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ASSEMBLY OFFICERS

Christopher H. Goss, MD, MSc Assembly Chair [email protected]

J. Daryl Thornton, MD, MPH Assembly Chair-Elect

[email protected]

Laura Feemster, MSc, MD Program Chair [email protected]

Michelle Eakin, PhD Program Chair-Elect [email protected] Erin K. Kross, MD Planning Chair [email protected]

David Au, MS, MD Nominating Committee Chair [email protected]

Ann C. Wu, MPH, MD Web Director [email protected]

ASSEMBLY CONTACT

Website: http://www.thoracic.org/assemblies/bshsr/index.php Email: [email protected]

IN THIS ISSUE

Message from the Assembly Chair….1-2

Planning Committee Report……........ 2-3

Program Committee Report……........ 3-4

BSHSR Sessions..……………............ 5-8

Web Committee Report……….............. 9

BSHSR Mentoring Program…………... 9

Section on Medical Education…….. 9-10

BSHSR Membership Meeting………... 10

Assembly Twitter……………………….. 11

Mentorship Meeting Spot……………… 11

Assembly/Committee Projects……….. 11

BVALS….………………………....……… 11

TEVA ATS Walking Challenge……..… 11

MECOR…………………………………... 12

Official ATS Documents…….….…….. 12

ATS Review for the

Critical Care Boards……………….. 13

Educational Consulting………………. 13

Health Care Booth………….………….. 13

Member Profile Update……………….. 13

Get Involved……………………………. 14

BSHSR ASSEMBLY

Behavioral Science and Health Services Research

NEWSLETTER SPRING 2018

MESSAGE FROM THE ASSEMBLY CHAIR

Dear Assembly Colleagues,

It has been a great honor to serve my two year term as

Chair of the Behavior Science and Health Services Re-

search Assembly. In May, we will welcome our new

Chair Daryl Thornton, MD MPH. Daryl is an Associ-

ate Professor in Medicine at Case Western Reserve

University, and will bring with him his years of ser-

vice to the ATS and our Assembly. He also will bring

his extensive research experience in health disparities

to the Assembly. Daryl focuses on developing novel tailored interventions to eradi-

cate health disparities particularly as they pertain to respiratory disease and critical

illness. A particular interest of his is improving care delivery at the end of life and

increasing organ donation. Dr. Thornton is co-director of the Case Western Reserve

University Center for Reducing Health Disparities.

I have really enjoyed working with all of you; we continue to have an extremely pro-

ductive and involved assembly and continue to have a strong presence in the ATS. I

thank all of those who serve on the executive committee of the assembly; their input

throughout the year has been invaluable. Our assembly continues to provide expertise to the ATS and advance the mission of

the ATS. Our Survey Working Group is now more formalized. We continue to re-

view surveys before they are pushed out to the greater ATS membership. I would

like to thank all of our members who participated in these survey reviews this last

year. Any member with an interest in joining the effort should contact me via my

email ([email protected]). Our Working Group will soon be added to our webpage. Our

mission as an Assembly seems to be extremely well aligned with the ATS Board of

Directors and we continue to lead the way. Our focus and commitment to evidence

based medicine, guideline development, health disparities, patient-centered research,

implementation science, and health services research to medical education research

make us an invaluable asset to the ATS. We are also extremely diverse with allied

health providers, PhDs and MDs involved in a wide array of research arenas and

clinical settings in pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine. Some additional key

highlights of the past year include the following:

Both the Planning Committee and the Program Committee have been very active. Dr. Erin

Kross led a remarkable committee with 4 new projects approved (2 as primary assembly

sponsor and 2 as a co-sponsor); this compares to 4 last year. The upcoming ATS meeting in

San Diego, California will clearly highlight a number of the key areas our Assembly focuses

on. Drs. Laura Feemster and Michelle Eakin have done a great job programming a terrific

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Editor: Christopher H. Goss, MD, MSc

Christopher H. Goss, MD, MSc

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Our Mentoring Program led by Dr. Jared Chiarchiaro continues to be very active. Remember, you can both gain experience

and provide insight to young investigators through this program. You can sign up to be a mentor or a mentee here: BSHSR

Assembly Mentoring Program (http://www.thoracic.org/members/assemblies/assemblies/bshsr/ mentoring-program/.

Our Web Committee has really been active. Ann Wu has continued to work hard to transform our presence on the ATS web-

site. With extremely popular podcasts (download them at http://www.thoracic.org/members/assemblies/assemblies/bshsr/

podcasts.php) and a robust twitter account (over 2,000 tweets and over 500 followers on Twitter), Ann has doubled our Twit-

ter followers and tweets in the last years. You can get access to the recent and prior journal clubs from our Assembly at

http://www.thoracic.org/members/assemblies/assemblies/bshsr/journal-club/.

Other very active areas of our Assembly include the Evidence Synthesis Methodology Working Group (ESM-WG). This

working group has become an essential to the ATS mission.

The Section on Medical Education has continued to grow with more than 1,000 members and now has developed their Mis-

sion Statement and continues to move toward a formal Assembly. They’ve been very active doing podcasts and journal

clubs and have also been intimately involved in programing for the ATS meeting. Dr. Jennifer McCallister has done a terrif-

ic job leading this section as they move to Assembly status.

