All righty, I think we are starting to see some trickling in. We'll go ahead and be respectful of time for those of you that have joined us. I know that there's going to be residents and medical students on the call. Also know that folks might be cleaning or gymming or decompressing on the couch and that's a okay. At any point in time, you want to go video on to ask a question or engage that's great. But definitely understand that this might be more of a listening experience for some of you all that are in attendance and that's just fine. I'm going to go ahead and share my screen. And let's go ahead and slide show play from the start, just coming up good for everybody. Fantastic. So, my name is Alpha Anders, I am the AAP Menar FIT Board President, and we are here to have a conversation about how we got here and where we're going. Discussion about leadership. So learning objectives for today. I think the big thing is I want folks that are watching this presentation to be able to connect their past leadership experience, and their current interest to create a compelling self narrative. So the FIT Board members that are on the call today are going to be doing just that with their past experiences, their current interests and how they're able to tie those together to work towards the goals that they have in their future. And in the process we'll be sharing about what the FIT Council Board is and identifying leadership opportunities for residents within AAP Menar as well as some of the other organizations that we participate in and also within our local residency institutions. And then, medical students that are joining us on this video, we're going to be able to see opportunities that we have at New River Med students that help prepare us to be FIT Council Board members and leaders within AAP Menar. So, what is FIT? Starting at the very bottom, Physiatrists in Training Council. This is all AAP Menar resident and associate fellow members. So if you're a member of AAP Menar, you take the SAE, you're probably a member, then you're a part of FIT. Then we have our FIT Ambassadors. So, the FIT Ambassadors are representing their local institutions. These are basically liaisons between their institutions and AAP Menar, also between the FIT Council Board and their institutions. We're trying to build on that communication network, two-way communication, have things that FIT is doing that are opportunities for residents that the FIT Ambassadors can push out to their co-residents. And the needs of the different programs can be communicated to AAP Menar and FIT so that we can tailor our initiatives to meet the needs of residents across the country. And then we have our FIT Council Board. So, we have an elected executive committee, and we'll go over those positions shortly. And then we also have specialty coordinating committees that all the different FIT Council committee members are a part of. Strategic Coordinating Committee, I apologize, SEC. And so, the different committees that members on the FIT Council Board participate on and liaise on, and that way the FIT Council Board is aware of what all the different committees are doing. And committees also have the perspective and voice of residents within their committees. So, AAP Menar is making sure to meet the needs of residents and medical students while they're building their initiatives. So, just a basic layout of how AAP Menar is structured in a simplified format. The five strategic coordinating committees are the Specialty Brand Expansion Committee, Inclusion and Engagement Committee, Medical Education Committee, Health Policy and Advocacy Committee, and Quality and Research Committee. These are all in that kind of that fun green. And each one of those have a chair, they have members, and they have a FIT liaison. And the goal is for each of these committees to push the goals of AAP Menar at large and work to meeting their strategic goals. And then, the different strategic coordinating committees have chairs that sit on the Board of Governors, as well as an Executive Board, members at large, and non-voting members, which includes the FIT President. And the Board of Governors helps set the priorities for the strategic coordinating committees. And so, that now will loop back to these committees to then carry out and make sure that we are strategically aligning our resources and making sure that we are growing the academy while also helping patients and helping academy members meet their needs. So, a larger layout of how AAP Menar is structured. Basically, that Inclusion and Engagement Committee, the FIT Training Council, circled here in green, is under that larger strategic coordinating committee. And then, within a lot of these other strategic coordinating committees are smaller committees, subcommittees that FIT Council members are on some of them, but not all of them. So, the FIT positions are listed here on the left. And so, as we're going through it, folks that are on the call are going to share their experience being in that position. The FIT Executive Board includes the President, Vice President, and Secretary. So, as a President, really fun experience. This is my third year on the FIT Council Board. I started off on the Medical Education Committee, was the Vice President, and now I am the President. And really, the really fun thing is trying to work together with all the FIT Council members to bring a lot of the visions that we have, the ideas we have, into fruition. We work to put on sessions for the annual assembly and making sure that all the voices are heard and we're selecting different workshops or presentations, sessions to lead that will be good for residents and also help us make sure that resident needs are being met. We also get to sit on the Board of Governors, which is so much fun, working with the different SEC chairs and members at large in the Executive Board. It's been such a cool experience networking and learning from basically leaders, titans, and PM&R that are doing incredible things and have so much wisdom to share. So, I can't express how much fun and how grateful I am to have had this experience on the FIT Council Board and being President. On the call right now is also our VP. So, Farah, go ahead and jump on in and share about your experience as VP. Yeah, thanks, Alpha. Hey, everyone. Good evening. Thanks for joining us here tonight on this session. My name is Farah. I'm the current Vice President of the FIT Board. And last year, this is my second year on the FIT Board. Last year, I was actually the Specialty Brand and Expansion Committee liaison, which we have the current one here today, too, Kevin, so he can talk about that later. So, as Vice President, it's very different than being on a committee, like being a committee liaison, which I was last year. So, Vice President is kind of fun because we kind of get to help Alpha throughout different things throughout the year, helping with slides, planning, and helping co-lead the FIT winter meeting that's in person, which is super fun. And then otherwise, we also help energize and kind of help with the AAPM&R staff, help the FIT Ambassador Program. So, you'll join in on meetings throughout the year to kind of give them an info session at the beginning and then a check-in in the middle of the year and towards the end of the year. You also help recruit for the future kind of FIT Board and nominations. So, a