Are you interested in becoming a leader in the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Resident Section? Each year the section recruits interested residents into leadership positions. The following positions are open. To see a detailed job description for each of the positions click here.

District coordinator
(beginning October 2008)
10 positions open, 1 representing each district of the AAP
(1-year term)

Assistant district coordinator
(beginning October 2008)
10 positions open, 1 representing each district of the AAP
(1-year term)

Section secretary
(beginning October 2008)
(1-year term)

Section vice chairperson
(beginning October 2008)
(3-year term: 1 as vice chair, 1 as chair, and 1 as immediate past chair)

Section liaisons
(beginning January 2009)
(All liaison positions are 2-year terms)

AMA/Resident Fellow Section
Committee on Federal Government Affairs
Committee on Residency Scholarships
Community Access to Child Health (CATCH)
Council on Clinical Information Technology
Council on Community Pediatrics
Council on School Health         
Provisional Section on Early Education and Child Care
Section on Adolescent Health
Section on Child Abuse and Neglect
Section on Home Care
Section on International Child Health
Subcommittee on Resident Research Grants (Committee on Pediatric Research)

The 2007 call for applications is now closed. The call for 2008 positions will go out August 1st, 2008.