The Assembly leadership would love to hear your feedback on both the programing of the International Conference and the

opportunities for active participation in the Assembly. We would also like to give a special thank you to all BSHSR mem-

bers who donated to the ATS Foundation during the ATS Assembly Challenge this year. The Foundation helps support ME-

COR, a program near and dear to many BSHSR members’ hearts, as well as providing research grants for cutting edge re-

search. For more information, see ATS Foundation Research Funding.

In addition to our other activities, we will be in the process of developing an Early Career Professional Working Groups

(ECP) within our Assembly. Many of the other Assemblies have such Working Groups and they are very active within the

Assemblies. The Executive Committee felt that this would be a great addition to our Assembly.

Hope to see you at our Assembly Membership Meeting on Sunday, Sunday, May 20th, 6:30pm-8:30pm. It will be a great op-

portunity to connect with colleagues and meet new ones! We will also get updates from the ATS leadership, Editors of ATS

Journals, and members of the BSHSR Executive Committee.

If you are new to ATS or to our Assembly, I encourage you to attend the Assembly meeting 30 minutes earlier (6:00 PM) to

meet with me, Daryl Thornton, and the rest of the BSHSR Assembly leadership. We would be happy to answer questions

you may have about our Assembly, including opportunities to join committees (Program, Planning, Web, Nominating) or

working groups (Evidence Synthesis Methodology, Mentoring Working Group, Survey Working Group). See you in San

Diego, California.

The BSHSR Assembly Planning committee is pleased to report on another successful year as our Assembly members work

to advance the mission of the ATS with many completed, newly funded and renewed projects. We have maintained our out-

standing representation and unique contribution to the Society this year through important ATS projects. For FY2018 we

received support for 4 new projects (2 as primary sponsor and 2 as co-sponsor) and 8 renewal projects.

The two new projects for which the BSHSR Assembly is the primary assembly are: 1) Performance Measure Develop-

ment, Utilization, and Measurement of Effectiveness: A Demonstration Using the ATS Guideline on Mechanical Ven-

tilation in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) as an Example led by Katie Artis, Robert Hyzy, Raed Dweik

and Curt Weiss; and 2) Informing Health Care Decisions with Observational Research: Addressing Real World Prob-

lems with Real World Data led by Andrea Gershon, Jerry Krishnan and Peter Lindenauer. In addition to these two projects,

our Assembly is pleased to co-sponsor two additional new projects: 1) under the primary sponsorship of Clinical Problems,

Treatment of Tobacco Dependence led by Harold Farber and Frank Leone; and 2) under the primary sponsorship of Tho-

racic Oncology, ATS/ALA Web-Based Toolkit for Implementation of Lung Cancer Screening led by Carey Thomson

and Andrea McKee.

MESSAGE FROM THE ASSEMBLY CHAIR (Continued)

PLANNING COMMITTEE REPORT Erin K. Kross, MD, Chair

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The two new projects for which the BSHSR Assembly is the primary assembly are: 1) Performance Measure Develop-

ment, Utilization, and Measurement of Effectiveness: A Demonstration Using the ATS Guideline on Mechanical Ven-

tilation in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) as an Example led by Katie Artis, Robert Hyzy, Raed Dweik

and Curt Weiss; and 2) Informing Health Care Decisions with Observational Research: Addressing Real World Prob-

lems with Real World Data led by Andrea Gershon, Jerry Krishnan and Peter Lindenauer. In addition to these two projects,

our Assembly is pleased to co-sponsor two additional new projects: 1) under the primary sponsorship of Clinical Problems,

Treatment of Tobacco Dependence led by Harold Farber and Frank Leone; and 2) under the primary sponsorship of Tho-

racic Oncology, ATS/ALA Web-Based Toolkit for Implementation of Lung Cancer Screening led by Carey Thomson

and Andrea McKee.

All 8 projects submitted for renewal through our Assembly were approved. Four of these ongoing projects are under primary

sponsorship by our Assembly: 1) An Official Research Statement of the ATS and NHLBI: Current Status and Future Direc-

tions in Lung Precision Medicine led by Ann Wu and Blanca Hines with co-sponsorship from Allergy, Immunology & In-

flammation and Respiratory Cell & Molecular Biology; 2) Managing the Price of Pharmaceutical Therapies for Chronic

Lung Diseases in the United States led by Minal Patel, Lynn Gerald, Valerie Press and Joe Gerald; 3) Reducing Readmis-

sions for COPD: Strategies, Issues and Results led by Valerie Press, Laura Feemster and David Au with co-sponsorship from

Clinical Problems and Nursing; and 4) Patient-Centered Outcomes Research in Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine

led by Erin Kross, Laura Feemster, Howard Saft, Susan Bartlett and Sai Parthasarathy with co-sponsorship from Nursing.

We co-sponsor four ongoing projects which were approved for renewal: 1) under the primary sponsorship of the Nursing

Assembly, Optimizing Home Oxygen Therapy led by Susan Jacobs and David Lederer; 2) under the primary sponsorship of

Clinical Problems, An Official American Thoracic Society Policy Statement: Tobacco Dependence Harm Reduction led by

Frank Leone; 3) under the primary sponsorship of Thoracic Oncology with additional co-sponsorship from Nursing, Evalua-

tion of Coexisting Chronic Illness in Selecting Patients for Lung Cancer Screening: A Research Agenda led by M. Patricia

Rivera, Nichole Tanner and Renda Wiener; and 4) under the primary sponsorship of Critical Care with additional co-

sponsorship from Nursing, Determining the Outcome Measures for Assessment after Critical Illness led by Bronwen

Connolly and Terri Hough.