couple, like, really cool things that I want to share that I got out of being on the FIT Board. One would be being in the Board of Delegates meeting prior to AAPM&R this past year. I was kind of sitting in as kind of like a resident member representative, and that was super cool, just getting to hear all the conversations with different leaders within AAPM&R, talk about the future of the physiatry and the future of the specialty, and share a little bit about that. Sharing a voice within that, which is super cool. And another thing is a kind of strategic planning committee with ACGME. I was able to sit in on as a resident voice as well, and that was also super cool because we kind of did, like, we imagined the year 2050 and what physiatry looks like in the year 2050 and kind of talked about different disaster scenarios and how the field of physiatry will survive through all that. So, those are a couple of really cool experiences that I have to give to being on FIT Board to being presented those opportunities. Thank you so much for sharing, Farah. The last elected position is Secretary. Secretary is not on the call right now, but Secretary works on a lot of initiatives, but the big one is the FIT newsletter that they are responsible for making sure gets out. So, if you have questions about some of the positions that there isn't somebody on the call that has currently or previously been in that position, feel free to reach out to me and we can chat more later or hopefully connect you with the current FIT member if you're interested in potentially submitting an application for that position. We want to make sure that if you have questions, they get answered. Similarly, Membership Committee, not on the call currently. The Membership Committee is really important in making sure that we are meeting our members' needs and also growing our membership. Nominating Committee, we do have on our call. Andrea, go ahead and jump on in. Hi, everyone. My name is Andrea. I'm currently at CU. It's my first year on the FIT Council, which has been really great. I think it's really cool being part of something bigger than yourself and kind of like Farah mentioned, but on a much smaller scale still like being on the board, you're involved with a lot of cool discussions and kind of like putting your brains together to see what you can do to make AAPM&R better, not just for others, but also for yourself too. To be a better resource. I'm currently on the Nominating Committee, so that kind of ramps up more so in July or so. And that primary bulk of the role is helping pick the next FIT board and the next leaders, especially the Executive Board. So yeah, that will be the bulk of it coming up soon. But other than that, it's been helping with things at large and being part of kind of like many focus groups throughout different meetings and weighing in on different ideas for the annual assembly, which has been really great. Thank you, Andrea. So Inclusion and Engagement, Diversity and Inclusion, known on the call currently is in that position, but Member May, this exciting month where we get to have these sessions, is part of the Inclusion and Engagement Committee's initiatives. So if you're interested in more about the Inclusion and Engagement Committee and Diversity and Inclusion Committees, feel free to reach out to me. I'm going to drop my email at the end and hopefully connect you with somebody that has been in that role that you can ask those questions to. We have the Practice and Advocacy Committee and Quality and Research Committee. Back in the day, that was just one committee. Manish, who should be joining us later on the call, was a QPPR, and so if he joins us, he'll be able to share a little bit more about those different committees that now become two. And then we have Specialty Brand Expansion Committee, and Kevin joined us on the call. So Kevin, go ahead and share your experience and introduce yourself. Hi, my name is Kevin. I'm a PY2 at the University of Puerto Rico, and this is my first year on the FIT Committee, and it's been an amazing opportunity. I'm the liaison in the Specialty Brand Expansion Committee, which is in charge of increasing awareness, the value, and the appreciation of physiology and human art across, you know, different scenarios, hospitals, CEOs, and other stakeholders. It has been an amazing opportunity to work with all the members and, you know, and the chair of the committee to share, like, the resident voice. Like, anything related to residents or medical students, like, they ask you and they ask, what do you think, and they encourage that. So that's been really great. And also, like, sharing this experience with, like, how many are we, like, 15 people? I don't know, but it's amazing to share this experience with a lot of incredible people across the country. Couldn't agree more. Thank you so much, Kevin. And then I Am Biased, my favorite committee, Medical Education Committee. We have Dylan Banks on the call. Go ahead and share about your experience, Dylan. I completely agree with you, Alpha. I feel very fortunate to have gotten to hold this role. So this is my first year on the FIT Committee as well. I'm a PGY2 at NYU, just like Kev. So in terms of, like, the Medical Education Committee, our main role is essentially looking at all of the different education initiatives that the academy is putting on, critically assessing them, seeing if they're meeting all the needs of, you know, residents, of medical students, of faculty, essentially everyone who's involved with the academy, as well as coming up with a lot of new, cool initiatives. A few of those that have come this year, we just recently had a PGY2 retreat. Essentially, residents from all of the different programs across the country, as well as, you know, outside countries, all met together in Chicago. We had an awesome time. It was a great learning experience, but it's also such a good networking experience, getting to meet fellow PGY2s who are just kind of eager to get their hands in the fields and learn a little bit more. So that was such a good program. We also have an integral role in planning the annual assembly. So that will be in November. It'll be in San Diego. That's going to be a really fun event. San Diego is a beautiful city. I'm so excited to be hosting it there. So that's something to put on the horizon to kind of look out for. But big picture, I think being a part of the FIT Board has been, like, such a good learning experience. It's been such a fun experience. I look forward to our meetings every time we have them, just because it's a good time to learn a bit, you know, really catch up with friends. So I highly recommend everyone get involved in whatever capacity that you're able to do so. Thank you so much. AMA section liaison is Rosie. She's at another AAP Menorah meeting currently, but she will be joining us towards the end to share a little bit more about being the AMA liaison. That's the only two-year role, other than the FIT president, because after your president year, you serve as the past president and serve for some continuity. And then there's the resident program liaison, which we don't have on the call currently. But as I mentioned, if you're interested in any of the other positions, please reach out to me and we'll get you connected, answer those questions. I think that, you know, the coolest part about being on these committees