Acceleration of Prevention and Population Environmental Health Education 

• Morehouse School of Medicine; Department of Public Health Education
• Stephanie Miles-Richardson, DVM, PhD

Teaching Toolkit for Addressing the Health Needs of Migrant Populations             

• The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler; Department of Healthcare Policy, Economics and Management 
• Kimberly S. Elliott, PhD

Bridges to Health Equity - Trauma Informed Care for Migrant Health

• Morehouse School of Medicine; Department of Community Health and Preventive Medicine
• Robina Josiah Willock, PhD, MPH

Join the Academic Partnerships to Improve Health (APIH) (American Association of Colleges of Nursing, Association of American Medical Colleges, Association for Prevention Teaching and Research, Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health) and Interprofessional Education Collaborative (IPEC) as they host a discussion exploring anti-racism and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) across the spectrum of health professions education. The panelists will discuss what it will take to eliminate racism and discrimination in health professions’ curricula and learning environments. This discussion will provide the audience with ideas and insights for initiating, enhancing and sustaining efforts to prepare future public health and healthcare leaders to advance racial equity.

Objectives:

1. Describe the relationship between anti-racism, health equity, and diversity, equity, and inclusion in the context of health professions education.
2. Analyze existing curriculum to ensure preparation of a public health and healthcare workforce to advance racial equity
3. Evaluate effective strategies for creating anti-racist, equitable and inclusive learning environments.
   

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Speakers

Thomas A. LaVeist, PhD
Dean
Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine

Daniel Dawes, JD
Director
Satcher Health Leadership Institute
Morehouse School of Medicine

Moderator:
Malika Fair, MD, MPH
Senior Director, Equity and Social Accountability
Association of American Medical Colleges

This webinar is funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Academic Partnerships to Improve Health.

The Association for Prevention Teaching and Research (APTR) offers field placements for preventive medicine residents and primary care residents with the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) Program, based at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).

The clinical preventive medicine rotation at AHRQ provides an in-depth experience in the process of developing evidence-based recommendations. Residents work closely with AHRQ staff and USPSTF members in a variety of activities such as: participating in scoping of CPS topics; researching information on epidemiology and burden of preventable conditions addressed by CPS; reviewing and summarizing external comments on draft recommendations; researching positions of other organizations; and editing and finalizing recommendations and rationale statements. Other projects may involve developing implementation materials for USPSTF recommendations aimed at patients, clinicians, health plans, employers or policy makers.

Residents may have the opportunity to participate in a variety of AHRQ meetings, conferences and seminars, including the USPSTF meetings and conference calls with USPSTF members, as well as didactic teaching and journal club sessions focusing on current issues and updates in clinical preventive medicine and evidence-based research. Applicants from diverse backgrounds and perspectives are encouraged to apply.

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APTR is accepting nominations for the 2022 APTR Awards Program. This program nationally recognizes outstanding individuals and academic programs for achievement in the field of prevention and public health education. The APTR Awards Program honors those who have advanced prevention and public health teaching, research, and service.  

www.aptrweb.org/awards

APTR is pleased to announce that Richard Zimmerman, MD, MPH; Professor; University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine has been appointed to represent APTR on the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). Dr. Zimmerman was selected from a pool of highly qualified candidates who responded to the APTR Call to the membership in July. Liaison Representatives are non-voting and comment on ACIP’s recommendations as well as offer the perspectives of population health and preventive medicine. Dr. Zimmerman will also serve in an advisory capacity to the APTR-CDC Cooperative Agreement Projects funded by the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD).