Finally, I am pleased to report that several of our projects successfully completed their work and were published in the past

year: 1) An ATS/NHLBI Workshop Report: Addressing Respiratory Health Equity in the United States led by Juan

Celedon and Jean Ford [Ann Am Thorac Soc 2017;14(5):814-826]; 2) Stakeholder Research Priorities for Smoking Ces-

sation Interventions within Lung Cancer Screening Programs. An Official American Thoracic Society Research

Statement led by Hasmeena Kathuria and Renda Wiener [Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2017;196(9):1202-1212]; and 3)

Evaluating Molecular Biomarkers for the Early Detection of Lung Cancer: When Is a Biomarker Ready for Clinical

Use? An Official American Thoracic Society Policy Statement led by Peter Mazzone, Catherine Rufatto Sears and Renda

Wiener [Am J Respir Crit Care 2017;196(7):e15-e29].

The BSHSR Assembly continues to help lead the ATS through its successful projects. We look forward to another highly

productive year starting our new projects, completing current projects, and identifying and developing ideas for new projects

for FY2018. This is a great time to start thinking about potential new project ideas. Project proposal instructions and applica-

tions are generally available in June or July on the ATS website, with a deadline for submission typically in late July. If you

have an idea for a new project, please contact the Chair of the Planning Committee, Dr. Erin Kross at [email protected], or we

can discuss together at the International Conference in San Diego in May.

The BSHSR Program Committee recently completed scheduling of programs for the 2018 ATS International Conference in

San Diego, CA. Committee members reviewed more than 30 scientific sessions and over 400 original abstracts in order to

develop a strong and diverse program that highlights the broad range of expertise of our BSHSR membership.

The impact of BSHSR Assembly will be demonstrated throughout the conference. This year we begin with two Post Gradu-

ate Course offerings. The first course, “Racing to Excellence: The Art and Science of Critical Care Quality Improvement,”

will utilize practical examples from the ICU to teach attendees to effectively design and implement multi-disciplinary quality

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PROGRAM COMMITTEE REPORT Laura Feemster, MSc, MD Chair and Michelle Eakin, PhD, Chair-Elect


improvement initiatives. The second course, “The Nuts and Bolts of Qualitative Research: How to Do It Well in Research,

Medical Education, and Quality Improvement,” will provide learners with a practical toolkit to apply and systematically eval-

uate qualitative research methods across a broad range of topic areas. Both courses are taught by experts in the field and com-

bine didactic and interactive break-out sessions to create dynamic programs that are sure to be high-yield for learners.

We have three major Scientific Symposia that we expect will resonate with members of our Assembly as well the broader

ATS membership. The first, “From E-cigarettes to Marijuana: Addiction in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine,” inte-

grates innovative basic science, clinical and translational research findings to inform clinical care for patients with respiratory

disease or critical illness who also suffer from addiction. The second, “Choosing Rightly: At the Intersection of Personalized

Medicine and De-adoption of Low-value Care,” explores how to reduce the overuse of ineffective or potentially harmful

treatments while increasing the use of underutilized therapies, particularly among patients most likely to benefit. The third,

“Interdisciplinary Care: Optimizing Care in Pediatric and Adult Pulmonary and Critical Care,” will guide attendees through

the implementation of a variety of team-based interdisciplinary care models across diverse clinical and community settings.

In addition to these three primary BSHSR symposia, we are jointly sponsoring two additional scientific symposia: one on the challenges

of “growing-up” with chronic pulmonary disease, and another on diversity among patients, clinicians, and leaders in critical care medi-

cine. We are also a co-sponsoring assembly for three committee-sponsored symposia that were spear-headed by members of the BSHSR.

These include a Quality Improvement and Implementation Committee symposium “ATS/ALA Implementation Guide for

Lung Cancer Screening: An Operational Toolkit,” a symposium from the Documents Development and Implementation

Committee “ATS Clinical Practice Guidelines: Clinical Practice on The Cutting Edge,” and another by the Membership

Committee “Battling Burnout: Overcoming the Biggest Threat to Health Care Quality and Safety.” Finally, BSHSR is a sec-

ondary sponsor of several other scientific symposia with other assemblies.

We have programmed four Mini-Symposia, six Poster Discussion Sessions, and nine Thematic Poster Sessions. For the first

time, we will be utilizing the RAPiD presentation format for all six of our poster discussion sessions. The first 45 minutes of

these sessions will include 90-second PowerPoint presentations from each of the abstract authors, followed by 30-45 minutes

for poster viewing and a final 45 minutes of moderated group discussion. These sessions were piloted last year by several

assemblies, and the response was overwhelmingly positive. We are excited by the new format and look forward to your feed-

back about these discussion sessions.

This year we were again able to program two “Meet the Professor (MTP) Seminars”: Jeremy Richards, MD, and David Rob-

erts, MD MA, will jointly speak about the role of skepticism and inquisitiveness in medical education, and Georgia Narsav-

age PhD APRN will discuss the nuances of teaching online. We will also have two “Sunrise Seminars”: Isaretta Riley, MD

MPH, and Valentin Prieto-Centurion, MD, will speak about designing effective behavior change interventions, and Claudia

Dobler MD PhD, will discuss shared decision making. Rounding out the program for the 2018 IC, Valerie Press, MD MPH,

will lead a Learning Lab on teaching appropriate inhaler techniques.

