Physician Mentoring
Finding a Physician Mentor is one of the many recommendations that I make to the medical students and residents I work with! If looking for a place to start, I recommend checking out ACP Networking and Physician Mentorship!
What is Med-Peds?
So what is Med-Peds? What is a Med-Peds Physician? What makes you different than a Family Medicine Physician? These questions, and similar questions, are something that I get asked about a lot, both by med students and by patients. It's an exciting question, although a somewhat complicated answer. So, what is a Med-Peds Physician? Well, a Med-Peds physician is trained in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics. Typically, each training program is a 3-year program. Before the introduction of the Med-Peds residency, if you wanted to be trained in both, you would have to complete an Internal Medicine and Pediatric residency, totaling about 6 years. However, given the significant overlap between the training of both programs, in 1967, the American Board of Internal Medicine and the American Board of Pediatrics recognized a 4 year combined Internal Medicine-Pediatrics training program. As such, we bounce back between Internal Medicine and Pediatrics throughout our training. As with my residenc...
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