Postgraduate Outreach and Engagement Committee

POMA Committee on Postgraduate Outreach and Engagement

POMA's Postgraduate Outreach and Engagement Committee is charged to effectively engage osteopathic residents and fellows training in Pennsylvania, as well as postgraduate training program administration and faculty members in the Commonwealth.  This work is accomplished by providing information, resources and support for residents in training and their program administrators.

PGYP West Region December 2019

An enthusiastic group of residents and attendings/POMA leaders came together at Cadillac Ranch in Pittsburgh on December 4 for the winter meeting of the Professional Guidance Committee – West Region. An icebreaker activity started the meeting with the group describing the profession they would have if not an osteopathic physician and then describing their dream job.  They found many similarities throughout the group in healthcare professions and education for their alternative profession, and dream jobs that included food and travel.

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PGYP East Region September 2019

Professional Guidance East Region September 2019 meeting

The Professional Guidance/Young Physician – East Region held its first meeting of the year on September 26, 2019 at Maggiano’s in King of Prussia. It was wonderful to see such a great turnout – we had 20 residents/interns, 5 committee physicians and 1 POMA staff member in attendance.

Elections were held during the meeting to represent residents in the East Region at the POMA Board of Trustees and POMA House of Delegates. Andrea DeSimone, DO from Thomas Jefferson University Hospital is the Board Representative and Amanda Piraino, DO from Bryn Mawr Hospital is the Alternate Representative. The Representative and Alternate to the POMA House of Delegates in April will be discussed at the December meeting.

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PGYP West Region September 2019

Professional Guidance West Region September meeting

This year’s first PGYP-West Region Meeting was held on September 25, 2019 at the North Country Brewing Company in Slippery Rock, PA. The evening was kicked off with an ice breaker activity that asked participants to write down their answers to the following questions:

  1. What was (is) the most recent non-medical book you have read/are reading?
  2. What is your “specialty dish” – the one no one can make as good as you?
  3. Is your bed made?

The participants then folded their cards and they were redistributed. Each card was read and the group tried to determine whose answers were on the card. Following re-assigning the answers to their respective owners, a discussion regarding reading fiction and non-fiction and empathy, cooking as innovation, and successful habits including making one’s bed with references to these practices.

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PGYP Central Region September 2019

PYGP Central

The POMA Committee on Professional Guidance – Central Region held its first meeting of the year on 17 September 2019, at the POMA Central Office in Harrisburg. We started with a discussion of what POMA is, how it is structured, and the role that residents, interns, and students serve within the organization. We talked about getting involved in your local district and an invitation was made to all present to attend a local district meeting with their peers. There was an update about the Board of Trustees and POFPS.

Wellness initiatives and activities POMA does to help resident and interns were naturally the focus of the meeting. We talked about Scholarly Activity opportunities such as poster presentations or giving talks at district meetings. We discussed Resident Wellness Event Grants and all present were
encouraged to have their programs apply, and also for scholarships. Those present were asked to consider writing a How Are You DOing? article or encouraging their friends to write one, as well as articles for DOs DOing More.

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PGYP Central Region March 2019

PGYP Central Region March 2019

The Central Region of the POMA Committee on Professional Guidance met March 26 in Harrisburg.  Many residents and interns from the area met to discuss issues important to them, both within their programs as well as at a state and national level. 

Because of the success of an OMT demonstration at our last meeting, and at the request of attendees, another OMT presentation was given for respiratory issues in pediatric patients.  Techniques were selected for their ability to be done in a timely fashion during the busy day of residents, interns, and practicing physicians.  There was a lively discussion of other techniques that can be done and the unique way that we can help patients as DOs. 

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