Transitioning from residency to fellowship is challenging for many reasons. Many first year fellows feel overwhelmed and not even sure where to start or how to prepare. Luckily the TECaN council has partnered with experts throughout the SoNPM to compile this comprehensive list of the top 10 things to know in fellowship. Use this as a guide throughout your three years of fellowship and refer back to it as certain sections will be relevant at different times in training.

 

1. Read Landmark Articles and Develop Skills to Critically Appraise Research

As a neonatology fellow, your reading list will be miles long.  Because there is so much to know and learn, it can be overwhelming to decide where to begin.  However, several landmark articles form the foundation of many of the practices routinely done in the NICU and should be at the top of your reading list as a first-year fellow.  Recognize variations in practice, analyze and familiarize yourself with the literature to support these practices, and use the literature to guide your treatment choices for your patients.  Familiarize yourself with your new library to help you find articles and resources.

Learning skills about critically appraising an article is as important as staying up to date with the literature.  Here are some resources to help develop these skills.

 

Studying a Study and Testing a Test: Reading Evidence-Based Health Research by Richard Riegelman

This book has checklists of questions to ask, scenarios illustrating study design errors, flaw catching exercises, and flowcharts for assessing statistical methods.

JAMAevidence

Resources can be found under the tab “Users’ Guides to the Medical Literature” where you will find their book A Manual for Evidence-Based Clinical Practice, 3rd Also, check out the tab “Learning Tools” that includes critical appraisal and information cycle worksheets.  Subscription required, check with your institution to see if you have access. 

The British Medical Journal

Website has a compilation of articles on how to read a research paper. 

 

After you establish a neonatology knowledge base, continue to expand and educate yourself about important topics that affect your patients and practice every day, as well as the current literature.

 

Cross Section Podcast

The official podcast of the Section on Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine (SoNPM) of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). In Cross Section, you can hear first-hand from some of the nation’s neonatologists about their work to help children across the country.

Neonatology Monthly Articles of Interest

Want to learn about current studies and breakthroughs in neonatology? The AAP Section on Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine (SoNPM) Website Working Group has posted all new monthly Articles of Interest from the top journals with the most recent clinical trials, review articles, and research related to neonatology. 

Neonatology Journal Club

Journal Club is a collaboration between the AAP SoNPM and the International Society for Evidence-Based Neonatology (EBNEO). All of the Journal Club articles are peer-reviewed and published in the Journal of Perinatology.  Goals are to provide a forum to critically evaluate medical literature relevant to the care of newborn infants and exchange dialogues between those involved in neonatal care.  The website below has access to the articles and instructions on submitting an article. 

Cochrane Neonatal

International not-for-profit organization that produces and disseminates systematic reviews of relevant neonatal healthcare interventions and evidence. 

 

2. Study for the Pediatric Board Exam

One of the most important things to accomplish when starting your fellowship is passing your pediatric boards.  You must pass the pediatric boards to take neonatology boards.  After you’ve gotten your start in fellowship, don’t forget to get back in the groove of studying.  Once you pass the pediatric board exam, start your preparation for neonatology boards in fellowship.

  • Be aware of the exam dates and fees, including the fee for late registration. https://www.abp.org/content/exam-dates-and-fees
  • Allow plenty of time to apply for and obtain a permanent medical license to sit for the pediatric board exam. Know your own state’s requirements and process to obtain a medical license as some states can take longer than others, so prepare for the process to take months.  Reference your state’s medical board website or the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB). http://www.fsmb.org/
  • Check out the FSMB’s educational modules for “The Role of State Medical Boards” and “Understanding and Navigating the Medical Licensing Process,” both are available free but are not required. http://www.fsmb.org/policy/education-meetings/educational-modules
  • Review The American Board of Pediatrics (ABP) exam content specifications. https://www.abp.org/content/content-outlines-0
  • Take advantage of your AAP membership with the last three years’ worth of PREP® Questions. https://pedialink.aap.org
Additional Study Tools
Board Review Courses
Audio Courses 

 

3. Maintain your Wellness and Mindfulness

Fellowship can be a stressful and emotional time.  While we spend hours each day caring for our patients and their families, we sometimes forget to take even a few minutes to care for ourselves.  However, more and more research is being done in the field of wellness for physicians, which highlights the importance of mindfulness for prevention of physician burnout and stress reduction.

Time off is time to recharge your batteries, not to catch up on or prepare for your next task or goal.  Find a hobby that you enjoy and make time for it.  Spend quality time with your family.

