Residents

Resident Advocacy Rotation (RAR)

A collaboration between AAP-CA and CA Pediatric Residency Programs

Educating pediatric residents with skills and real-world, applied experience to fulfill their roles as non-partisan leaders in child health advocacy.

Learning objectives are:

  • Understand the roles of pediatrician in advocacy
  • Review the basic knowledge of advocacy and the policy process
  • Be able to use an advocacy communication skill to contribute to an active advocacy campaign
  • Provide opportunities to advocacy for priority child health issues
  • Promote collaboration with the AAP and with child advocacy partner organizations

The program will be offered twice a month, each session is 2-hours in length and involves a pre-course exercise, didactic presentations on advocacy basics, current policy highlights and issues, developing communication strategies and concludes with a debrief and evaluation.

Please register here for the program and you will be sent a Zoom link prior to each session.

Contact AAP CA Executive Director, Karmi Ferguson at karmi.ferguson@aap-ca.org or call (916) 621-KIDS (5437) with any questions.

Calendar of RAR Program Sessions:

Date Time Topic
Thursday, July 16, 2026 10:00-12:00 Injury Prevention – Firearms
Wednesday, August 5, 2026 9:00-11:00 Early Development
Thursday, August 20, 2026 10:00-12:00 Health access/Coverage/Medicaid/CCS
Wednesday, September 2, 2026 9:00-11:00 Immunizations
Thursday, September 17, 2026 10:00-12:00 Climate Change and Environmental Health
Wednesday, October 7, 2026 09:00-11:00 Elections and voting rights
Thursday, October 22, 2026 10:00-12:00 Injury and Violence Prevention
Wednesday, November 4, 2026 9:00-11:00 TBD
Thursday, November 19, 2026 10:00-12:00 TBD
Wednesday, December 2, 2026 9:00-11:00 Early Development
Thursday, December 17, 2026 10:00-12:00 Immunizations
Wednesday, January 6, 2027 9:00-11:00 TBD
Thursday, January 21, 2027 10:00-12:00 Elections and voting rights
Wednesday, February 3, 2027 9:00-11:00 Immigrant Child Health and Safety
Thursday, February 18, 2027 10:00-12:00 Tobacco, E-Cig, Cannabis
Wednesday, March 3, 2027 9:00-11:00 TBD
Thursday, March 18, 2027 10:00-12:00 TBD
Thursday, April 8, 2027 10:00-12:00 AAP Priority Bill Session
Wednesday, April 21, 2027 9:00-11:00 AAP Priority Bill Session
Wednesday, May 5, 2027 9:00-11:00 Health access/Coverage/Medicaid/CCS
Thursday, May 20, 2027 10:00-12:00 TBD
Wednesday, June 2, 2027 9:00-11:00 TBD
Thursday, June 17, 2027 10:00-12:00 TBD
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