The BSHSR continues to take the lead in programming quality improvement content for the International Conference. In ad-

dition, we continue to collaborate with the Medical Education Section to highlight medical education at the 2018 Conference.

This year there will be a three-part thematic seminar series as well as a dedicated poster discussion session and thematic post-

er session all focusing on topics in medical education.

We hope you will not only attend, but also engage in discussions, at the outstanding BSHSR programming at this year’s con-

ference! Thank you to our Program Committee Members for their time reviewing scientific sessions and abstracts as well as

providing their suggestions for programming. We also thank those who submitted abstracts and program proposals. It is not

too early to begin thinking of ideas for 2019. The upcoming International Conference is a great time to meet with others and

begin to solidify the ideas into concrete proposals for submission in early summer 2018.

The 2018-2019 BSHSR Program Committee will be chaired by Michelle Eakin, PhD. The next BSHSR Program Committee

meeting will be held early on Tuesday morning, at 6:30 AM on May 22nd at [PLEASES FILL IN MEETING DETAILS].

We hope you will be able to join us in shaping future programs. We particularly encourage the junior members of our Assem-

bly to attend and participate in this meeting, as it is a great chance to get involved with BSHSR and ATS.

If you have questions about the 2018-2019 Program Committee, please contact Dr. Michelle Eakin at [email protected].

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ATS 2018 - San Diego, CA

Sessions Sponsored by the Assembly on Behavioral Science and

Health Services Research

Session Code

Session Title Session Time

Postgraduate Courses

Friday, May 18, 2018

PG5 RACING TO EXCELLENCE: THE ART AND SCIENCE OF CRITICAL CARE QUALITY IMPROVEMENT

8:00 AM 4:00 PM

Saturday, May 19, 2018

PG18 THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF QUALITATIVE RESEARCH: HOW TO DO IT WELL IN RE-SEARCH, MEDICAL EDUCATION, AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENT

8:00 AM 4:00 PM

Scientific Symposium

Monday, May 21, 2018

B11 FROM E-CIGARETTES TO MARIJUANA: ADDICTION IN PULMONARY AND CRITI-CAL CARE MEDICINE

9:15 AM 11:15 AM

Tuesday, May 22, 2018

C12 CHOOSING RIGHTLY: AT THE INTERSECTION OF PERSONALIZED MEDICINE AND DE-ADOPTION OF LOW-VALUE CARE

9:15 AM 11:15 AM

Wednesday, May 23, 2018

D86 INTERDISCIPLINARY TEAMS: OPTIMIZING CARE IN ADULT AND PEDIATRIC PUL-MONARY AND CRITICAL CARE

1:30 PM 3:30PM

Jointly-Developed Symposium


D10 GROWING UP WITH CHRONIC PULMONARY DISEASE: CHALLENGES IN THE TRANSITION FROM PEDIATRIC TO ADULT FOCUSED HEALTH CARE

9:15 AM 11:15 AM

D90 DIVERSITY ACROSS THE CRITICAL CARE SPECTRUM FROM PATIENTS TO CLINI-CIANS TO LEADERS: WHY IT MATTERS

1:30 PM 3:30 PM

Sunrise Seminars


SS102 DESIGNING BEHAVIOR CHANGE INTERVENTIONS ONE BARRIER AT A TIME 7:00 AM 8:00 AM


SS203 SHARED DECISION MAKING FOR PULMONOLOGISTS 7:00 AM 8:00 AM

Meet The Professor Seminars

Sunday, May 20, 2018

MP402 TEACHING CURIOSITY: THE ROLE OF SKEPTICISM AND INQUISITIVENESS IN MEDICAL EDUCATION

12:15 PM 1:15 PM


MP502 PREPARING TO TEACH ONLINE: FROM LECTURE TO ENGAGEMENT 12:15 PM 1:15 PM


Session Code


Mini-Symposium


B16 STATE OF THE ART INTERVENTIONS FOR ASTHMA SELF-MANAGEMENT ACROSS THE AGE SPECTRUM: RESULTS FROM CLINICAL TRIALS

9:15 AM 11:15 AM

B94 ADDRESSING PALLIATIVE AND PSYCHOSOCIAL NEEDS AMONG PATIENTS AT END OF LIFE, THEIR FAMILIES, AND THE CHRONICALLY CRITICALLY ILL

2:15PM 4:15 PM


C94 HIGHLIGHTED HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH IN CRITICAL CARE 2:15PM 4:15 PM


D13 IMPROVING DIAGNOSIS, CARE QUALITY, AND ADHERENCE IN COPD 9:15 AM 11:15 AM

RAPiD Rapid Abstract Poster Discussion Sessions


A22 NOVEL RESEARCH ON ASTHMA SELF MANAGEMENT TO REDUCE HEALTH DIS-PARITIES

9:15 AM 11:15 AM

A102 DETERMINANTS OF OUTCOMES AND HIGH-VALUE CARE IN COPD 2:15 PM 4:15 PM


C22 ENHANCING PROVIDER WELL-BEING, COMPETENCY, AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS: HIGHLIGHTS OF MEDICAL EDUCATION RESEARCH