Numerous articles highlight the benefits of mindfulness for physicians.  Here are just a few to get you started.

Books are also a rich resource for wellness.

  • The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing by Marie Kondō

If you don’t have time to read (or just don’t want to), there are many mindfulness podcasts available.  You can listen anytime!

Want something a little more interactive?  There are several apps available to guide you in mindfulness activities:

Free Apps
  • Smiling Mind
  • ACT Coach
  • Rhythm: Meditation Timer and Scheduler
  • Stop, Breathe and Think: Meditation and Mindfulness
Paid Apps
  • Headspace
  • Mindfulness Daily
  • Calm
  • iMindfulness
  • Buddhify 2 – Mindfulness and Meditation for Modern Life
  • Meditation Studio
  • Learn to Meditate: Meditation without borders

Several universities have online resources for Wellness and Mindfulness.  They offer online courses, but also offer resources that are available free of charge to the public.

 

4. Plan for your Future with Financial Resources

Learn how to manage your money, repay your medical school loans, and take advantage of discount programs through the AAP.

AAP Insurance Program Financial Wellness Series

Learn the basics of money management, credit score, planning your future, buying insurance, and life and disability insurance in this short video series.

AAMC FIRST (Financial Information, Resources, Services, and Tools) Program

Filled with fact sheets, videos, short clips, and a monthly webinar series about loan repayment, credit, budgeting, and home financing.

CFP Let’s Make a Plan and Financial Planning Association

Find a certified financial planner to help with long term plans. http://www.letsmakeaplan.org/ and http://www.plannersearch.org/

NIH Loan Repayment

Learn more about how you can get your loans paid through the NICH 

White Coat Investor

Provides a wealth of information in the form of a book, blog, forum, newsletter and tutorials. 

You Need a Budget (YNAB)

Online budgeting software and corresponding app to help manage your money, free trial for 30 days.

 

Apps are easily ways to incorporate financial planning in your everyday life. 

Free Apps
  • PocketGuard
  • Wally
  • DollarBird
  • Unsplurge
  • Fudget
  • Spendee
  • com Personal Finance
  • Expensify
  • Mvelopes
  • Digit
  • Acrons
  • Goodbudget
  • Pocket Expense
  • Personal Capital
  • Expense IQ
  • Albert
  • Prism
Paid Apps
  • Home Budget with Sync
  • IOU – Debt Manager

Long commute?  Working out?  Try listening to these podcasts instead of your typical music to help learn more about money on the go.

  • The White Coat Investor
  • The Freedom Formula for Physicians
  • Listen, Money Matters!
  • Planet Money
  • Smart Passive Income
  • Freakonomics
  • Marketplace Money
  • You Need a Budget (YNAB)
  • Stuff Mom Never Told You
  • Stacking Benjamins: Earn, Save and Build with a Plan

 

One of the most important tasks that you can do to plan for retirement is to contribute to a Roth IRA.  Many of the resources above have information about Roth IRA accounts, but here are a few more directed resources.

Consider contacting your affiliated medical school financial aid office, which is a great resource for information about financial planning, loans, and​ scholarships even at the resident or fellow level.

 

5. Select and Cultivate Mentors

Mentorship is an important tool for professional development that has been linked to greater productivity, career advancement, and increased professional satisfaction.  Consider finding several different mentors as one mentor may not be able to meet all your mentorship needs.  Mentorship for research, career development, life-work balance, and any of your other interests or challenges can be helpful.

AAP Mentorship Program

Establishes mentoring relationships between trainees/early career physician and practicing AAP member physicians for both short and long-term goals.

AAP SoNPM Women in Neonatology (WiN)

Mission is to promote the lives and careers of Women in Neonatology. Women neonatologists have concerns about lack of leadership support in career development, lack of female mentors, and unequal pay.  This group was formed to discuss and develop a proactive approach in leadership, life-work balance, wellness, career development, improvements in inequality, advocacy, networking across career levels, and support systems.  Partial funding is given to join the group at the Workshop on Perinatal Practice Strategies in Scottsdale, AZ for an additional day after the meeting.  Applications in the fall.

AAP SoNPM TECaN-MidCAN (Mid-Career Neonatologists) Mentorship Program

Watch for the future development of a TECaN-MidCAN mentorship program.

