We are excited to announce the 2nd annual Med-Peds Informational Webinar Series starting on Wednesday, 7/14 at 9PM EST!
Initially started in summer 2020 during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, this webinar series was created as a collaborative effort between the National Med-Peds Residents’ Association (NMPRA), the Medicine-Pediatrics Program Directors Association (MPPDA), and the Executive Committee of the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Med-Peds (AAP-SOMP). Its purpose was to provide the medical student community with a virtual opportunity to explore Internal Medicine-Pediatrics as a career option, learn more about the Med-Peds community, and met individual program leaders from across the country.
This year, we hope to continue providing you with excellent content and resources meant to cultivate your interest in Med-Peds and support your future careers. Please see below for more information regarding details of specific sessions. We will be sending out individual Zoom links and passcodes through the listserv before the start of each meeting. We plan to record each session and post them on this page for your reference.
Session 1 (7/14 @ 9:00pm EST): Introduction to Med-Peds (all welcome!)
- Med-Peds Training: Nuts and Bolts
- Med-Peds as a relevant, versatile career
- Med-Peds values
Session 2a (7/15 @ 9:00pm EST): Applying to Med-Peds (MS1 &MS2)
- Setting up clerkship rotations
- Which boards do I take?
- FAQs from students
Session 2b (7/17 @ Noon EST): Applying to Med-Peds (MS3 &MS4)
- Can I do Med-Peds? (Boards – STEP vs COMLEX)
- What about Letters of Recommendation?
- Electives? Away, in person vs virtual
- We’re in this together: preparing for virtual recruitment season
- FAQs from students
Session 3 (July 2021): Networking “Spotlight” Sessions with Residency Programs
- 10 sub-sessions on separate days with each program assigned to one of these sub-sessions
- 5 minute program presentations
Spotlight #1
- University of Arkansas
- University of Tennessee
- WMed
- UAB
- East Carolina University/Vidant Medical Center
- University of Cincinnati/Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
- University of Mississippi
- University of Texas Southwestern
Spotlight #2
- University of Missouri Kansas City
- Penn State Hershey
- Geisinger
- U of Nebraska (UNMC)
Spotlight #3
- UMass
- Prisma Health University of South Carolina School of Medicine-Greenville
- Loma Linda University
- Maine Medical Center
- University of Puerto Rico
- Rutgers NJMS
- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC)
Spotlight #4
- CHOP/Penn
- University of Illinois COM – Chicago
- University of North Carolina
- University of Utah
- Michigan State University/Spectrum Health
- Harvard Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Boston Children’s Hospital
- University of Chicago
Spotlight #5
- Rochester
- University of California – San Diego
- Medical College of Wisconsin
- Baystate
- Marshfield clinic
Spotlight #6
- Yale
- Albany
- University of Kentucky
- VCU Health
- Brown
Click here to watch recording (part one)
Spotlight #7
- University of Miami
- University of Minnesota
- South Carolina
- Ohio State University
- Rush University
- LAC+USC
- Buffalo
- Georgetown
- Tulane
- Wayne State
Spotlight #8
- Duke
- Harvard-MGH
- Johns Hopkins
- Baylor
- University of Michigan
- Loyola
- University of Illinois at Peoria
- Indiana University
- University of Kentucky
Spotlight #9
- MetroHealth
- Louisville
- Colorado
- Maryland
- Christiana Care/DuPont
- Case/University Hospitals
- William Beaumont
- University of Arizona – Phoenix
- South Alabama
Session 4: Specialty Med-Peds Sessions
- Sub-session A (8/17 @ 9:00pm EST): Applicants from Schools without Med-Peds Programs
- Sub-session B (8/18 @ 9:00pm EST): Deans and Advisors Session
- Sub-session C (8/19 @ 9:00pm EST): Underrepresented Minorities in Med-Peds
Session 5 (8/25 @ 9:00pm EST): Recruitment Advice from the NMPRA Board and MPPDA
- Presenting your best self
- Do’s and don’ts for recruitment
- Preparing for virtual recruitment
- Couples matching