MGHfC Residency Advocacy Group

The MGHfC Residency Advocacy Group is made up of pediatric and medicine-pediatric residents who are committed to child advocacy. The group meets regularly, working around call schedules and always offering food! They take up local advocacy initiatives such as working with

MGHfC Residency Advocacy Group

interns on our community pediatric rotation (PBC) on workshops for pregnant and parenting teens in Somerville, MA, as well as legislative initiatives, such as lobbying on behalf of the ATV ban recently before the Massachusetts legislature.

Yearly, they put together their signature event, the Massachusetts Pediatric Residents and Fellows Day at the State House (RFDASH). Since its inception in 2006, this resident-led event has welcomed residents from all five Massachusetts pediatric training programs to the Massachusetts State House for a day-long event focusing on legislative advocacy. Particpants take part in an educational morning program with a focus on current bills relating to child health before the Massachusetts legislature. In the afternoon, residents and fellows then go to the offices of their elected officials to lobby on behalf of children with respect to these bills. The event has been so successful, that is is now sponsored by the Massachusetts Chapter of the AAP and has garnered national attention.

Read the MGHfC Advocacy Group Blog

MGHfC Pediatric Residents were awarded the Anne E. Dyson Advocacy Award for their work on the Massachusetts Pediatric Residents and Fellows Day at the State House in 2007. They presented their work at the 2007 AAP conference as well as the 2008 PAS conference.