Advancing Academic Pediatrics

Students from around the country join us for a month of career-building opportunities including: 

• Immersion in a pediatric clinical experience
• Special sessions preparing students to address their career goals
• Faculty and resident mentorship 
• Networking
• Stipend to offset cost of travel and housing

Children’s National Hospital is a quaternary care free standing children’s hospital serving Washington, D.C., Northern Virginia, Maryland, areas of West Virginia and many international patients. We serve a large, extremely diverse population and have significant community engagement through which to teach our trainees and contribute to child health.

Through advanced clinical exposure, networking, mentoring and special sessions, participants are armed with the resources and information needed to confidently make decisions regarding their future training and to better serve children.