is that you aren't just there to be there. You're there to actively contribute. You are being turned to look to provide that resident voice, that opinion. And the ideas that we have are so valued and prioritized when introduced. And it's just such a fun experience to be able to collaborate with attendings from across the country, both in academics and private practice, learn about their backgrounds and learn about the committee and AAP Menorah at large. So really, really cool experience. And so speaking of cool experiences, I want to take a moment to just sort of, you know, put this out there that when you're looking at these committees, sometimes to strategically potentially position yourself and also make sure that you're very interested and excited about the work that you're doing, finding the committee that matches your interests and matches your background, the experiences that you had prior to residency as a medical student, maybe some experience you've already had as a resident and picking that committee that will be the most engaging and fulfilling and applying for that one. And when it comes to these committees, you know, you see a lot of advocacy thrown out, teamwork, a lot of education. There's a lot of overlap. And there's no one best committee, even though I kind of do love MEC, but that's because I was a middle school teacher and in medical school, I led a lot of education initiatives and MEC was this natural fit for my background and my interests. And by being a part of that, I was able to really, really flourish. And so what we're going to be talking about today is trying to align your experiences in the past with your interests currently to really strengthen that application, whether it is for a PNR or for fellowship or for a job, but create that what we call a leadership tag, also referred to sometimes as brand building. So we're going to jump into that. But before we do, if you are interested, scan this QR code. Applications are opening on May 29. They close on July 10. So there's a little bit of time. And it goes over more details about eligibility, position descriptions, the election process. So yeah, I'm going to go ahead and sit on this for just a moment and give that a scan. It's on the AAPMNR website. Then we'll go ahead and keep it moving. So brand building. This was a talk that I sort of heard at one point in time. The idea that you see a Nike swoosh, you see the golden arches, you could see the Red Bull, you could see the Gatorade symbol. And you not only just know what they're providing and offering, but you think just do it. You see, I'm loving it. You think it gives you wings. And is it in you? These brands are so strong that athletes are synonymous with Nike and Gatorade, extreme sports, synonymous with Red Bull and McDonald's is synonymous with just really, really tasty food that sometimes you regret. And darn ice cream machine is always broken. And the reason why brands work is because they are so focused. You're not going to roll up to McDonald's and order tacos, let alone a pair of football cleats and a tennis racket. These brands are hammering over and over with their commercial, their ad campaign, that they are this entity, that this is what they are, this is what they provide, this is why they're the best at what they are. And when it comes to building your own personal brand, there's a cautionary tale. Sometimes if you overemphasize and you really are manufactured and contrived and authentic, you could come off as a bit robotic and it's exhausting. So you have to find a balance between creating and finding opportunities that match your interests and, you know, going out there and exhausting yourself being a robot and not having fun and passion anymore. So you definitely want to find and strike that balance. And this is important because medical school and residency is hard. It's not going to be easy to get through from the beginning to the end if you are doing everything and not being able to prioritize your life outside of medicine, your life outside of leadership. And this is where depth over breadth becomes really important. Finding opportunities that are high impact, high value to yourself, that align with your interests, that are building that brand of who you are as a physician and as a leader. That you then also experience joy and by participating and engaging in that, your cup is filled rather than emptied. And it creates an authentic brand that you're excited and enthusiastic to participate in. And when you talk about it, that excitement and enthusiasm is apparent. And so by using that balance and really picking your battles, really looking for that depth of experience, you can have that leadership experience that's meaningful, get through residency, and also maintain a life outside of all of that that you also find value in. And so, you know, this is super, you know, big picture, but a bad leadership experience for you as an individual is going to be where your interests and that leadership experience, they just don't align. An okay leadership experience is one where your interests and that leadership experience overlap a little bit, but that great leadership experience, the one that refills your cup, the one that gives you energy and that you are excited to participate. As Dylan was talking about how he looks forward to his phone calls on the medical education committee, that's what you want to find in that leadership experience. Like, yeah, you're taking time out of your personal time to participate but you're excited and looking forward to participate because it reinvigorates you. And I also want to take a moment to say that it's not always going to work out and it stinks and sometimes you don't get this position or sometimes it actually turns out to not be the right leadership experience for you even though it seemed like it would be or you know it just isn't always going to necessarily go according to plan and so on the left we have basically the new goat in town and shooters are going to shoot she's going to go out there and she's she's going to you know pull the shot and she makes less than half 45.5 percent of her shots she's taking she's missing half of them and that just means that if you go for something and you don't get it you just gotta you know find another shot and take that one. And then on the right you know a little bit of lemon a little bit of lemonade make everything happen for a reason so bad things are going to happen maybe you don't get the position you want maybe you know if you're a med student and the match doesn't go exactly your way maybe you're looking for a job and that perfect job just slip through your fingertips sometimes things are just not going to go the way you wanted it to go. But if you are passionate and hard working and you take that next shot and you find that next opportunity and you make that next opportunity the perfect opportunity you'll look back and be happy that that previous one was a miss because you made it happen for a reason a lot of times people passively will say everything happens for a reason but the people that say that usually make it happen for a reason so it takes a lot of agency and a lot of you know getting back out there and putting yourself out there to make things happen for a reason when they don't go your way. So you know take home on brand building find the leadership opportunities that fit your interests