Medical Student Section

The 2019 Medical Student Section Program will be held on Saturday, September 21st during the the TPS Annual Meeting at the Renaissance Dallas at Plano Legacy West in Plano, Texas. The program is designed especially to meet your interests. If you would like to join TPS as a Medical Student Section member click here. For more information, please contact Anslee Boozer, 512-370-1563.

2019 Medical Student Section Agenda

9:00 - 9:15am

Importance of Pediatric Organization Membership &
How to Make the Most of Your Membership
9:15-9:45am

Social Determinants of Health and LGBT Youth: Practical Strategies for the General Practitioner 

  •         Speaker:  Brett Cooper, MD

9:45-10:00am

 BREAK - Support the Medical Student and Resident Poster contest winners as they discuss their posters during this time

10:00 - 10:45am

Pediatric Specialty Speed Mentoring- Exploring Specialties-a brief outline of information about the different pediatric practice settings such as hospital, rural, and private practice settings followed by networking speed mentoring event with the subspecialists listed below.
10:45-11:30am

Physician Wellness and Resilience 

  • Speaker: Alyson Nakamura, MD

11:30am-1:00pm

Lunch Break

1:15-2:30pm

Residency and You

This panel will cover everything from Interviewing for your Residency and how to get in to the Residency of your choice to tricks of the trade on how to be a successful resident.

2:30 - 3:00pm
 

Legislative Update

  • Speaker: Ryan Lowery, MD 

3:00-3:15pm

BREAK (Support the Medical Student and Resident Poster contest winners as they discuss their posters during this time.)
3:15-3:45pm

Behavioral Interventions for ADHD: Meds are great, but what else should we (could we?) be doing? 

  • Speaker: Anne-Marie Hain, MD

3:45-5:00pm

Jacobi Jug 

This lively fast paced interactive competition among some of the TPS Resident teams will include the review of 5 key topics that physicians state they have a knowledge gap in and engage in discussions that are focused on updating the attendees on the latest information on each key topic.