9:15 AM 11:15 AM

C102 ADVANCING LUNG CANCER SCREENING PROCESSES AND OUTCOMES 2:15 PM 4:15 PM


D22 CUTTING EDGE RESEARCH IN SMOKING CESSATION AND E-CIGARETTES 9:15 AM 11:15 AM

D102 IMPROVING IDENTIFICATION, ADHERENCE, AND OUTCOMES IN SLEEP DISOR-DERED BREATHING

1:30 PM 3:30PM

Thematic Poster Sessions


A36 HOT TOPICS IN CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE 9:15 AM 4:15 PM

A37 QUALITY IMPROVEMENT RESEARCH IN PULMONARY AND CRITICAL CARE MED-ICINE

9:15 AM 4:15 PM

A38 UNDERSTANDING CARE DELIVERY AND OUTCOMES IN OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP AP-NEA

9:15 AM 4:15 PM


C37 OPTIMIZING ASTHMA CARE ACROSS DIVERSE PATIENTS 9:15 AM 4:15 PM

C38 IMPROVING QUALITY AND UTILIZATION OF END OF LIFE AND PALLIATIVE CARE 9:15 AM 4:15 PM

C39 IDENTIFYING AND TREATING ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION IN PULMONARY DIS-EASES

9:15 AM 4:15 PM

C40 INNOVATIVE MEDICAL EDUCATION RESEARCH AND TRAINING PROGRAMS 9:15 AM 4:15 PM

C41 HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH IN PULMONARY DISEASE 9:15 AM 4:15 PM

C42 CONTEMPORARY TOPICS IN COPD 9:15 AM 4:15 PM


ATS 2018 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

ADDITIONAL SESSIONS OF INTEREST TO BSHSR ASSEMBLY

Session Code


Postgraduate Courses

Saturday, May 19, 2018

PG19 INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE: UPDATE AND EVOLVING TRENDS IN DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT

8:00 AM 4:00 PM

PG26 PRACTICAL STRATEGIES TO ENHANCE PATIENT ENGAGEMENT IN HEALTH CARE

8:00 AM 4:00 PM

PG28 WHAT THE PULMONOLOGIST AND THE INTENSIVIST SHOULD KNOW ABOUT SLEEP APNEA

8:00 AM 4:00 PM

PG29 STATE OF THE ART: LUNG CANCER IN 2018 8:00 AM 4:00 PM



A3 FELLOWS CASE CONFERENCE 9:15AM 11:15 AM

A13 ATS/ALA IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE FOR LUNG CANCER SCREENING: AN OPER-ATIONAL TOOLKIT

9:15AM 11:15 AM


B2 INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE (ILD), IDIOPATHIC INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA (IIP) AND HYPERSENSITIVITY PNEUMONITIS (HP): CONTROVERSIES IN MAN-AGEMENT. A PRO/CON DEBATE

