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Medical Student Sign-Up for Peds Department Grand Rounds and Case of the Week
Medical students are invited to attend the Pediatrics Department’s weekly Grand Rounds (Thursdays) and Case of the Week (Fridays) from 8-9am. Grand Rounds are presentations on topics related to pediatrics such as recent pharmacological advances or advocacy campaigns. During Case of the Week, a physician presents a complicated case with related literature citations (think IP!). We have update the spring sign-up to include titles and speakers for all of the grand rounds. Please sign up here to attend.
Make-A-Wish America Project for AAP Medical Student Members
Please see below for an opportunity for medical students to help with an opportunity from Make-A-Wish America. If you are interested, the attached letter provides more information. Happy New Year!!
Hello, AAP Medical Student Members!
As the holidays are now behind us and 2014 has come to a close, I wanted to invite you to work on a project that can help bring hope, strength and joy to children battling life-threatening illnesses throughout the year.
Make-A-Wish America is one of the nation's largest and most well-known wish granting organizations. We are working with them on a project to clarify descriptions of the medical conditions that are referred most often so their staff is knowledgeable and able to ask relevant questions in order to help determine eligibility.
Please read the attached letter and contact Emily Slaw (eslaw@wish.org) if you would like to participate! Responses will be collected until March 15th.
Have a wonderful start to the new year!
Emily Slaw
Mission Resources Volunteer
Make-A-Wish America
MCAAP Annual Conference Saturday December 13th 9am-1:30pm
The Massachusetts Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics
Presents
"Generations Together for Child Health: Mentoring and More"
Saturday, December 13th 2014 – 9 am - 1:30 pm
held at the Massachusetts Medical Society, Waltham, MA
TOPICS INCLUDE:
- · Mentorship and Pediatrics
- · The Pediatric Advocate: What is it? How Can I Advocate?
- · Applying to Pediatric Residency Program
- · Applying for Fellowships
- · Going into Primary Care
- · Getting Involved in Chapter Activities
- · Pediatrics and the AAP
The program is FREE and includes a continental breakfast and lunch!
Please register no later than Friday, 12/5 by completing this form:
http://goo.gl/forms/Q2WhH7XVpA
A confirmation email will be sent to you.
Please contact Cathleen Haggerty at chaggerty@mcaap.org for more information.
Opportunity for BUSM 4th Year Students: Instructional Project Elective
For those interested in the teaching side of pediatrics (or any other specialty), BUSM offers an interesting elective during 4th year that I took advantage of and really enjoyed. The Instructional Project Elective gives medical students a 4 week block of time to develop, implement, and examine a curriculum piece of their own design along with a faculty mentor. Past projects are scattered throughout the BUSM curriculum and have been published to medical education sites like the AAMC’s MedEd Portal (www.mededportal.org).
For my project, which I did during my first block of 4th year, I worked with pediatricians Rachel Thompson and Lie Tjoeng to turn the 3rd year pediatrics clerkship’s fluids and electrolytes lecture into a “flipped classroom.” Now, instead of listening to 45 minutes of lecture, students watch a video lecture at home then spend the in-class portion of the session working through a case in groups with the help of a chief resident. I used the 4 weeks to research adult education methods, do a literature review, plan the project, record and edit the video lectures, and design the clinical case.
It was a busy 4 weeks and required some more work after the elective was officially over, but the elective can be a lot more than just a great learning experience. My flipped classroom the project is now incorporated as a permanent part of the pediatrics clerkship (or at least as permanent as any didactic session can be). It also gave me the opportunity to work very closely with Drs. Tjoeng and Thompson, both of whom were great to work with and provided tons of help with the process of applying to peds residency. The project also made it onto my residency application CV, has been a great talking point on residency interviews, and is now in the peer review process for publication on the MedEd Portal.
Dr. Gail March, the elective’s coordinator, provides great lessons about medical education and is very good about finding students a faculty mentor. I came into the elective knowing I wanted to do a project in pediatrics, but the flipped classroom idea was something that was developed after meeting with Drs. March and Thompson. Don’t feel like you have to come in knowing all the details of your potential project.
The Instructional Project Elective is a great way to combine an interest in teaching with an interest in pediatrics. There were lots of people in the department with ideas who were looking for students to take a project on, and there also lots of mentors who would be glad to help you complete a project idea you already have.
The link to the course is below. Feel free to get in touch with me if you have any questions.
