Pediatric Residents SIG
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SIG Description
The Pediatric Resident SIG was created by residents, for residents. The group focuses on issues important to residents including education, work/life balance, and career development.
Mission/Goals
The goal of the Pediatric Resident SIG is to provide support, education, and discussion for pediatric residents.
Past Meetings
The Pediatric Resident SIG Annual Meeting was held on May 3, 2008 at the annual Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting in Honolulu, HI. The meeting included a panel discussion on the balance between work and life. Panelists included Dr. Noelle Johnstone (with her son Cole), Dr. Elizabeth Stuart, Dr. Rebecca Blankenberg, and Dr. Glenn Rosenbluth. Key themes discussed included mental health, logistics of having a family in residency, and the loss of outside interests during residency training. Ideas generated by the group included devising a "social CV" where residents record aspects of their life outside the hospital that are most important and having regular check-in time with faculty mentors regarding these interests throughout residency. Balance was also discussed as part of the professionalism competency. Residents raised concern that the lack of time or resources for self-care could potentially affect their ability to provide good patient care.
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Current SIG Co-Chairs:
Brian Flaherty, MD
108 B East Middlefield
Mountain View, CA 94043
Phone: (720) 254-9428
flaherty.bf@gmail.com
Matthew Wallenstein, MD
1130 Welch Rd, apt 334
Palo Alto, CA 94304
Phone: (617) 417-2217
mbw@stanford.edu