National Research Mentoring Network

Mission is to provide researchers across all career stages in the biomedical, behavioral, clinical, and social sciences with evidence-based mentorship and professional development programming that emphasizes the benefits and challenges of diversity, inclusivity, and culture. Part of the NIH Diversity Program Consortium.

University of Wisconsin-Madison Mentoring Resources

Scroll down for descriptive resources for each phase of the mentoring relationship including selection, alignment, cultivation, and closure for both mentors and mentees.

University of Minnesota Optimizing the Practice of Mentoring: An Online Curriculum for the Professional Development of Research Mentors

Free curriculum after registration from the University of Minnesota.

AAMC Group on Women in Medicine and Science Mentoring Women Toolkit for Mentors and Mentees

https://www.aamc.org/download/431626/data/toolkit-mentorshipmentor.pdf

https://www.aamc.org/download/446684/data/toolkit-menteeguide.pdf

 

Want to read more?  Here are some reference articles and resources lists to get you started in learning more about both being a mentor and a mentee.

6. Build Procedural and Clinical Skills

Ready or not, your first overnight call alone is right around the corner (if it hasn't happened already).  When the time comes for you to do your first procedure without the watchful eye of an attending or senior fellow guiding you, you may find a refresher tool useful.  Procedure videos combined with in-person simulations can help prepare you for patient care in the NICU.  Try to do every procedure you can, not just intubation, umbilical lines, and chest tube placement, but also needle aspiration, peripheral IVs, suprapubic tap, bladder straight catheterization, PICC lines, lumbar punctures, and anything else that comes your way.  Here are some resources to help guide the way!  (Remember, while these resources can provide guidance, it is important to follow the standards and policies of your specific institution.)

 

AAP PediaLink

Basic procedure videos that will help you learn and refresh your skills, as well as show you how to effectively teach a procedure that are free with your AAP membership after logging into the portal.

World Health Organization

Several videos about neonatal procedures.

NeoReviews

Videos in their "Video Corner" that require AAP login for access. Below are a few videos listed with their specific links but go to the site for the full list of videos available!

Neoknowledge.org

Website created by Dr. Gautham Suresh, medical director of Texas Children’s Newborn Center, has videos about procedures ranging from physical exam to chest tube placement.

 

 

7. Create Research and Quality Improvement (QI) Projects

Establishing your research and quality improvement interests in fellowship is not only required but also an important part of building your career and curriculum vitae.  Do not be afraid to go out of your division or even your institution if you have a project idea that you are passionate about. 

Check with your program director and the ABP Scholarly Activity Requirements for Pediatric Fellows to ensure your project meets the requirements to qualify you for the neonatal-perinatal medicine certifying examination. 

 

Advocacy Project Resources

You already advocate for your patients every day in your clinical work.  Advocating for patients on a larger scale with your colleagues can affect even greater change.  Use these resources to learn more about advocacy.  Then, get involved in advocacy at a local, state, regional, or national level through the AAP, your state AAP chapter, SoNPM, and TECaN.

SoNPM and TECaN Advocacy Committees

Both the SoNPM and TECaN have newly created advocacy committees to help you get involved. Both websites can help you stay up to date, obtain advocacy resources including a presentation about starting your own advocacy project on the TECaN website, and allow you to contact committee members to become more involved.  You can also find more information about the 2018-2019 TECaN national advocacy campaign Navigating NAS (to be launched at the 2018 NCE meeting).

AAP Department of Federal Affairs

A good source for resources to help with advocacy projects and to aid in your learning about current legislative issues. You can also sign up to receive weekly federal legislative updates by email to stay updated on advocacy action items and have access to template letters to send to your own congressmen about important issues. 

AAP Legislative Conference

Annual meeting in the spring that provides formal advocacy training to help you become a strong voice for children. During the conference, participants learn how to become effective child health advocates through interactive workshops and in-depth training sessions, while networking with pediatricians, fellows, residents, and medical students from across the country.  Three partial travel grants per year are sponsored by the SoNPM.  Applications in the winter.

Quality Improvement (QI) Project Resources

Learn the basics about QI and take inspiration from some of these organizations as ideas to base your own QI project or collect baseline data to compare quality metrics between your institution and the others in your collaborative, if applicable.  Don’t forget to check out the TECaN website Quality Improvement page.

Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI)

IHI is an independent not-for-profit organization that is a leading innovator, convener, partner, and driver of results in health and health care improvement worldwide. IHI offers both in-person and virtual training, as well as online courses and other web-based education.