do what you like look for common threads in your past leadership experiences and your current experiences and weave them together to create a compelling story that that makes you competitive for that next experience that that makes you the person that stands out and leverage those experiences to then gain more opportunities as you continue to work through residency and inside of medicine more and more opportunities will present themselves leverage the experiences you had to get the opportunities that are right for you and then don't get discouraged by setbacks learn grow pivot keep moving forward make make everything happen for a reason. So this is where we're each going to go through and discuss our leadership activities that we engaged in before and during residency and anybody watching now or in the future on the recording I want you to pay attention to alignment to interests and so some of us may have backgrounds that are similar to yours we may have interests that are similar to yours so look for some of those interests and and then see how they are aligning to the past and the current and see then how we connect them to the future and I want you to reflect on your own past experiences and how they align to your interests connect to one another and connect to your future goals and start to mentally think about how you could recreate your own leadership tag as you potentially apply for the AAP Menorah FIT Council board or fellowship or whatever is next for you. So I'm going to go ahead and jump in first so past experiences I was a D3 football player defensive line captain captain and academic all conference so nerdy captain leader division three football is still college football I had to do a lot of work-life balance and and really focus on getting through the day because boy oh boy were was it pretty hectic to be in lab and then have practice and then study and yada yada after graduating from college I went on and taught middle school I joined Teach for America I did that for five years and by the time I had finished teaching I was a department chair when I was applying for medical school and then as a medical student I was the UCSD SNMA chapter president some of the initiatives that I really enjoyed was the mock multiple mini interview for diverse undergraduate students interested in applying to medical school from across southern California and then we also led a workshop that was titled what happened and is it racist and it was this workshop for our co-medical students our friends and future colleagues to deconstruct experiences that medical students of color experience while navigating the classroom navigating the clinical experiences third year fourth year identifying racist elements and coming up with potential ways that as a ally or as a friend what you could do to help support those students if you had ever been an observer or you know saw the event take place so those were the things that were in my past and then current resident experiences as I mentioned a lot of the things in the past was medical education especially teaching and so when I was looking at AAP Menar the medical education committee just jumped out to me as a great fit I love teaching as a teacher we had the mantra of being a lifelong learner and then as a medical physician as a medical student resident and future doctor I know that I'm going to be a lifelong leader and those things just overlap super well went on to do become the vice president and the president because I really really really really enjoy AAP Menar I can't speak high enough of the experience and I'm very very very grateful to have been up have to have this opportunity and been elected the vice president in the president position current resident experiences I am the LSU house staff association president and you know speaking about things not working out you know truth be told I was you know really hopeful to be chief but that didn't work out for me and so then I made a campaign to be the house staff association president was elected for LSU and one of those things everything happens for a reason I've really enjoyed this position I've been able to affect change on a larger scale within LSU some of the initiatives we had was getting personal gender pronouns on our ID badges for folks that are interested in it improve visibility and make sure that people are could also be really strong allies by choosing to include their personal gender pronouns regardless of the situation we also got scrub machine access for surgical residents we made sure that we could get well-lit security staff entrances to the hospital or the area that wasn't as well lit and residents had reported feeling unsafe and we were able to change that and of course it's always good to get those pay raises so future goals I am very excited that I matched to pay and management fellowship at UC San Diego in the future a lot of my interests are in academic medicine I think that I really enjoy that landscape whether it's going to be teaching in that clinical environment research isn't my favorite thing and I think that this leadership lane is a really strong one to enter the academic arena with maybe less research chops I did participate in a little bit on the case report level but for me I'm more interested in teaching in the classroom and then also clinically and then also patient care being a teacher in academic medicine you know you're teaching your patients every single day whether or not you have residents working with you and so all these things that I've been able to do in the past I think are going to help me in the future to achieve those personal goals so my leadership tag is the inclusive educator I'm a team playing educator I can follow I can lead and I have a passion for medical education I foster an inclusive environment for learners and colleagues and the experiences that I had in the past are exemplified in this leadership tag and whenever I present my past on paper whether it's a CV or personal statement or in person on an interview these are the things that stand out that I try to weave together and connect for the person that I'm potentially interviewing for or the application I'm writing and so this is my brand it's my leadership tag it's based off of my past present and my future goals. All righty so we're going to go ahead and jump in and have Farah do hers. Thanks Alpha one cool thing about FIT is just hearing about everyone's diverse different experiences I think that's super cool and we're all kind of like-minded you'll see kind of overlap even when Alpha was talking I was like oh yeah that I had a point like that in mind but with a completely different experience so just wanted to highlight how fun that is being on FIT with a bunch of like-minded people. So my past experiences the heavy-hitting ones I would say in undergrad in college there's this organization called Global Brigades that has like chapters and different universities and I was the chapter president for the public health kind of section of Global Brigades for my university for a couple years and this was probably my first like big leadership position I wasn't like anything huge in high I didn't do like anything like heavy hitting in high school or before that so I learned a lot this year or these couple years and I think I started realizing like I like initiating and taking lead of stuff that leads to sustainable change so for