MPPDA National MeetingApril 10th, 2014

Tony Pastor, M.DBaylor College of Medicine

NMPRA President 2013-2014

NATIONAL MEETING 2.0

NEW WEBSITE: MEDPEDS.ORG

NEW WEBSITE: MEDPEDS.ORG

WHAT/WHO ARE WE MISSING?

CHIEF RESIDENTS

• Breakout sessions at future conferences• Assess the needs of Chief Residents • Chief Resident’s Forum• Eventually would like to develop a NMPRA

sponsored retreat/training for future chiefs.

CHIEF RESIDENT’S FORUM

NMPRA RESEARCH GRANT

• Will be announced this month• Monetary support for Med-Peds Research• Winners would present their research at our

conference• Promote Med-Peds Scholarship

MED STUDENT REPRESENTATION

• Committee of Med-Peds Medical Students• Chairman Nicholas Darby, MS2 at U of Alabama• Goals• Student Representative to be present on conference calls• Assess the needs of the average MS1-4 that is thinking

about Med-Peds.• Create MPIG chapters at programs that do not currently

have one.

TEXT ME EVERY 5 MINUTES…

• pastor@bcm.edu• president@medpeds.org• My cell: 713-417-2712• www.facebook.com/tpastor• Twitter: medpeds4life

GETTING YOU MED-PEDS SWAG!