1. Choosing the Internal Medicine and Pediatrics Residency Program Mayra E. Sanchez, MD Med/Peds, PGY-3

2. What is Med/Peds? Residency in two specialties Boarded in two specialties Capable of seeing adults and children Fellowships available in Medicine, Pediatrics or Med/Peds

4. Top 10 reasons medical students chose Med/Peds as a career: 1) Age Spectrum 2) Variety/Depth of training 3) Liked both medicine and pediatrics 4) Flexible career options 5) Primary care focus 6) Ability to sub-specialize 7) Role Models 8) Did not want Obstetrics or Surgery 9) Transition and Adolescent Medicine 10)More Pediatrics Training

5. Med/Peds: Statistics 2/3 of Med/Peds physicians go into primary care 1 Med/Peds residents score identically to categorical residents on both the Internal Medicine and Pediatrics Boards. 80 programs nationwide 1 Terry, Ken, Where do med-peds fit? Who are these double-boarded physicians and do they pose a threat to other primary care doctors? Medical Economics, April 5, 2005

6. KU Med/Peds

7. Resources The National Med/Peds Resident Association: http://www.medpeds.org/ AAP section on Med/Peds: http://www.aap.org/sections/med- peds/default.cfm http://www.aap.org/sections/med- peds/default.cfm http://www.aap.org/sections/med- peds/default.cfm AMA, FREIDA online: http://www.ama- assn.org/ama/pub/category/2997.html Mayra E. Sanchez: msanchez@kumc.edu