Academic Pediatrics Podcast
Experts discuss recent literature relevant to child health. Features interviews with article authors. Intro music credit Milo Simon.
Episodes
3 hours ago
3 hours ago
9 min
Dr. Torwekar reads her In the Moment piece "Nothing you can say." Read it online here:
https://www.academicpedsjnl.net/article/S1876-2859(26)00174-9/abstract
Aug 3, 2026
Aug 3, 2026
29 min
Members of the APA's Top Articles in Medical Education Committee discuss top medical education articles from 2025. Keep up with the dialog in the medical education literature and how it impacts teaching and training.
In this episode Gayatri Madduri hosts committee member Berry Seelbach to discuss two articles on competency based medical education for pediatric residents:
Graduating Residents Readiness for Unsupervised Practice: 10.1542/peds.2024-070307
Development and Validation of a Model to Predict Milestone Levels Based on Entrustable Professional Activity Entrustment-Supervision Levels: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000006165
Jul 13, 2026
Jul 13, 2026
10 min
Dr. Keefe reads her In the Moment piece The Glance Between Them.
Read the article here:
https://www.academicpedsjnl.net/article/S1876-2859(26)00172-5/abstract
Jul 1, 2026
Jul 1, 2026
28 min
Members of the APA's Top Articles in Medical Education Committee discuss top medical education articles from 2025. Keep up with the dialog in the medical education literature and how it impacts teaching and training.
In this episode Gayatri Madduri hosts committee member Morgan Congdon to discuss two articles on competency based medical education for pediatric fellows:
Many Pediatric Subspecialty Fellows Are Not Ready to Graduate From Fellowship in 2 Years 10.1542/peds.2024-068307
Validity Evidence for Level of Supervision Scales With Pediatric Subspecialty-Specific Entrustable Professional Activities 10.1016/j.acap.2025.103116
Jun 17, 2026
Jun 17, 2026
32 min
Dr. Prasad reads here piece from the In the Moment section at Academic Pediatrics:
From Heroin to Fentanyl: A Detroit Pediatrician’s Long View on Youth Substance Use.
Written piece is available at the journal here:
https://www.academicpedsjnl.net/article/S1876-2859(26)00112-9/fulltext
Jun 1, 2026
Jun 1, 2026
30 min
Nuts and Bolts editor Dr. Jerri Rose interviews Dr. Suzanne Friedman on how educators can establish good psychological safety for medical student and resident learners. This piece is a companion to the two page primer available online at Academic Pediatrics: https://www.academicpedsjnl.net/article/S1876-2859(25)00422-X/
Send this episode out to your colleagues and senior residents and let us know cosimini@ohsu.edu what other nuts and bolts episodes you would like covered on the podcast.
May 12, 2026
May 12, 2026
12 min
The authors read their recent piece in Academic Pediatrics. The written version is available at the journal webpage here:
https://www.academicpedsjnl.net/article/S1876-2859(26)00103-8/fulltext
Apr 13, 2026
Apr 13, 2026
9 min
Dr. Do reads his piece in available in press at Academic Pediatrics:
Can This Family Manage? Learning to Ask Different Questions
10.1016/j.acap.2026.103322
Jan 14, 2026
Jan 14, 2026
8 min
Saachi Jhandi reads her piece titled Getting Dressed.
Read the article here: https://www.academicpedsjnl.net/article/S1876-2859(25)00408-5/abstract
Jan 1, 2026
Jan 1, 2026
39 min
First author Dr. Sarah Cha and editor Dr. Bob Jacobson discuss recruiting adolescent patients for research based on a the article in press:
Successful Digital Recruitment of Adolescents for Population-Based Research: A Case Study of Methods and Strategies
www.academicpedsjnl.net/article/S1876-2859(25)00406-1/
Discussion includes
Strategies to avoid fraudulent enrollment
Waving parental consent for sensitive study topics
Social media based advertisement and child specific challenges
The value of a youth advisory group
Read the original study on vaping cessation here: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2822082#250169968
Other work referenced by Dr. Cha is available from the Truth Initiative: https://truthinitiative.org/