this specific org it was building like latrines and public health systems and kind of working and doing research around that in our local community and we picked kind of like global areas so our specific area was a village in Nicaragua so that was super fun and that's how I realized I like doing things that start with and that leads to sustainable change and will kind of last and have a lasting impression. So then jumping over to med school me and three of my colleagues or co-med students during the beginning of med school we wanted to establish a student-run free clinic in our medical school because we realized like we were all involved in different kind of global health organizations during our undergrad years and we were all we all went to University of Cincinnati and we stuck through for med school so we realized what a cool opportunity to create something that there's a need for and there was a huge population of underserved and uninsured essentially patients in the area that didn't have access to health care and we were like let's go ahead and tie that to our med school and create a student-run free clinic and we kind of bit bit off more than we could chew with this one and so we struggled throughout med school with that work-life balance we kind of sacrificed a lot of study hours but hey we all ended up fine now we all passed our boards and didn't really matter you know getting 10 points above the score because now it's all pass fail anyway so I was a founding member for one year as we got the board the clinic started then got on development board because after we got it started we had to develop it and then my third year of med school and kind of my fourth year I was leading the operations program and leading like soft runs and eventually we started running the clinic and it's still running today and it's a big part of their like curriculum in the med school so that was super awesome and kind of leading to sustainable change and something and in this case it's health care for the uninsured and another one I was a medical student mentorship program chair back in med school and this was more like leading mentorship of medical students and under or mentorship of pairing med students with undergrads and so I had a mentee myself and I just enjoy mentoring like I got a lot out of it from my mentors and so I wanted to give back that way and kind of help create that so I've always enjoyed mentorship and so that was a fun way to get involved with something that grew that was close to me so my current and past resident experiences like was we mentioned in the beginning I was a past specialty brand expansion committee liaison and I love this learned a lot about branding and physiatry because we all can relate that no one really knows what physiatry is outside of like our PM&R colleagues and we always have to kind of mention you know we always have to do a little spiel on what PM&R is and we wish that everyone kind of like knew about it so this this committee was talking a little like a lot about strategic coordinating with and with the marketing of the specialty as a whole within the field of medicine and outside in terms of like the general and business population hospital CEOs etc etc and learned a lot from that and then as vice president I was super like grateful and and humbled to have that opportunity to be here for a second year because fit has been one of my favorite things throughout residency just learning a lot networking meeting all sorts of cool leaders in the field through it and so to be on for a second year and meeting like new colleagues through the fit council as well has been super fun and also I'm wrapping up I'm a PGY4 at Emory and wrapping up the year and was chief resident this past year and of course it came with a lot of different challenges and change and unpredictable issues that popped up throughout the year because I was a chief resident with of administrative duties so I was like the admin chief resident learned a lot through this like if I I thought I had interpersonal skills and then things would come up and I'd have to figure out how to conflict like manage conflicts and very unique in different ways from the faculty side from the resident side all sorts of sides so never thought I would learn the things I thought I learned this year so I don't regret it at all it was a lot of hard work but I would say it's very rewarding which is what you learn internally throughout a position like this as you're leading your co-res co-residents and peers which is difficult and then working with faculty while you're trying to be a resident learning from that same faculty so yeah if any of you are interested in doing that I would highly recommend it future goals so I'll be staying at Emory for sports medicine fellowship and I threw an ultrasound probe up there because I'm really passionate about ultrasound and and I hope to gain expertise in that part of the reason I'm doing fellowship and chose the institution that I want to stay at and I hope to kind of take that in the more leadership role and educator role whether that's educating other med students other residents in the future with ultrasound or kind of doing some research going along like with the brand of ultrasound and promoting physiatry as a specialty because that's something unique that we can offer that in musculoskeletal ultrasound that no other specialty in my opinion can really offer as as good as us and then basketball and soccer are my favorite sports and so as a future sports medicine physician that's I want to kind of enhance sports medicine for all and increase like health equity and access to health care within athletes like female athletes and underserved athletes who may not have access to health care and this kind of goes with some of my global health interests and I put academic medicine on there because I know I want to be involved in academics to what capacity right now I don't know I don't know if it's through teaching residents or if it's through getting involved in national organizations I definitely want to keep being involved in AAPMNR as I go along my career but I don't know if it's through leadership or education I also have like niche little research interests so we'll see we'll see what happens with that. So my leadership tag I kind of forgot to include it but I would say innovative influencer so I would say and I don't mean influencer like the social media kind I guess influencer as in like I want to make sure that whoever I lead or wherever organization I'm in I want to make sure people get empowered and get something out of interactions with me that they can take and spreading any kind of knowledge resource or connection to anyone I interact with so that they can get something out of it and further their future goals. So I would say conscientious and inclusive physician leader who empowers others and strives to improve access for no matter whether that's mentorship or healthcare or whatever and yeah those are just a list of my past experiences that kind of I already talked about but I would say it all relates to global health and access and this the marketing to get something done. Thank you so much Barbara I really appreciate all the thought that went into putting together that leadership tag that I swear I put on another slide but then there was a back and forth and I'm so sorry I dropped that no it's all good it's all