Dr. Zimmerman is a tenured professor at the University of Pittsburgh with a primary appointment in the Medical School and secondary appointments in the School of Public Health and Clinical and Translational Science Institute. He practices part-time in a federally qualified, inner-city health center since 1991, where he co-leads COVID-19 efforts and serves on the quality assurance and ethics committees. Dr. Zimmerman is the Principal Investigator for the Pittsburgh teams for the CDC’s current multi-center outpatient US Flu Vaccine Effectiveness (VE) Network and for the inpatient HAIVEN study, both of which address the current epidemiology and clinical effectiveness of influenza and COVID-19 vaccines. He serves as an editorial board member of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine and has been recognized for his previous work on the APTR Teaching Immunization in Medical Education (TIME) Project. 

Dr. Zimmerman’s main contributions to science include influencing vaccine policy deliberations, developing award-winning immunization education resources for professions, developing an award-winning clinical practice transformation program to increase vaccination rates, conducting vaccine trials, and leading the Pittsburgh sites for 2 of the CDC’s influenza vaccine effectiveness networks (which now address COVID-19). His team’s motto is “Protecting people: vaccine policy to practice.”

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) is a federal advisory committee, composed of medical and public health experts, that provides advice and guidance to the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on the most effective means to prevent vaccine-preventable diseases in the United States. ACIP’s guidance includes the use of vaccines, and may also include recommendations for administration of immune globulin preparations and/or antimicrobial therapy shown to be effective in controlling a disease for which a vaccine is available. In addition, ACIP has a statutory authority for the Vaccines for Children (VFC) program; ACIP has sole responsibility and authority to determine the vaccines, number of doses, schedule and contraindications for the VFC program.

APTR is pleased to announce the release of two of the educational resources produced through the APTR/CDC Acceleration of Prevention and Population Health Education grant program, which seeks to expand and improve public health and health professions education by disseminating effective methods of integrating complex topics into existing courses and curricula.  Each resource contains learning objectives and addresses specific core competencies.

The topic areas of this first grant cycle were: 

• Community resilience and preparedness
• Health equity and social justice
• Access to care

Outbreak Experience: Simulating an Infectious Disease Outbreak to Improve Interprofessional Collaboration, Health Equity and Community Resilience 
An educational activity that places public health and health professions students in the role of interacting as a member of a multidisciplinary unified response team, requiring that they engage in effective teamwork as they collaborate in decision-making and communication in response to the rising threat of an infectious disease outbreak. 

A Scalable, Online, Interprofessional Health Equity and Social Justice Course
These modules provide a scalable, online (live and asynchronous), interprofessional course addressing health equity, social justice, and access to care concepts.

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The national response to the COVID-19 pandemic has amplified the importance of addressing these topics. Health professions educators are uniquely situated to bring clarity to research agendas, teaching curricula, and evaluation of policy and program outcomes necessary to create meaningful change around complex issues that impact health. 

APTR has developed calls to action and curated evidence-based materials that faculty can use when addressing complex issues with students [www.aptrweb.org/policy]:

• Role of Academia in Combatting Structural Racism in the United States
• Role of the Academic Community in Reducing Firearm Violence
• Role of Academia in Combatting the Impact of Climate Change on Health

• Role of Academia in Addressing the Health Needs of Migrant Populations

KEY DATES

• Extended Application Due Date: September 15, 2021 – 11:59 PM Eastern Time
• Estimated Notification Date: September 28, 2021
• Project Period: October 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022

AWARD INFORMATION

• Type of Award: Contract/Subaward
• Total Award: $7,000 maximum award (including indirect)
• Allowable Indirect Rate: 8% maximum
• Number of Awards: 5

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This increase comes as AJPM has seen a record number of submissions—2,082—in 2020, with 2021 on track to match or surpass the 2020 figure. Taken together, these are signs that AJPM continues to serve as the premier scholarly journal for the publication of research on prevention science, education, practice, and policy for a global audience.

Liaison Representatives comment on ACIP’s recommendations and offer the perspectives of population health and preventive medicine and those will implement the recommendations. 