Vermont Oxford Network (VON)

VON is a nonprofit voluntary collaboration of health care professionals working together as an interdisciplinary community to change the landscape of neonatal care by offering curricula, interactive reporting tools, and engaging teams from centers around the world.

Vermont Oxford Network (VON) Annual Quality Congress
  • Conference in the fall that can help you learn more about QI and provides an opportunity to present your QI project. Consider applying for an AAP/VON Scholars Fellowship Award, co-sponsored by the AAP SoNPM and VON.  Applications in the spring.
  • Please also consider attending the Jump Starting Quality workshop at the start of the conference – an interactive, flipped classroom-style workshop that lets you have hands-on experience working on a new or ongoing QI project along with leaders in the QI field. This fantastic experience is now also offering both a Foundations Track and an Intermediate Track as of 2018!
California Perinatal Quality Care Collaborative (CPQCC)

CPQCC is committed to improving the quality of care to California’s mothers and their most vulnerable infants by blending academic and private neonatology into a common body politic.

Neonatal Quality Improvement Collaborative of Massachusetts (neoQIC)

neoQIC is dedicated to improving the health outcomes of newborns throughout Massachusetts by hosting meetings and events, as well as working on several projects that may help provide data to start your own.

National Institute for Children’s Health Quality (NICHQ)

NICHQ has a mission to drive change to improve children’s health and a vision for every child to achieve optimal health. The website provides insights and articles under the “Resources” tab for more information, and you can also find out more information about their present and past initiatives.

Project Funding Resources

Found a great project?  Need funding?  The SoNPM and NIH are excellent sources for grants, but there are also other public and private entities have research focuses that they fund if your project meets eligibility criteria.

Marshall Klaus Perinatal Research Awards

Funded by the AAP, SoNPM, and Johnson & Johnson Pediatric Institute with the goal of enhancing and supporting development of research skills among physicians training in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine. These awards provide partial support intended to assist outstanding fellows in initiating or completing their research projects.  Applications in the winter.

Grants.gov

Resources to help you learn about grants and a tool to search federal grants to help get you started.

NIH Grants Podcast

Hear directly from the NIH about their grant opportunities.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

The CDC issues a Notice Of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) announcing the availability of federal funding through one of its financial assistance programs that invites applications and provides such information as eligibility and evaluation criteria, funding preferences/priorities, how to obtain application kits, and the submission deadline on their website.

March of Dimes

Supports research about the major challenges of premature babies including necrotizing enterocolitis, respiratory distress syndrome, and retinopathy of prematurity; biological mechanisms underlying the high incidence of preterm birth in African American women; genome targeted therapeutics to treat birth defects; effect of anesthesia in the late fetus or newborn on neurologic development; and preventing and treating chromosomal and structural abnormalities.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

AHRQ supports research to improve the quality, effectiveness, accessibility, and cost effectiveness of healthcare.

Gerber Foundation Research Awards

Award gives funding priority to projects that improve the nutrition, care, and development of infants and young children from the first year before birth to three years of age. The website lists more details about the pediatric research focus areas.

Nestlé Nutrition Institute Research Fellowships

Research grants open to all young professionals and cover training lasting up to six months in the fields of young women’s health, and maternal and infant health and nutrition.

 

 

8. Develop Leadership and Teaching Skills

Fellowship and early career is an important time where you have a simultaneous role as leader, teacher, and learner.  Learn how to transition into the clinical leader of the code event or resuscitation and direct the team effectively.  Other leadership opportunities exist at institutional, local, state, and national levels.  Recognize your own strengths and weaknesses.  Be comfortable asking for help and seeking input from others.  Learn how to receive negative feedback, and how to improve yourself and your skills based on concrete advice from your team members.  Practice giving effective positive and negative feedback with actionable goals for your learners.

 

Potential leadership opportunities within your institution:

  • Participate in/lead quality improvement projects on your unit
  • Join and contribute to clinical committees within your division and in the hospital
  • Become a certified NRP instructor for your institution
  • Create and lead educational opportunities such as lecture curricula, skills workshops, and board review sessions for residents, fellows, NNPs, and students in the healthcare fields

 

Leadership Skills Resources: Hands-On Leadership Training

Young Physicians’ Leadership Alliance (YPLA)

Sponsored by the Section on Early Career Physicians (SOECP), YPLA is a 3-year training program designed to develop leaders and build a leadership community amongst early career pediatricians and pediatric subspecialists. The program includes sharing of leadership principles, behaviors, and tools that can benefit early career physicians in achieving their personal and professional objectives.  Annual workshops are held at the AAP National Conference & Exhibition (NCE).  Ongoing education and support will be facilitated between each NCE/YPLA session.  Graduates are expected to mentor new YPLA participants.  Applications in the spring.