good. All righty so next up I think Manish may not be joining us today he is in his last five weeks of fellowship so I have to give him a little bit of grace if he pops in we'll cycle back. Next up we got Dylan. All right so in terms of past experiences I included one of my great friends Steve. I met him through the best buddies organization. Steve has down syndrome but this was back in high school. Steve taught me so much about myself and just like working with him and becoming a great friend of his. I learned so much about like advocacy and what it means to be like a good advocate for your for your friends for for any individual and that's kind of really been my my motivating factor in medicine. He was a huge influence in why I chose to get into medicine I think a huge influence in why rehab really stood out to me and still continuing to to be a friend to him you know 10 plus years since we went to school together. I don't know if he even knows how big of an influence he's been on my life but he has been. Carrying that through to medical school actually sorry undergrad I did kind of a similar notion but Young Dreamers United was an organization that we started that essentially worked with mentoring at-risk middle schoolers. Again I think Alpha and I had a lot of similar kind of like passions. I've always loved like being an advocate and an educator so this was really geared towards helping individuals who are at risk kind of localize and find their goals and really work towards those. And then medical school was all about creating an organization that is essentially the main goal was to increase disability kind of transparency as well as medical students working with individuals with disability and just kind of increase the overall education behind behind that scene. And then I wanted to include one of my summer jobs that I worked for quite a few years. It was a working as a vessel captain for a for a parasailing banana boat company. The thing that I think is most important about this and I think everyone's kind of harked upon this but like finding leadership and whatever it is that you are personally passionate about. For me I've always loved being on boats that's been a part of my life. So finding a role that you know allowed me to take a leadership role while also staying authentic to my own passions with something that kind of flourished through that role. So that was why I included that and is a whole lot of fun. Moving forward so I am a PGY2 at NYU. I think one thing that I like to be transparent about is that you know things happen. I think one of the things that I learned from going through the you know the match process for residency is that you aren't defined by the results of anything. I think the biggest thing that you can learn is that you know you are who you define yourself as and no one else can do that for you. So realizing even despite setbacks that's not going to define you but how you respond to those setbacks is such an important learning lesson. I included a few different things that I'm working on at NYU but the one that I really focus on the most and the one that means the most to me. I was at least given the award by my colleagues that I was most likely to brighten their day. That award meant the most to me. That's such a meaningful thing for people to say and it's something that I try and, you know, bring with me each and every day to what I do to work. And then in terms of working on the FIT Council, we already talked a little bit about role, my role on the Medical Education Committee. The thing that I want to highlight most about this was that this is my first national level organization that I worked with. So anyone who's a little apprehensive, you know, everyone has such impressive CVs, but, you know, take the risk, feel free to throw your name in the ring and, you know, apply. Sometimes great things happen. And I think it's so important to put yourself out there, even if it might be a little challenging, a little intimidating. Don't be afraid to go for those leadership positions, even if you don't think you've had something that's comparable. There's such good experiences for you to gain a little bit of insight into yourself and your own personal strengths and weaknesses. And then in terms of future goals, I'm hoping to pursue pain medicine. And like a few others here, I have a passion for academic medicine. I hope to stay in an academic setting so that I can be actively involved with teaching. I think working with medical students, working with my fellow residents, and helping to teach patients is generally the highlights of my day. So that's definitely kind of where my passions align. Oh, and this was, so all things aside, that is if I don't make it to the NFL. I don't know if the video wants to play, but this was my first NFL touchdown from last year at the annual assembly. It was in New Orleans. This was at the Saints Stadium, and I got my first touchdown, and so that kind of inspired me to maybe change careers, but we'll see how that goes. Let's see. Hey! Pretty impressive, I know. And then everyone who knows Gronkowski, I'm a New England Patriots fan, so you see my Gronk smash. All right. And then leadership tag, everything aligns, I think. I'm a passionate educator. That's kind of what's guided me into medicine in the first place. I like to think that I'm a strong patient advocate, and I prioritize learning, not only amongst myself, but also amongst my peers. I take pride in being an individual who creates an environment for those around him to thrive, and that's really something that I try and stick to each and every day. And I won't have to go through all the prior experiences, but... Thank you so much, Dylan. Loved everything that you put together there for us. Impressive Gronk smash. I definitely tip my cap to you. I'm impressed. And then I also thank you for commenting on the, you know, setbacks and moving forward and not letting anything define yourself besides yourself, because I think that that's a very important message to take home. And definitely worth putting yourself out there and just shooting that shot. All right, Andrea. All right. Hello again. So some of my past experiences, I kind of tried to focus on like medical school and what kind of got me to this point where I am today professionally. So in med school, I was the co-founder of our PM&R interest group at my med school at Loyola. So we focused a lot on mentorship, hands-on workshops, shadowing and volunteer opportunities. The goal of this is to increase awareness, knowledge and access to PM&R. PM&R had been a very small influence on our medical school before this, and then my class and beyond, we've had a much larger presence. So that's been exciting. The next thing, so that was kind of like one of the bigger formative things in med school during my prelim medicine year, my intern year, I was the intern class representative. So in this role, I was the liaison between the intern class and the chief residents, program administration and program directors. So for this role, I would compile intern requests and concerns regarding wellness and also advocate for more supportive work environment and help propose solutions for change and improvement and working conditions amongst faculty. And then another step forward, I'm talking about some of my earlier experiences. So kind of like the end of my intern year and my PGY2 