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) is a federal advisory committee, composed of medical and public health experts, that provides advice and guidance to the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on the most effective means to prevent vaccine-preventable diseases in the United States. ACIP’s guidance includes the use of vaccines, and may also include recommendations for administration of immune globulin preparations and/or antimicrobial therapy shown to be effective in controlling a disease for which a vaccine is available. In addition, ACIP has a statutory authority for the Vaccines for Children (VFC) program; ACIP has sole responsibility and authority to determine the vaccines, number of doses, schedule and contraindications for the VFC program. 

This person will also serve in an advisory capacity to the APTR-CDC Cooperative Agreement Projects funded by the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD).

Eligibility

The candidate will be one of the following:

• Current APTR individual member
• Current Faculty Representative member from a Departmental membership.
• Nominated by a current APTR Departmental member

Qualities Required for Consideration

• An understanding of the vaccination and immunization issues covered by the ACIP;
• An understanding of immunization issues in the U.S.
• A broad range of expertise and interest in vaccines and immunization.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to support effective discussion with a range of stakeholders;
• Ability to evaluate complex issues and weigh conflicting opinions;
• Experience of working in advisory committees;

To Nominate:

Please send an email to membership@aptrweb.org with the following no later than August 4, 2021:

• Statement of Interest that includes list of experience and/or qualifications that would make you a good Liaison Representative
• Bio
• CV
• If nominating from a Departmental Membership - Letter of Support from APTR member.

If you have any questions, please direct any questions to Allison Lewis, APTR Executive Director at membership@aptrweb.org.

The APTR Healthy People Curriculum Task Force met on June 2, 2021 to continue planning its data collection efforts for Healthy People 2030. The Task Force has two developmental objectives this decade which are replacing numerous objectives from prior decades that seek to increase clinical prevention and population health content and interprofessional learning experiences for students in health professions education programs. Health professions schools represented by 8 associations will be surveyed by spring 2022 to produce baseline data and convert the proposed objectives to core objectives.

Learn more at: https://www.teachpopulationhealth.org/

The United States is facing a shortage of between 54,100 and 139,000 physicians by 2033 – a dearth that is almost certain to be exacerbated by rising rates of physician burnout and early retirement due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The physician workforce, much like our population, is aging, with nearly 45 percent of active physicians in the United States being age 55 and older. Access issues persist for patients in both rural and urban underserved communities, and in both primary and specialty care, and it is crucial that we invest in our country’s health care infrastructure by helping provide them with the physicians they need and improved access care.

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1. Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Applied Research and Practice Training Program

2. Public Health Data Modernization Workshop

This Funding Opportunity seeks to catalyze efforts to equip health professional students and faculty to reduce the leading causes of death and improve the health of populations through the development of a well-trained health workforce.

Qualifications & Characteristics

Nominees must be:

• Physicians holding a currently active, valid and unrestricted license to practice medicine in all states, US territories or Canadian provinces in which the physician is licensed to practice medicine;
• Certified by the ABPM in the Specialty of Public Health and General Preventive Medicine; and in substantially full-time practice, teaching, or research in Public Health and General Preventive Medicine.
• In substantially full-time practice, teaching, or research in their preventive medicine specialty in the United States.
• Current APTR member.

The following criteria are considered for nomination to the ABPM:

Nominees should have demonstrated achievement and the potential for continuing contributions to the field of preventive medicine. The ideal nominee will have had experience serving on a residency review committee and/or at least one of the ABPM’s initial certification examination item writing subcommittees.

Nominees will, as Board members, be expected to continue to be active in preventive medicine practice, teaching or research for the duration of their service on the Board.

Terms

Board members serve an initial three (3) year term and may, subject to meeting certain objective criteria, be reelected twice for a total tenure not to exceed nine (9) years.

The Board meets in-person at least twice annually, usually for a total of 6-8 days, and throughout the year routinely conducts other business through electronic means.

How to Nominate

Please review the complete Position Description before submitting your nomination.

