Please join us on Thursday, February 25, at 4 p.m. for “Kinder-ready clinics: Emerging models of how clinics can support parents in early-childhood development through low-cost, scalable interventions,” presented by Susanna Loeb, PhD, and Lisa Chamberlain, MD, MPH.

Dr. Loeb is director of the Annenberg Institute for School Reform and professor of education and of international and public affairs at Brown University. Dr. Loeb is a member of the Executive Council of The Policy Lab at Brown.

Dr. Chamberlain is associate professor of pediatrics, associate chair of policy and community and the Arline and Pete Harman Faculty Scholar at Stanford Children’s Hospital. She founded and co-directs the Stanford Pediatric Advocacy Program to train leaders in community pediatrics and advocacy.

Please register below to receive the Zoom link for this virtual event.

February 26, 2021

 

Speaker:

 

JoAnna Leyenaar, MD

Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Vice Chair of Research

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Ctr, Pediatric Hospitalist

 

Topic:

“Urban-Rural Disparities in Healthcare Quality for Children with Medical Complexity”

 

Objectives: At the conclusion of this session, participants should be able to:

• Describe the defining characteristics of medical complexity in pediatric practice.
• Explain factors contributing to urban-rural disparities in pediatric healthcare.
• Analyze unique challenges experienced by children with medical complexity with respect to healthcare access and quality of care in rural settings.