year, I was involved in the AAP resident fellow council wellbeing subcommittee. And so for this role, we would publish wellness content through a weekly wellness Wednesday post, quarterly virtual wellness events and quarterly publications in physiatry forward, which is AAP's magazine. And for this, we would focus on teamwork collaboration and advocacy for resident wellness. Next slide, please. So for my current role within the FIT committee or the FIT council, I'm on the nominating committee, which we talked about. And then we also talked a little bit about some of those roles at large. We attend quarterly virtual meetings, also the in-person meeting at the annual assembly. And then we have a retreat in the winter, which is super fun. And a lot of it feels like you're in like a focus group about how to give your opinions about AAPMNR and how to improve it, which I think is really cool to be a part of and very meaningful as well. And then other leadership experiences that kind of help define me, get me to this point that I'm at today. I'm one of the chief residents at my residency program at University of Colorado. Some more general things that I'm part of are the liaison for daily program needs. I help organize our weekly didactics. I help create our clinical rotation on call schedules. We organize PGY2 orientation. We assist with the onboarding process for new PGY2s. And then we also lead medical student recruitment, residency application review process, and then the residency interview process as well. And then kind of overall working with our PDs or APDs and other faculty members to kind of enhance our training program and program development as well. And then kind of within my role as chief resident, some things that I've been a part of that I'm particularly passionate about are our CU PMNR MEC. So we have our own medical education committee, which is probably very similar to how awesome the FIT committee is here. But it's nice to be able to collaborate with our course directors, assistant program director, program directors. And we meet formally during meetings to kind of discuss, evaluate, and implement different educational opportunities for residents that meet both ACGME standards and ABPMNR standards. And then one thing that I'm really passionate about is mentorship. And so I created subspecialty interest groups within our residency. So this is divided into a few different larger overarching interests. So there's the pain and spine group, sports medicine, neuro rehab, and PEDS rehab. And the goals of this is to facilitate early exploration of various subspecialty interests within PMNR and also encourage peer collaboration, early career fellowship guidance, and promote early involvement in extracurricular activities as well. Next slide, please. And then future goals. So first step is matching into fellowship. So like many of us here, I'm currently applying to pain medicine fellowship. So we'll see what the future holds in September, which is exciting, but scary. I think me and Dylan must have Googled the same picture about academic pain medicine, because I have this lovely image here as well. But similar to a lot of what the others echoed here, I'm interested in a career in academic pain medicine and being involved either in PMNR residency and or pain medicine fellowship in leadership and emphasizing throughout that journey, education, mentorship, which I'm really passionate about and have kind of been strengthened by some of my experiences like our CU MEC and then the subspecialty interest groups. And then lastly, I'd like to continue to maintain involvement in AAPMNR. Sorry, I faked you out. But yeah, I'd like to continue to maintain involvement in AAPMNR. A lot of my mentors at CU have been involved, whether it's on the board of governors or other specialty interest groups as attendings. So yeah. Next slide, please. Thank you. So for my leadership tag, I chose the empowering advocate. I like to think of someone who really like champions, collaboration and mentorship in medicine and also leads with that example and tries to promote advocacy, mentorship and medical education while uplifting others so that they feel empowered to promote positive change that they wanna see, whether it's in their program, whether it's with their patients or beyond. So yeah, and those are my experiences that we touched on. Thank you so much, Andrea. It's got such a deep dive with the local institution and also being able to participate on FIT. Definitely a lot going on, but the depth of those experiences is clear and evident. So thank you so much for sharing. Thanks, Alpha. All right, we got Rosie. Rosie, before you jump in, you can also share about the AMA delegate position or I guess you can do it next slide, whenever it feels best for you. Um, sure, well, I'll do it on the next slide. Yeah. All right. So my best experience, like even going back to high school, I've always played tennis. See the vintage tennis racket over here. And during med school, I got the opportunity to be the team captain for my medical school team for two years when we won silver and bronze. And I was also on the student council representing my class. Um, after medical school, because I'm a foreign medical grad, I actually did a PhD. So that I did at Case Western Reserve University. And we, we founded this women in society, humanities, learning doctors. And that was the professional development chair for our section. It's actually a national organization. We just created our own chapter at Case Western. And, uh, from there, things didn't really work out as planned. I was originally applying dermatology. I didn't end up matching, which is all the better for me because I wouldn't have gotten to work with all these lovely people in PM&R. And overall PM&R is a much better fit. But in between my finding my way to PM&R, I actually did preventive medicine residency. So I was at UC San Diego and I was the preventive medicine representative to the UCSD GME council. And then the UCSD health representative to the DEI council that they had. And I was also in charge of social media for the house staff during the year when we were transitioning to, from our homegrown union to the CPR SIU union. So you can imagine how big of a deal that was as well. So next slide. So if you look at current and resident experiences, this isn't even, I took out some stuff, but for my program specifically, I am on the program evaluation committee and I am the education chief for my year, which meant I got the pleasure of recreating our whole educational curriculum for the 18 months and trying to figure out what I'm gonna do with ultrasound and how to recreate that. So it's been a very exciting time already, even though I've officially taken over chief only for the last three months. On the UF house staff, I've also been the vice chair of tech and communications to kind of restart our social media here. That was never really a great fit for me. And sometimes you will have leadership opportunities which are not a great fit for you. You have to realize that and you have to step, like realize when is the time to step down. But the following year I ran for vice chair of wellness, which I've done pretty well with and I was reelected for another year, basically organizing bi-monthly house staff events and basically dealing with all things wellness for the UF house staff. I'm also on the house staff