UPDATE FROM THE ASSOCIATION OF MED-PEDS PROGRAM ADMINISTRATORS (AMPPA)

yes, there are two “P’s” in our acronym

Steering Committee

President: Kelly Barnes, Maine Medical Center

President Elect: Delana Vanover, Ohio State

Membership Committee Betty Aman, University of Rochester Pam Hritzkowin, Grand Rapids Med Ed Partners Kristi Shirk,

Geisinger Health

Steering Committee

Communications Committee Barbara Blackburn, Duke University Amy Cutting, University of Michigan Kelli DaSilva, Greenville Hospital System

Annual Meeting Planning Committee Lyn Apa, University of Illinois at Peoria Sharon Mann, Virginia Commonwealth

Membership

63 members – there is no cost to join, but you do have to complete a form – is your Program Administrator a member?

To join: email Betty Aman at betty_aman@urmc.rochester.edu

We have a listserv & a newsletter for members – great resources!: amppa@listserv.aap.org

Speaking of Resources…

What else do we have?

Mentoring Program (email Kristi Shirk at klshirk1@geisinger.edu)

Annual Educational Meetings day prior to MPPDA’s meeting ERAS Recruitment CCC Prep

For the future…

Delana will be the AMPPA President for 2015-2016

Now soliciting nominations for President Elect – election held in May – email Kelly at barnek1@mmc.org with nominations

For the future…

We will continue to build our resource bank on the MPPDA.org website

Working on the Administrator chapter of the MPPDA Med-Peds Handbook

Improve membership numbers