The COMSEP listserv is a moderated e-mail list that sends out messages to all of the pediatrics clerkship directors (delegates to COMSEP), alternative delegates, and associate members. The list is moderated to ensure that there is no spam or commercial product advertised, other than that developed by our own members. To send a message to the COMSEP listserv, simply address the message to list@comsep.org. The messages are usually moderated within 12-24 hours and posted. Messages are also archived.

• Teaching / Education
• Research / Scholarship
• Excellence in Clerkship Administration.
• The COMSEP Achievement Award

If you are interested in nominating a current or former COMSEP member for one or more of these awards, please click here.

2012 Proposals to Advance Scholarship in COMSEP are now being accepted to promote and support innovative educational scholarship that is designed, implemented, and evaluated by COMSEP members. Selected educational grant(s) will be supported for a total of $5,000 ($2,500 from COMSEP and $2,500 match from the Chairperson at their institutions). This grant opportunity is supported, in part, by the Richard Sarkin Foundation and celebrates the late Dr. Sarkin's commitment to creative and innovative teaching and learning in Pediatrics.Click here for proposal submission information.

Please note that the Evaluation Task Force's document defining the minimal acceptable level of skills needed for students to demonstrate competency has been posted on the COMSEP website on the Evaluation Task Force's page. The document corresponds to the COMSEP curriculum and may be used for developing clerkship experiences and evaluations, such as Objective Structure Clinical Exams (OSCEs).

COMSEP Member Spotlight: Eve Colson, MD was chosen by the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation as one of the five medicine and nursing faculty members from health professions schools across the country to its first class of Macy Faculty Scholars. Find more information here

2011-2012 Annual Survey: Members and Task Forces are encouraged to submit questions for inclusion in the annual COMSEP survey. The purpose of the survey is to inform policy, provide information for strategic planning within the organization and enhance research. Each person submitting questions for the survey, will fill out the COMSEP Annual Survey Intake Form and submit it to the Annual Survey Chair at ssmit1@u.washington.edu. Please find the survey intake form, timeline, and demographic question information below:

• COMSEP Annual Survey Intake Form
• COMSEP Annual Survey Timeline
• COMSEP Annual Survey Demographic Questions

The survey for 2011 is active from October 14 - December 31. Eligible voters have been sent an email with a link to the survey plus a Username and password.

COMSEP Member Spotlight: Joseph Gigante, M.D., director of Education for General Pediatrics, associate professor of Pediatrics and clinical associate professor of Nursing at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, received the Frank H. Boehm Award for Contributions to Continuing Medical Education. Find more information here.

You can find the COMSEP 2011-2014 Strategic Plan here

Shale Wong and David Levine are happy to announce that the AAP publication, "Becoming a Pediatrician: Your Guide to Exploring Pediatrics, Matching for Residency, and Starting Intern Year," is completed and available for use! This was a collaboration between COMSEP members and the AAP Section on Medical Students, Residents, and Fellowship Trainees (SOMSRFT). Many of the essential sections were written by COMSEP Task Force leaders and experienced clerkship directors. You may view the e-book online at http://www.aapbecomingaped.com/ . You can download the publication directly as a pdf file as well. To make it easy, you can also click here to download the publication directly. Shale and David thank all the authors from COMSEP who contributed to the success of this important project!

NEW: Teachers Traveling to Teach Teachers: The Faculty Development Task Force is compiling a list of speakers and topics also known as the T4 (Teachers Traveling to Teach Teachers). Many of our individual institutions have faculty development lectures, but it would be helpful to have a list of COMSEP members who are willing to travel to other institutions to give their workshops/lectures as guest speakers. Go to the Faculty Development Task Force Page to get more information and to submit your T4 information!  

The COMSEP/APPD Pediatric Subinternship Curriculum has been developed through a collaboration between the COMSEP Curriculum Task Force and the APPD Curriculum Task Force. Educators are free to use this resource and amend it as needed. The Subinternship Curriculum can be accessed by clicking on the Curriculum tab or on the link below. We are in the process of developing optional learning activities and learner assessment strategies and will update you when they are ready for posting.

For additional information or comments please contact:
Lyuba Konopasek and Sandy Sanguino

COMSEP and APPD PEDIATRIC SUBINTERNSHIP
CURRICULUM