quality and patient safety committee here. So then within AP, I'm the board review series co-director. I have been since before I started PM&R actually. So I was still at my last year of preventive medicine, which meant I've gotten to help onboard people to create podcasts and we've created new opportunities for medical students to participate in, which in case you have some medical students who need something for their PM&R application, feel free to send them my way. And I'm also a resident fellow section editor for AJ PM&R of AP, which has also been fun because of my research background. And now I'll get to the most very relevant one, which I think has opened up a lot of doors for me and I've done a lot of different things with it as part of the FIT Council, the AMA liaison. So during preventive medicine, you actually do a master's in public health, minors in health management and policy to complement my PhD in clinical translational science. So it opened up this whole new avenue how do you, you got all this research, but how do we get the research into policy and making it more generalizable for people? So I actually put in my application to be the AMA liaison and I was very fortunate to get it. It's a two-year position. Basically what it involves is you go to the annual meeting and the interim meeting and it's all, it's covered by APM&R and you get to learn a lot about how the sausage is made for some of these policies. I'm actually just getting off one of these phone calls, like right before the annual meeting, which is on June 7th, there's a lot of like phone calls and like reviewing resolutions. And it's a very, very busy time, probably takes like maybe 20 hours right before the big meeting. But very educational. And as part of that, I've gotten to be like, I volunteered in the resident fellows section to be a sectional delegate, which means I actually get a seat in the house of delegates and I was selected to be in one of the reference committees as well. And this year I also ran for the governing council of the IMGs for the resident fellow section position and I got it. So it's huge to be able to do this. And I highly recommend if anyone is entering PGY-2 to apply for this position, again, two-year position. And the other thing I'm doing is also for the American Society of Regional Anesthesia, I'm the advocacy co-chair. I'm the first advocacy co-chair they've had. I was one last year, so I started last year and I'm holding onto it this year. And it's kind of pain medicine is facing a lot of changes and this is allowing me to be a part of those changes and teaching other trainees and how to think about advocacy as well. Breath. Next slide. So my future goals, like we talked about, pain management fellowship where, you know, who knows, September 25th is the match date. Good luck to all of us in the match. Job wise, I am looking for an academic center in the city with a good airport. That is a priority for me. And I would really like to continue working with residents and fellows and medical students and participating in clinical research is important. Extracurricular wise, I would really like to maintain my involvement with AAPMNR, AMA and other pain organizations to kind of hopefully advance our field and improve patient care in the long run. And obviously I'm gonna continue pursuing other leadership opportunities. If you have any questions at all about my position, I'm happy to answer them, so. And then my leadership tag is the academic clinician, so. All righty, well, Rosie, you've maintained breath and depth in astounding fashion. Thank you so much for sharing everything. It's very impressive and I'm not sure when you sleep. All righty, so that leaves us with about 15 minutes, potentially forever long. We have any questions from anybody that is in the audience? Questions can potentially pertain to individual roles, backgrounds, anything. And this was a pretty comprehensive presentation with a lot of information. So if there aren't any questions, that's also a-okay. While we wait for any questions, I just wanted to put a plugin for anyone going through any type of cycle or process, go through this exercise. It was challenging, but also so good to go through and kind of to critically think about yourself and what you're trying to portray and how everything lines up. It's a very valuable exercise to go through. I think all of us probably learned a bit about ourselves as we were preparing for this. Thank you, Dylan. Yeah, I think that taking time to reflect on the past, present, future goals, definitely something worth doing on a annual basis while you're in training and kind of checking in and seeing where you are and where you want to go and what you've done. Definitely be proud of where you came from. I think that everyone in residency, medical school, they're on the way up on a very tall mountain, has some highs, has some lows on the way to the top. But regardless, if you're a resident right now or a medical student right now and you turn around, you definitely have scaled quite high on the mountain. There's a lot of work that we've done to get here. So definitely it's a lot to be proud of. It's a lot of reflection. Highly recommend doing this exercise as well. A couple of things I do want to point out is there's opportunities on the medical school level, whether it's organizations, associations within your own medical school, government. SNMA, LMSA, PIMS are big medical student affinity organizations that have leadership roles locally, nationally, as a medical student and as residents. Saw a lot of folks that are chief residents. Rosie and I also participated in kind of house staff association type roles. We have another HSA president on the pit council board this year. So that's another potential local leadership role outside of a traditional chief. Always ambassador opportunities as well. There's opportunity for one to two per residency. So if PIM&R is an interest to you, that's definitely something to explore while being a resident. And then as Rosie demonstrated, there's also subspecialty associations, whether it's pain, sports medicine, electrodiagnostic medicine, cancer medicine, cancer rehab. There's a lot of different opportunities outside of the broad PIM&R associations that could be explored. And then a lot of us have interest in academics. Academics isn't for everybody. And there's people that are on the AAPM&R committees that are academically affiliated because of their involvement in AAPM&R, but not in academic institution. So if your goal is potentially private practice, this is a really cool way to maintain that tight association with our field, our base specialty. And whether you choose to pursue academic medicine, AAPM&R is a very meaningful way to continue to feel that association with PIM&R while you're working towards your personal professional goals. So one more time, a plug for the FIT Council Board. The QR code is here again. Visit the AAPM&R website. If you Google AAPM&R FIT, you'll find yourself on the application site and I hope you consider applying or the ambassador role. I think those are great experiences. And that's it for our slideshow. So thank you everybody, panelists for sharing and presenting and anybody that tuned in and this recording is gonna be available for folks that decide to check this out later. Thanks everybody.

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