Leadership Education and Development (LEAD) Certificate Program

Conducted by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), LEAD is an intensive 1-year leadership development program that provides the knowledge, skills, values, and practical experience educational professionals in academic medicine need to be successful leaders.

 

Leadership Skills Resources: Online Leadership Training

Inspiring Leadership through Emotional Intelligence

Case Western Reserve University has a free online leadership course that addresses emotional intelligence, hope, mindfulness, and compassion to help a person reverse the damage of chronic stress and build great leadership relationships.

 

Leadership Skills Resources: Webinars on Leadership

American College of Physicians (ACP) Leadership Academy

Free leadership webinars on the ACP website.

 

9. Strengthen your Professional Network

Building a professional network of colleagues can help with mentorship, project collaboration, and eventually job search support.  Attending conferences is a great way to learn from senior neonatologists in the field, meet fellows and neonatologists from across the country, and present your research.

 

The SoNPM has subspecialty programming at these annual meetings:

  • AAP National Conference & Exhibition (NCE) meeting in the fall
  • The Workshop on Perinatal Practice Strategies (WPPS) in the spring located in Scottsdale, AZ
  • Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) meeting in the spring

 

Look out for networking events at these conferences:

  • TECaN Reception at NCE sponsored by Abbott Nutrition
  • Welcome Reception at WPPS in Scottsdale AZ
  • TECaN Reception at PAS sponsored by Abbott Nutrition

 

Travel Grant Opportunities

Partial travel grant support is offered through an application process to attend different conferences depending on your interests and goals that are sponsored by the SoNPM, TECaN, and other sections of the AAP.  Watch out for announcements to call for applications in the TECaN monthly Newsflash emails.

Workshop on Perinatal Practice Strategies (WPPS) Travel Grant

Sponsored by Mead Johnson Nutrition, available to partially support travel for neonatology fellows and early career neonatologists to attend this annual meeting. The Workshop includes topics specific for neonatology trainees and early career neonatologists.  The venue provides a great opportunity for direct interaction with national leaders in neonatology, as well as for networking with other members of TECaN.  Travel grant recipients are required to attend the TECaN Executive Committee meeting on the Friday morning of the conference. Applications in the winter.

AAP SoNPM Women in Neonatology (WiN)

Mission promotes the lives and careers of Women in Neonatology. Women neonatologists have concerns about lack of leadership support in career development, lack of female mentors, and unequal pay.  This group was formed to discuss and develop a proactive approach in leadership, life-work balance, wellness, career development, improvements in inequality, advocacy, networking across career levels, and support systems.  Partial funding is given to join the group at the Workshop on Perinatal Practice Strategies in Scottsdale, AZ for an additional day after the meeting.  Applications in the fall.

Young Physicians’ Leadership Alliance (YPLA)

Sponsored by the Section on Early Career Physicians (SOECP), YPLA is a 3-year training program designed to develop leaders and build a leadership community amongst early career pediatricians and pediatric subspecialists. The program includes sharing of leadership principles, behaviors, and tools that can benefit early career physicians in achieving their personal and professional objectives.  Annual workshops are held at the AAP National Conference and Exhibition (NCE).  Ongoing education and support will be facilitated between each NCE/YPLA session.  Graduates are expected to mentor new YPLA participants.  Applications in the spring.

AAP Legislative Conference

Annual meeting in the spring that provides formal advocacy training to help you become a strong voice for children. During the conference, participants learn how to become effective child health advocates through interactive workshops and in-depth training sessions, while networking with pediatricians, fellows, residents, and medical students from across the country.  Three partial travel grants per year are sponsored by the SoNPM.  Applications in the winter.

