Medical Student Section

This year's Medical Student Section Program will be held on Saturday, September 24th during the the TPS Annual Meeting at the Marriott Sugar Land Town Square in Sugar Land, TX.  Some of the topics covered in the Medical Student Section Program in the past have included:
How to shine on the wards as a resident, "tricks of the trade"- interacting with various age groups during the history and physical exam, Interviewing for your Residency and how to find and gain acceptance to a residency program that is a good fit for you, balancing family and residency/work, options in Pediatric Practice, and the future of health care in the U.S. as it will pertain to pediatricians.  The program is designed especially to meet your interests, an early agenda is below.  For more information, contact: Amy White, Director of TPS Foundation and the General Pediatric Preceptorship Program or call her on 512-370-1519.

7:00a.m. Registration opens
7:00-8:30 Breakfast served for all meeting attendees
8:45 – 9:00

Welcome and Introductions
9:00 – 9:30

Importance of Pediatric Organization Membership

How to get involved and make the most of your membership.

James Lukefahr, MD - TPS President

Stephen Whitney, MD - TPS President-Elect

Bob Block, MD - AAP President
9:30 – 10:30

Global Health Perspectives-

Mark Kline, MD
10:30 - 10:45 Break
10:45 – 11:30

Pediatric Practice Choices Panel

This panel will have representatives from various pediatric specialties.  Students will have the opportunity to ask questions and get more information on the various fields of pediatrics.

•Administrative Medicine – John Hellerstedt, MD
•Academics – Carl Tapia, MD, MPH
•Private Practice – Seth Kaplan, MD
•Hospitalist –Gary Strong, MD
•Specialty Practice-Child Abuse – Nancy Harper, MD
•Public Health/Community Health– Louis Appel, MD
11:30 – 11:45 Break
11:45-1:30

Lunch

Roundtable Pediatric Interest Group Discussion

Find out more about the pediatric groups in other schools during this roundtable discussion.
1:30 2:30

 Parent-Instigated Diseases in Children- Plenary Session (Sugar Land Ballroom 5)
2:30 - 3:30

Residency Panel Discussion

Tricks of the Trade-how to shine on the wards as a resident, interacting with various age groups during the physical exam and history, how to choose a residency program that is a good fit for you, how to balance family and residency/work, and much much more.
3:30 - 3:45 Break
3:45-4:45

Infectious Diseases

Gordon E. Schutze, M.D., F.A.A.P.