9:15AM 11:15 AM

B4 TARGETS FOR IMPROVED SEPSIS CARE: WHAT, WHEN, AND HOW 9:15AM 11:15 AM

B6 PRINCIPLES TO PRACTICE IN PULMONARY REHABILITATION: A PRO/CON DE-BATE

9:15AM 11:15 AM

B10 LUNG CANCER SCREENING: WHO'S IN AND WHO'S OUT? A PRO/CON DEBATE 9:15AM 11:15 AM

B12 GLOBAL CARE FOR SLEEP DISORDERS: TOWARDS UNIVERSAL ACCESS 9:15AM 11:15 AM

B86 FIRING ON ALL CYLINDERS: OPTIMIZING CRITICAL CARE DELIVERY AND IM-PROVING OUTCOMES

2:15 PM 4:15 PM

B88 JUST DO IT: REDUCING PEDIATRIC RESPIRATORY HEALTH DISPARITIES 2:15 PM 4:15 PM


C4 MODERN DILEMMAS IN CRITICAL CARE: WHY A LITTLE BIT OF KNOWLEDGE CAN BE A DANGEROUS THING

9:15AM 11:15 AM

C10 NOVEL STRATEGIES TO COMPLEMENT PULMONARY REHABILITATION IN COPD

9:15AM 11:15 AM

C82 SHIFTING FOCUS: HOW TO STUDY LUNG HEALTH INSTEAD OF DISEASE 2:15 PM 4:15 PM

C84 MANAGING EARLY ACUTE HYPOXIC RESPIRATORY FAILURE 2:15 PM 4:15 PM

C93 ATS CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINES: CLINICAL PRACTICE ON THE CUTTING EDGE

2:15 PM 4:15 PM


ATS 2018 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ADDITIONAL SESSIONS OF INTEREST TO BSHSR ASSEMBLY

Session Code




C88 YES, YOUR PULMONARY PATIENT IS READY FOR PALLIATIVE CARE 2:15 PM 4:15 PM


D3 WOMEN AND LUNG DISEASE 9:15AM 11:15 AM

D11 BATTLING BURNOUT: OVERCOMING THE BIGGEST THREAT TO HEALTH CARE QUALITY AND SAFETY

9:15AM 11:15 AM

D88 PERSONALIZED PREVENTION OF LUNG DISEASE 1:30 PM 3:30 PM

D89 LONG-TERM COMPLICATIONS AFTER RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND SEPSIS 1:30 PM 3:30 PM

Workshop Sessions


WS3 HOW TO DESIGN A ROBUST CLINICAL TRIAL IN SLEEP APNEA: LOOKING BACK, LOOKING AHEAD

11:45 AM 1:15 PM


WS8 SHOULD THIS STUDY CHANGE MY PRACTICE? SKILLS FOR ADEPT APPRAISAL OF CRITICAL CARE LITERATURE

11:45 AM 1:15 PM

Medical Education Seminar Sessions


ME1 ASSESSING YOUR LEARNERS: AVOIDING PITFALLS AND MAKING IT MEANING-FUL

12:15 PM 1:15 PM


ME2 COMPOSING AN EDUCATIONAL SYMPHONY: INTERDISCIPLINARY TEACHING IN THE ICU

12:15 PM 1:15 PM


ME3 HOW DOCTORS THINK: DEFINING AND TEACHING CRITICAL THINKING IN CRITICAL CARE

12:15 PM 1:15 PM


This year the Behavioral Science and Health Services Research Assembly Web Committee produced a couple of podcasts for

our assembly. The first podcast featured Dr. Samuel Brown discussing humanizing reform of the ICU and advanced care

planning, drawing on multiple aspects of behavioral sciences ethics. A second podcast expertly done by Dmitry Dukhovny

MD features a compelling interview with Praveen Mathur MBBS from Indiana University School of Medicine about his ex-

perience from the point of view as a patient and physician.

Our assembly hosted a webinar in January entitled “Mining for Gold: Getting started in qualitative research” thanks to

Michelle Eakin PhD, who served as moderator, and Laura Hinkle MD, who was the presenter. The webinar was highly pop-

ular. If you missed it, you can view it on the BSHSR website.

We continue to have an active social media presence and provide regular updates on research performed by our assembly

members. Please consider following our social media accounts on Twitter (@ATS_BSHSR) or Facebook. We currently

have close to 2,000 tweets and over 500 followers on Twitter. If you have questions or would like to join this committee,

please contact Dr. Ann Wu at [email protected].

This year, the mentoring program has a record number of mentees who have signed up and as a result we are in need of more

mentors! There is no requirement for a particular amount of experience of expertise to be a mentor. You never know how

your experience will help a colleague. We had great success last year matching mentees and mentors through a computer

algorithm and will continue this year. The “match list” will be reviewed by our working group to ensure the matches make

sense for both the mentor and mentee. Mentees and mentors are able to sign up via a link on the ATS homepage that helps

triage participants to the assembly that best fits their needs. Please considering signing up and encourage your colleagues to

do the same. If you have questions please contact the Chair Dr. Jared Chiarchiaro at [email protected].

The Section on Medical Education had another exciting year! We continue to look for ways to engage with our members at

the International Conference and throughout the year. We would love to have you be a part of this growing community.

Please join us for our membership meeting on Tuesday, May 22nd located at the Manchester Grand Hyatt, Seaport Ballroom

A, Second Level - Seaport Tower from 4:30pm-6:30pm.

Strategic Planning:

The Executive Committee participated in a day long Strategic Planning Meeting prior to the Fall Leadership Summit in Or-

lando, FL. During the meeting, a new Mission Statement was drafted. This was approved by the BSHSR Executive Commit-

tee, and is currently being voted upon by the membership at large. Read the Executive Summary here.

Webinars & Podcasts

Under the leadership of Molly Hayes, MD, the Section continued to offer a robust schedule of webinars, including two in a

new series focused on medical education research. Topics this year included survey design and the basics of needs assess-

ments. Other topics included the use of in situ mock codes to improve team work and strategies for the use of the flipped

classroom. If you missed the webinars the first time around, they can be found here: https://www.thoracic.org/members/

assemblies/sections/me/webinar/index.php

Deepak Pradhan, MD collaborated with an outstanding group of faculty to develop a series of podcasts for the Section. Top-

ics published this year included a four part series on validating assessment tools, and a two part series on adult learning theo-

ry and active learning modalities. Catch up on these Section of Medical Education Podcasts and others at: https://

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WEB COMMITTEE REPORT Ann C. Wu, MD, Chair

Mentoring Program Jared Chiarchiaro, MD, MS, Chair

SECTION ON MEDICAL EDUCATION Jennifer McCallister,, MD, Section Chair

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Social Media

As the Section Web Director, Laura Hinkle, MD coordinated efforts to help the Section maintain an active online presence.

Section members contributed to a blog, providing brief reviews on articles of interest in medical education and provided con-

tent for the Section’s Twitter feed. Follow us @ATSMedED and review the featured articles on https://www.thoracic.org/

members/assemblies/sections/me/featured-articles/

Programming

Rosemary Adamson, MD did an outstanding job leading the Section’s Programming team this year. She paired up with

Garth Garrison, MD and Jeremy Richards, MD to develop content for three Medical Education Seminars, Sunday –Tuesday,

May 20-22, 2018, 12:15-1:15 PM, and the ATS President’s Symposium, Monday, May 21, 2018, 9:15-11:15 AM,

“Metacognition in Medicine: Understanding How the Mind Works to Improve Teaching, Learning, & Patient Care.”

An open programming call for all Section members was held on Friday, February, 23, 2018 to provide an opportunity for

members to brainstorm together to begin generating ideas for ATS 2019! Keep an eye out for follow up calls.

