I'm starting this thread so that we can attempt to collect the wit and wisdom of past Med-Peds-knowledgeable SDN-ers. This is by no means complete; I searched back to 2005 and posted what I found; I will update as I get 'round to it, but feel free to jump in ahead of me.

Just starting off with general non-SDN web links 'til I figure out how to link to posts (gosh, what an SDN-neophyte...)


Useful Web links (Since I was at a school that does not have Med-Peds, I literally read everything I could get my hands on from all these sites - including program director association bulletins and the like. You may not need to be so geeky if you have solid in-house advising.)


http://www.medpeds.org - the National MedPeds Residents Association homepage - this is the site to start with; it has numerous resources including a list of programs, list of programs that offer electives, fact sheets, pages giving overviews of Med-Peds, what to look for in a Med-Peds residency, etc, etc. It's not a pretty-looking site, but it's kept reasonably up to date and it's the best information repository around for Med-Peds.

http://www.im.org/MPPDA Med-Peds Program Directors Association - papers and newsletters at this site let you get an inkling of what's going on in the collective brain of the program directors - I found it useful for sussing out what some of the upcoming issues of concern for Med-Peds programs are/where Med/Peds is going as a profession. They have an interesting 2007 Match synopsis document on there.

http://http://www.aap.org/sections/med-peds/ - the AAP section on Med-Peds has an excellent brief overview of Med-Peds as a training program and profession in the "Medicine-Pediatrics 101" link.

http://http://www.memag.com/memag/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=154649 - "Where do med-peds fit?" article in Medical Economics



daria Chacón, Temple Med '07 + incoming HUP/CHOP Med/Peds '11

Useful SDN threads from the past (roughly reverse chronological)


IM/Peds Residency: http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=201062thoughts on "why med-peds", including a braindump from an incoming med-peds intern

What do you do after Med-Peds residency http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=360297

Med-Peds Programs http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=339657 - contains some post-interview feedback on several respected Med-Peds programs

Peds-IM joint program http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=297735 - opinions on what makes a strong med-peds programs, and answers from a Med-Peds PD regarding salary

Peds versus Internal Medicine http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=275010- pros and cons of each, if your main issue is that you can't make up your mind between 'em.

Why family med, when we have med/peds? http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=257411 - cites practice situation of an established Med/Peds hospitalist

Med-Peds and EM - http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=252806 - discussion regarding whether Med-Peds trained docs can work in EM

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=231029 - thread with lots of (2005) feedback on different programs

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=232274 - 2005 advice on what to look for in a med-peds program from a pd

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=43222 - EXCELLENT 2005 post with lots of advice about med-peds from a program director and recent Med-peds graduate

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=222112 - 2005 thread, mostly about how many programs to apply to

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=158415- Family Med FAQ , addresses difference with Med/Peds in a limited fashion, and from the FM perspective of course. We need one for Med-Peds! Someday...

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=127015 - a GREAT old (2004) post with a Med/Peds PGY-3 describing what residency has been like, plus a program director (forncroj) describing a bit about what programs are looking for in applicants.


Alright, I know there's more out there - I'll update this as I get a chance. If you're antsy, you can search by poster name - forncroj is a Med/Peds program director (located somewhere in the MidWest) who has extremely informative posts; RuralMedicine has been a Med/Peds attending for I guess a few years now, and has some good older posts as well.