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In this episode, Tiffany Munzer, MD, FAAP, discusses the impact of digital ecosystems on children and adolescents. David Hill, MD, FAAP, and Joanna Parga-Belinkie, MD, FAAP, also speak with Sara Bode, MD, FAAP, about the comparison of literacy and developmental screening of preschool-aged children during primary care. 

 

 

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Guests

Tiffany Munzer, MD, FAAP

Guest

Dr. Tiffany Munzer is a developmental behavioral pediatrician and digital media researcher at the University of Michigan. She completed her undergraduate training at Washington University in St. Louis and received her medical degree from the University of Arizona College of Medicine. She completed her pediatric residency training and developmental pediatric fellowship at the University of Michigan.  Her research program is driven by the questions that families often face related to digital media, parenting and young children’s development. 

Sara Bode, MD, FAAP

Guest

Dr. Sara Bode is a primary care pediatrician and the medical director of Nationwide Children's Hospital's school health services.  She is the immediate past Chair of the AAP Council on School Health.  Her clinical work and research centers around the intersection of health and education and providing care for the underserved. As medical director for NCH School Health, she provides oversight for 20 School Based Health Centers and 2 mobile medical units providing comprehensive primary care to improve access and eliminate non-academic barriers to learning to improve the health and education of children in Ohio.  She also serves as a school health consultant for the Ohio Department of Health and as the Chief Medical Consultant for the largest school district in Ohio, Columbus City Schools.  She is committed to training providers how to advocate in the field of pediatrics through policy and community action and serves as Director for the AAP’s Community Pediatrics Training Initiative to help improve advocacy training for faculty and pediatric residents around the country. 

Resources

AAP Family Media Plan
HealthyChildren.org


Conflict of Interest Disclosure:

From Tiffany Munzer: Reach Out and Read Medical Director for the state of Michigan and previous work with PBS Kids as a paid consultant 

Music Credits:
"Steadfast" by Blue Dot Sessions at www.sessions.blue
Theme music composed by Matthew Simonson at Foundsound.media

*The views expressed in this podcast are those of the guests and not necessarily those of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

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