Working Groups

The working groups had a very successful first year. Under the leadership of Graham Carlos, MD, the Medical Education

Research Working Group organized into sub-groups with common areas of interest to facilitate scholarship and research col-

laborations. Snigdha Jain,MD directed the Undergraduate Medical Education Working Group, whose initial efforts focused

on contributing to the Section’s online content and performing a needs assessment of the working group’s members.

Leadership transitions

We will welcome Hank Fessler, MD as the new Chair of the Section at the International Conference. Voting will soon be

underway for the Co-Chair and Nominating Committee positions, so be on the lookout for the ballot.

Assembly on

Behavioral Science and Health Services Research

Membership Meeting

Sunday, May 20th

6:30pm-8:30pm

Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego

Seaport Ballroom F

Second Level - Seaport Tower

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Section on Medical Education

Membership Meeting

Tuesday, May 22nd

4:30pm-6:30pm

Manchester Grand Hyatt

Seaport Ballroom A

Second Level - Seaport Tower

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Assembly Mentoring Programs’ Meeting Spot

Struggling to find a quiet location to meet with your mentor? Look no further! This year at the 2018 ATS International Conference in San Diego, CA, the Assembly Mentoring Programs is offering a meeting spot exclusively for mentors and mentee to meet.

The Assembly Mentoring Programs’ Meeting Spot will be located at the Manchester Grand Hyatt in the Balboa A room on the Second Level in the Seaport Tower. The room will be available:

Sunday May 20th – Tuesday May 22nd, 2018 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Light snacks and beverages will be offered throughout the day. Laptops and printers will be made available for use and don’t forget to

pick up your Assembly Mentoring Program Ribbon and Pin!

We hope you can join us at the Assembly Mentoring Program’s Meeting spot!

Interested in joining a mentoring program? Visit our Assemblies homepage and click on ATS Mentoring Program to learn more or contact Melinda Garcia at [email protected]

Submit an Assembly/Committee Project Application for funding in FY2019!

We are happy to announce that ATS will once again accept NEW Assembly/Committee Projects for FY2019. All interested applicants should begin developing their ideas for Assembly/Committee Project Applications. Applications will be available

on the ATS website at www.thoracic.org .

Please consider submitting an application for an Assembly/Committee project. If you have a suggestion for a project application and you need assistance, please contact your Assembly Planning Committee Chair Erin K. Kross, MD at

[email protected].

For questions regarding submissions please contact Miriam Rodriguez at tel: (212) 315-8639 or email: [email protected].

Best of ATS Video Lecture Series (BAVLS)

Do you have an amazing teaching video that you want to share with the world? Then consider submitting to the Best of ATS Video Lecture Series (BAVLS). For more information, please visit: https://www.thoracic.org/professionals/clinical-

resources/video-lecture-series/index.php

2ndAnnual ATS Walking Challenge

Walk for a good cause! Track steps and stay active with the Second Annual ATS Walking Challenge. For every participant who walks

30,000 steps TEVA Respiratory will make a donation of $100 to the ATS Foundation, for a total maximum donation of $50,000.

Remember – 100% of all donations to the ATS Foundation fund new research awards. Click here for more details.

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Invitation to Join ATS Signature Global Health Program: Methods in Epidemiologic, Clinical and Operations Research (MECOR)

Loyal to its tagline, the American Thoracic Society helps the world breathe; the ATS has been working to build research capacity in

low- and middle-income countries through its Methods in Epidemiologic, Clinical, and Operations Research (MECOR) program for 25 years. This intensive course for physicians and related health care professionals increases capacity and leadership in pulmonary,

critical care, and sleep medicine research beyond its US borders and US membership.

This spring, the ATS launched MECOR 2.0, which includes a ground-up redesign of the curriculum, course organization, and faculty/mentorship offerings. The updated program capitalizes and builds upon the program’s extensive experience and expertise. The

curriculum utilizes a “flipped classroom” teaching model with seminar style classroom sessions and a focus on one to one instruction with a learning management system for students, faculty, and alumni (CANVAS).

Since its initiation in 1994, the scope of the ATS MECOR program has grown tremendously. Today, its footprint is truly global with more than 1800 graduates from its global network of courses. Courses and partners include in Africa, the Pan African Thoracic, in China, the Chinese Thoracic Society, in India, the US Centers for Disease Control and the Indian Council for Medical Research, in

Indonesia, the Indonesian Society for Respirology, in the Mediterranean, the Turkish Thoracic Society, in Latin American the Latin American Thoracic Society, and in Southeast Asia, the Vietnamese National TB Program and the University of Sydney.

To join the ATS MECOR program as a faculty member or mentor, please use the link below to complete an application. For more

information on the ATS MECOR Program, please go to the ATS website at:

ATS MECOR Program

ATS MECOR Faculty Application

Official ATS Documents: Informational Opportunities at the 2018 ATS International Conference in San Diego

If you’re developing or interested in developing an Official ATS Document (Clinical Practice Guidelines, Policy Statements, Re-search Statements, Workshop Reports, or Technical Statements), please consider attending one or more of these opportunities while you are in San Diego at the ATS International Conference:

Documents Development & Implementation Committee (DDIC) Workshop/Meeting: Friday, May 18th from 6-9 PM, Manches-ter Grand Hyatt, Golden Hill AB (Seaport Tower, 3rd Level). This session is required for all Guideline Panel Chairs and Chairs of new non-guideline projects. It is also recommended for Chairs of ongoing non-guideline projects. Anyone who is interested in Official ATS Documents is welcome to attend. Please RSVP to John Harmon at [email protected] if you have not already done so. A light dinner will be served.