Submit your CV, a statement of interest (limited to 250 words or fewer), and a brief cover letter emphasizing your primary qualifications to:

Allison Lewis
APTR Executive Director
all@aptrweb.org

Deadline for Nominations: June 15, 2021

These free simulation scenarios, case studies, and PowerPoint presentations were developed by the Immunization Resources for Undergraduate Nursing (IRUN) project through a cooperative agreement between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD) and the Association of Prevention Teaching and Research (APTR). The teaching resources support the learning objectives in the Immunization Resources for Undergraduate Nursing (IRUN) Curriculum Framework: A Guide to Integrating Content in Prelicensure Nursing Practice (IRUN framework). The IRUN Framework objectives provide guidance for faculty on integrating immunization content into a curriculum, with a focus on entry-level learning for the undergraduate nursing student.

Download these free teaching resources. Additional resources will be released throughout 2021.

• Simulation scenarios

• Case studies 

• PowerPoint Presentations

APTR has released its APTR Migrant Health Policy Statement and accompanying Migrant Health Resource Library developed by the Migrant Health Workgroup.  The Workgroup was chaired by Rachel E. Fabi, PhD, Assistant Professor, Center for Bioethics and Humanities, SUNY Upstate Medical University and Shanta Rishi Dube, PhD, MPH, Professor and Director of Master of Public Health Program, Levine College of Health Sciences, Wingate University.

APTR condemns violence and hate in all forms. The image of a mob storming our Capitol building and the assault on our democracy had a chilling effect on us all. The response to the insurrection highlights, yet again, the inequitable treatment of our BIPOC community by some law enforcement and citizens. APTR continues to support our membership in educating the next generation of health professionals, particularly when science denial is encouraged amid a global pandemic, a climate crisis, and the epidemic of racism. We look forward to working with the incoming administration on advancing prevention and population health education, research, and service.

APTR nationally recognizes outstanding individuals and academic programs for achievement in the field of prevention and public health education. The APTR Awards Program has honored those who have advanced prevention and public health teaching, research, and service. 

www.aptrweb.org/awards »

Duncan Clark Distinguished Achievement Award

Honors individuals or organizations with a distinguished record of achievement in the areas of teaching, research and/or advocacy that promotes public health and prevention.

F. Marian Bishop Educator of the Year Award

Recognizes an APTR member who has made significant and outstanding contributions to the instruction of students or residents that advances the field of public health and prevention. 

Early Career Award - NEW 

Recognizes an APTR member who has completed their training within the last decade or pre-tenured or tenured within the last three years and whose contributions have enhanced student learning and resident instruction in the field of public health and prevention. 

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Award - NEW 

Awarded to a person or organization whose work systematically improves the health and well-being of under-resourced and vulnerable populations.

Outstanding Educational Program Award 

Honors an innovative program, department, or academic institution for advancing education in prevention and public health. Individuals responsible for the establishment, success, growth, or management of the academic program, which furthers students' interest in the field, are honored. 

Extended Deadline: Thursday, December 17, 2020

APTR is pleased to have received numerous abstract submissions. Due to the strong interest and many requests for an extension, APTR will accept abstracts for VIRTUAL oral and poster presentations at Teaching Prevention 2021: Promoting Adaptability, Resiliency, and Sustainability through December 17, 2020.

Don’t miss this opportunity to discuss a specific topic, showcase an innovation or project, and share experiences and lessons learned.

Submissions on a wide variety of topics are welcome. Of particular interest are presentations pertaining to lessons learned from COVID-19, as well as adapting to or leveraging human and technological resources during the pandemic. Proposals for sessions should include interactive presentation techniques designed to engage the audience and stimulate discussion.

Presenting at the Teaching Prevention annual conference provides an opportunity to build your professional network from across the academic prevention community. Presenters and participants focus on the knowledge, skills, collaborations, and resources needed to teach, practice, research, and promote population health improvement.

Abstracts must be submitted by Thursday, December 17 at 11:59 p.m. ET.

For complete information about the Call for Abstracts visit 
www.teachingprevention.org/abstracts.