-Kyle Pronko
http://www.bumc.bu.edu/busm-reg/teachingscholarly-activities/
October 2 Grand Rounds
by Anita Knopov (BUSM I)
On October 2nd, I attended the Pediatrics Grand Rounds. The speaker, Dr. Mirochnick, was discussing the topic: “Antiretroviral Pharmacology in Pregnant Women and Their Infants: Implications for Prevention and Treatment of HIV”. As first year medical students, we do not have much exposure to pharmacology, but Dr. Mirochnick’s presentation was extremely helpful as we begin to mentally organize the relevant parts of anatomy lectures and categorize those aspects that are relevant to maternal-fetal medicine. We have only had several lectures on embryological development, and have discussed possible congenital anomalies that can appear due to disturbances in normal development. It was interesting to hear Dr. Mirochnick speak about the principles governing antiretroviral clinical pharmacology and the problem of the lack of available pharmacological interventions for pregnant women. I think it was most interesting to examine this topic from not only a scientific angle, but also to discuss those aspects of policy that contribute to the issue.
Please sign up here if you are interested in attending Pediatrics Department Grand Rounds or Case of the Week: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JOFRWKtptzbEyCQ6LHQ2cjkQvHMi66bGfurzdvPgd4w/edit#gid=1819616416
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 an introduction to Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics (DBPeds) and explained her interest in this subspecialty of pediatrics. She then shared a few cases so that medical students were able to apply their knowledge of child development to clinical practice. Dr. Schumacher guided first- and second-year medical students to share additional questions they would ask the families, think about possible diagnoses, and discuss which interventions might be beneficial for these kids.
This was a great opportunity to learn about a career in DBPeds and think about the clinical applicability of the material that we are learning in the first and second year. Thank you so much Dr. Schumacher!
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 on September 29, 1994.
Our panelists were Dr. Arvin Garg, Department of Academic Pediatrics at Boston Medical Center, Dr. Heidi Auerbach, Medical Director, Geriatrics Ambulatory Practice at Boston Medical Center, Dr. Geoffrey Modest, Medical Director, Upham's Corner Health Center, Dr. Marc Emmerich, Commonwealth Community Care, Boston Medical Center. They highlighted the different aspects of the field of primary care and talked about opportunities to do research, teach, provide home visits, and form strong relationships with patients. All of the panelists commented that they find careers in primary care to be very intellectually stimulating and personally rewarding.
Thank you very much to our panelists for taking time out of our busy schedules to talk with us and inspire us about the possibilities within the field of primary care!
2014 Rodman Ride for Kids
On Saturday September 20th, a group from the BMC pediatrics department participated in the Rodman Ride for Kids. The group included medical students, residents, friends of the hospital, attending physicians, and BUSM faculty members. Riders raised money to support the Kids Fund at BMC, the SPARK center, and the BMC Health Plan among other wonderful causes. Team BMC has raised more than $98,000 to date from this year's Rodman Ride!
We had a blast and would love for you to join us next year!! Save the date for next year's ride on September 26, 2015!
Learn More about Universal Pre-K in Boston! (October 6th 9am, Boston Children’s Museum)
Hi Everyone,
Walk for Oncology at Franklin Park Zoo!
Here is information about an opportunity that we received from Tufts to participate in a walk for oncology at the Franklin Park Zoo next Saturday. Here is the flyer: Boston Superhero flyer
If you have any questions, please contact jtruong@tuftsmedicalcenter.org.
My name is Jennifer and I work as a researcher in pediatric oncology at Tufts Medical Center. I am hoping you could help me spread the word about a fundraising walk that I am helping organize. The walk is raising money for pediatric oncology research through CureSearch.
It takes place this September 27th, 2014 at the Franklin Park Zoo!!
Is there a way to reach students groups, particularly those who are interested in pediatrics or child health? I was thinking that they may be interested in volunteering to help with walk day or to form a team as a “back to school” bonding activity.
For more info please see the link: www.curesearchwalk.org/
I have formed a Floating Hospital for Children team, so people are also welcome to join my existing team.
There is also a brochure attached. The theme this year is SuperHeroes, so I’m trying to get all members of my team to dress as various SuperHeroes!
Thanks and please let me know if you have any questions,
-Jennifer
Jennifer Truong
Lead Children’s Oncology Group Clinical Research Associate
Neely Center for Clinical Cancer Research
Tufts Medical Center