Is It Worth Being A Member Of The American Academy Of Pediatrics?

I asked a newly graduated pediatrician if she was going to renew her membership with the American Academy of Pediatrics. Her response did not surprise me. She said, “…probably not. I see no point in being a member.” As far as she was concerned, there wasn’t an upside ( or value ) to belong to the Academy. I knew what she meant because I share her feelings. Recently I came across an email that challenged my stance regarding the value the American Academy Of Pediatrics provides to pediatricians. I wanted to share the email just as I read it. Below are the unedited comments from Dr. Suzanne Berman and Dr. Christoph Diasio regarding the meeting. I had the privilege of attending the 3rd Immunization Congress in Washington DC with some of your favorite SOAPM types: Rich Lander, Geoff Simon, Christoph Diasio, Drew Hertz, Joel Bradley and uber-awesome AAP staffers Lou Terranova and Elizabeth Sobcyzk. We had an opportunity to describe what works and doesn’t work with pediatric vaccinations, and lessons that can be applied in the adult world (where they do not vaccinate like we do). Rich Lander spoke eloquently about the need for calling it PAYMENT not REIMBURSEMENT and people listened! He presented the business case for vaccines. For the whole rest of the time, people would start to say “reimbursement” and then caught themselves and said: I should call it payment! I need to update my slides! Geoff Simon and Drew Hertz spoke about some of the ...
Source: Pediatric Inc - Category: Pediatrics Authors: Tags: Leadership AAP American Academy of Pediatrics Christoph Diasio MD Pediatricians SOAPM Suzanne Berman MD Vaccines Source Type: blogs