THE QUARTERLY PUBLICATION OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC PEDIATRICIANS
Winter 2016 Issue
It's Time!
By Carl Backes, DO, FACOP, FAAP
ACOP President
As we begin interviews for pediatric residencies, I am overwhelmed by the quality of students from each and every one of our osteopathic colleges.
What is even more important for me, and should be important for every osteopathic pediatrician in this country, is that the students now
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What Determines a Happy Life?
I lived my life in what I thought was an intelligent and orderly fashion -- never with any absolute or preconceived philosophy, although with certain rules. And to me it was a highly satisfactory and successful life! But in retrospect (at 96 years of age), I lived with a driving and unrealized philosophy: Moneyball, FiveThirtyEight and Resident Applicant Ranking
By Robert G. Locke, DO, MPH, FACOP
Over the next couple of weeks, our expanding neonatology practice is going to select four new attending neonatologists and participate in ranking fellowship (PGY4) candidates from hundreds of applicants. Everyone in our faculty practice has participated in residency ranking and Tales from Adolescent Medicine
Counseling the Obese Adolescent
By Jessica Shannon Castonguay, DO, MPH
Obesity is an epidemic. We as physicians and the broader society have acknowledged this and, as a result, there have been incredible pushes towards solving this problem. Less talked about, however, is who exactly is obese. Tips on Time Outs
Children’s Literature – Recommendations
This issue of the PULSE will focus on multicultural children’s picture books. These may be great books to keep in your waiting rooms, on your list of recommended children’s books for parents, or recommend to children struggling to read at grade level. Each accessible language, and displays a wide variety of lives and cultures.
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Medical Advice for Parents — Your Child's Gender Identity: Integrating Right to Privacy and Parenting
By Devin Murphy, MSW, MSII
Edward Voa College of Osteopathic Medicine
Certifying Board Services
Task Force
Delaware is Number Two! Where Does Your State Rank in Maternal/Newborn Practices to Support Breastfeeding?
The 1978 Pregnancy Discrimination Act amended Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibiting employment discrimination on the basis that pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions constitute sex discrimination under Title VII. As a federal law this supersedes state laws. State laws can provide additional protections to the federal law, but cannot be more liberal. Most states have additional state-level protections.
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Make Plans for the ACOP 2017 Spring Conference in Louisville
The ACOP has a fabulous spring conference planned in Louisville, Kentucky from Thursday, April 6 through Sunday, April 9, 2017! Why Louisville? STUDENTS! There are many osteopathic schools within driving distance. Many students make for a lively, well-balanced conference. Louisville is also home to the Members in Print
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ACOP 2017 Spring Conference
April 6-9, 2017
Hyatt Regency Louisville
Louisville, Kentucky
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