Advocacy Grand Rounds cohosted by PEDS! Oct 13 @ 6PM
Boston Children’s Pediatrician Dr. Judith Palfrey will be speaking about her career in advocacy at Grand Rounds, including her role as executive director of First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move! program. More details and her bio are below. Advocacy Grand Rounds Co-hosted by: BU Advocacy Training Program (BuATP) and Pediatric Education & Development Society (PEDS) We are very excited to […]
First Lunch Talk of 2016-2017!
PEDS held our first lunch talk of the academic year on Wednesday, August 10th 2016. Our “Primer to Peds” introduced students to the array of opportunities to take advantage of in pediatrics at BUSM/BMC. Dr. Robert Vinci, Chief of Pediatrics at BMC, and Dr. Elyse Portillo, Chief Resident of BRCP, were in attendance […]
Match Panel 2016
We hosted a match panel for M4s who matched into pediatrics this March on 3/29! Our panel included several M4s with varied experiences, as well as Chief Resident at BCRP, Christine Cheston. Thank you to our panelists, who shared excellent advice and stories with us, and thank you to everyone who came! Our panelists, and a […]
Med-Peds Panel
Several med-peds attending and resident physicians from MGH, Brigham, and Children’s Hospital joined us at BUSM on February 10th for a panel on med-peds careers. The panelists discussed the nuances of med-peds, fellowship and career opportunities after residency, and answered a number of other questions. Thank you to our panelists and everyone who attended! If you’re interested […]
Pediatrics Panel Lunch Talk
We invited a panel of 4th year BUSM students who have matched into pediatrics to share their experiences and pathway into the field. Our panelists spoke passionately about why they chose pediatrics to approximately 45 students. The told students what opportunities they took part in over their careers as medical students, what experiences drove them […]
Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics Lunch Talk
On Friday October 10th, Dr. Jayna Schumacher, a fellow in the Division of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics at BMC, gave a lunch talk for medical students. This presentation was particularly timely because a lecture on normal developmental milestones had recently been present in the first year Human Behavior and Medicine Course. Dr. Schumacher began with […]
Primary Care Panel
On Tuesday October 7th, the PEDS Interest Group collaborated with the Internal Medicine Interest Group, the Geriatrics Interest Group, and the Disability and Illness Interest Group to host a primary care panel in celebration of National Primary Care Week. This year was the twentieth anniversary of Primary Care Week, which began as Primary Care Day […]