6-7 PM – Presentations by DDIC members about the Official Document types, methodological requirements for each, and other practical issues (e.g., conflict of interest management, review, and approval

7-9 PM – Current Guideline Chairs (or their designees) will give progress reports and then troubleshoot informally with DDIC members and ATS staff. New Guideline Chairs will have the opportunity to listen to these reports and learn about the “trials and tribulations” of guideline development from experienced peers.

Ad Hoc meetings: Whether you are developing or want to develop an official ATS document, you can schedule an appoint-ment to discuss your idea with Dr. Kevin Wilson (ATS Documents Editor) or Dr. Jan Brozek (ATS Methodologist). To sched-ule a meeting, email Kevin Wilson at [email protected] or Jan Brozek at [email protected].

Documents Meeting Space: Meeting space will be available to document developers from Sunday-Wednesday. Contact Kimberly Lawrence at [email protected] for additional details.

Guideline Methodology Training Program Information Session: Monday, May 21st from 7-8:30 PM, Manchester Grand Hyatt, Hillcrest AB (Seaport Tower, 3rd Level). The guideline methodology training program provides mentored training in the skills necessary to serve as a lead methodologist for a clinical practice guideline project. Anyone who is interested in learning more about the training program is welcome to attend. A brief description of the program will be provided, followed by time for questions and answers. A light dinner will be served. RSVP to [email protected] is required. Space is limited.

Meet the Professors: A Meet the Professors Session entitled “Official ATS Documents: How to Get Involved” is being host-ed by Dr. Raed Dweik (Chair of the Documents Development and Implementation Committee) and Dr. Kevin Wilson (ATS Documents Editor) on Tuesday, May 22nd from 12:15-1:15pm. Registration is available through the Conference Registration Website.

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Physicians planning to take the ABIM critical care MOC assessment have a new resource to prepare for the exam: the ATS Review for the Critical Care Boards

The ATS Review for the Critical Care Boards and Questions Book provide an in-depth review of critical care topics that will be on the

American Board of International Medicine Critical Care Medicine Certification examination. Chapters include:

Learn more, order, and begin studying by visiting the ATS Store

Renal, Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders

Infectious Diseases

Pharmacology and Toxicology

Pulmonary Diseases

Gastrointestinal Disorders

Surgery, Trauma, and Transplantation

Cardiovascular Disorders

Neurologic Disorders

Hematologic and Oncologic Disorders

Ethics, Research and Administration

Education Committee to offer Educational Consulting Office Hours during the 2018 International Conference

Are you planning to submit a proposal for programming at the 2019 International Conference, but don’t know where to

start?

Do you want to maximize your chances of having your Postgraduate Course Proposal programmed in 2019?

Would you like to review feedback you received on a 2018 proposal that wasn’t programmed?

Would you like feedback on a presentation you’re giving at this year’s International Conference? If you answered ‘yes’ to any of the above, stop by the Science and Innovation Center, where members of the Education Committee will

be available to answer questions, no appointment necessary. Consulting will be offered on a first-come, first-served basis on:

Monday 5/21 from 10-11AM, 12-1 PM, and 3-4 PM Tuesday 5/22 from 10-11AM, 12-1PM, and 3-4PM

Wednesday 5/23 from 10-11AM, and 12-1PM

Restoring Joy in Health Care Booth

What does burnout look like and how can we change things personally and professionally for the better?

Explore the Restoring Joy in Health Care booth (#904) to crowd source ways to improve the professional environment, get a chair massage or visit with a therapy dog to bring you back to center. Therapy dogs are in the booth from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. each day.

Interactive booth in the Exhibit Hall (with puppies)

San Diego Convention Center Hall C (Ground Level), Booth 904 May 20-22, 10:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Assembly Members: Help Us to Help You!

Have you:

Moved?

Changed your title?

Added a new specialty, credential or other information?

Or perhaps we just do not have a complete profile for you!

Please take a minute to update your contact information, assembly affiliations, and demographic profile today. And now you can also upload your PHOTO to your member profile!

Log in: https://www.thoracic.org/login/ats-member-login.php

By keeping your profile current, you help us provide programs and services that are most targeted to you.

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Help Available for Assembly Members on Clinical and Research Ethics and Conflict Management

The ATS Ethics and Conflict of Interest Committee is a society-wide committee appointed by the ATS President to be a resource and contribute to ATS education on biomedical and organizational ethics. Its seventeen members are from

many ATS assemblies and sections, and many have leadership roles in their institution’s ethics committees, advanced degrees in medical or nursing ethics, and have published on related issues.

Assembly members are encouraged to use the committee for advice and help in developing programs, statements, and conference sessions relevant to clinical or research ethics or managing conflicts of interest (COI), as well as in dealing with the ethical issues you face in the workplace. In recent years, the committee developed ATS statements on Manag-ing Conscientious Objections and Responding to Requests for Potentially Inappropriate Therapies, and produced pod-

casts on other topics that are available within the ATS Breathe Easy podcasts on the ATS website. It also oversees ATS management of COI. The Committee is chaired by David Chooljian, MD, JD. Questions and requests for help can

go through the committee’s staff member, Shane McDermott, at [email protected] or 212-315-8650.
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