Vermont Oxford Network (VON) Annual Quality Congress
  • Conference in the fall can help you learn more about QI and provide an opportunity to present your QI project. Consider applying for an AAP/VON Scholars Fellowship Award, co-sponsored by the AAP SoNPM and VON.  Applications in the spring.
  • Please also consider attending the Jump Starting Quality workshop at the start of the conference – an interactive, flipped classroom-style workshop that lets you have hands-on experience working on a new or ongoing QI project along with leaders in the QI field. This fantastic experience is now also offering both a Foundations Track and an Intermediate Track as of 2018!
SoNPM, Abbott Nutrition, and Mead Johnson Nutrition Sponsored Regional and National Conferences

Conferences throughout the year with opportunities to further educational goals as well as for fellows to present their research. Further information, application information, and opportunities for travel grants are released throughout the year through Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship Program Directors and on the SoNPM website.

See all SONPM Events

Hot Topics in Neonatology

Conference in the winter that features internationally known faculty, poster sessions, critical reviews, and debate about promising new therapies in neonatology located at the Marriott Marquis in Washington, DC. TECaN provides a coupon code for $100 off the cost of registration that can be founded in the monthly Newsflash emails.

 

10. Join the Trainees and Early Career Neonatologists (TECaN) group!

TECaN is a group within the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Section on Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine (SoNPM) that includes pediatric residents with an interest in neonatology, neonatal-perinatal medicine fellows, and early career neonatologists (ECaNs) within 7 years of graduation from fellowship training. 

 

You have the option to join both the SoNPM and TECaN when you renew your AAP membership, or at any time during an active AAP membership by contacting the AAP.  SoNPM membership is waived for trainees.  TECaN membership is at no additional cost for the participant.

 

TECaN can help you diversify your career.  Be active in meaningful activities that interest you other than clinical duties – we almost certainly have an opportunity for involvement that will spark your interest, with initiatives ranging from advocacy to fellowship education to global health and much more. We can also help you with the skills you need to become involved with your local community, other organizations, or at the national/international level. 

 

TECaN provides opportunities for:

  • Leadership experience at the fellowship program, Early Career Neonatologist, District Representative, and Executive Council levels
  • Networking with fellowship and early career neonatologist peers as well as neonatologists in all stages of their career
  • Educational resources and mentorship to help prepare you for your new career
  • Advocacy experience, including national advocacy campaigns, contributing to and writing resolutions for the AAP Annual Leadership Forum, advocating for legislative issues along with the AAP Department of Federal Affairs, and more
  • Expanding and broadening experiences with regards to different clinical practices, quality improvement initiatives, and research opportunities to help improve the quality of life for the neonatal population

 

Abbott Nutrition generously sponsors AAP membership for all neonatal-perinatal medicine fellows to ensure that they receive additional educational benefits to best prepare them to provide optimal care to patients.

 

AAP, SoNPM, and TECaN Membership Benefits include:
  • NeoReviewsPlus subscription
  • Free access to NeoReviews Question Bank questions from 2004-2011
  • Online access to the Journal of Perinatology (the SoNPM-sponsored journal)
  • Access to members-only areas on both the overall AAP website (www.aap.org) and the AAP SoNPM website at www.aap.org/perinatal (i.e. access to the NICU directory, Training Program directory, Vermont-Oxford Network presentations, etc.)
  • Subscription to the Section News, newsletter of the SoNPM
  • Subscription to print and electronic versions of AAP News, the official magazine of the AAP
  • Subscription to print and electronic versions of Pediatrics, the official journal of the AAP
  • Subscription to print or electronic version of the AAP Redbook from the AAP
    Committee on Infectious Disease
  • PediaLink access for management of scholarly activities and quality improvement projects
  • EQIPP online QI course access for Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Part 4 credit
  • Access to the closed AAP SoNPM Facebook Group
  • Subscription to the monthly email TECaN Newsflash
  • Fellowship Training, Career, Advocacy, Leadership, QI, and Research information and online resources through the TECaN website
  • Reduced registration fees for NeoPREP and the Workshop on Perinatal Practice Strategies Spring Workshop (WPPS)
  • Opportunity for involvement in TECaN-led initiatives
  • Networking with other members and neonatologists during TECaN social events at regional and national conferences
  • Opportunity to join the AAP Section on Pediatric Trainees (SOPT) at no additional cost

 

Stay in touch with TECaN social media through Facebook (AAP Section on Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine) or Twitter (AAP TECaN, @NeoTECaN).

 

Visit the TECaN website and sign up for the list serve at services.aap.org/en/community/aap-sections/sonpm/tecan/.

 

Contact your Program Representative, District Fellow Representative, Early Career Neonatologist Representative, or member of the Executive Council for more information or to become involved with TECaN. 

Last Updated

04/14/2022

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American Academy of Pediatrics