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>> Welcome to the Harriet Lane Pediatric Residency Program
at Johns Hopkins.
My name is Niana Carter Gibson.
I'm a current third year resident.
>> My name's Natalia Garza Philpott.
I'm a second year resident.
We're so glad you're interested in our program.
We'd like to show you around our hospital.
>> Let's get started.
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>> I chose Hopkins because my role models were here.
>> I picked Hopkins
when I was looking at different residency programs
because this hospital really stood out
as being very involved with the community.
>> I wanted to work with a patient population
that one, looked like me,
and then also wanted to serve my community.
>> It was a place that was big enough
to have a lot of resources
that I felt like could support me
in anything that I wanted to do.
And I appreciated that.
>> As an intern, your role is,
you are definitely the doctor for that patient,
not the senior resident, it's not the attending,
you're their doctor
and your name is on their chart as their doctor.
>> Residents here have a lot of different options
to tailor their experience,
and that's really starts in the electives,
and you have a lot of choices when you come here,
ranging from general outpatient pediatrics electives,
all the way to pick your transport
where you get to go to other hospitals
to try to see other patients.
>> Man: In general, the rotations
are one to two senior residents
and one to three interns.
The second years are on their own teams
kind of separately from the interns (indistinct).
>> I think one of the really great things
that I've gotten to do,
especially working in our emergency department here
has been the number of procedures that we really get to do.
I think ranging from laceration repairs,
suturing, lumbar punctures,
lots of different kind of sports medicine procedures.
You really get a wide exposure to procedures.
I think not just in our emergency department,
but really across the hospital.
>> So one of the great things that we do here
is that we have a system
where we aren't doing something like Q3,
or Q4, or 24-hour shifts,
which can be very exhausting
and really jarring to your sleep schedule.
And so what you will do
is you're either the daytime intern.
And so you will work during the day times,
you'll have one 24-hour shift for a month period,
or you're the nighttime intern
and your two weeks where you're on overnights,
you're up six nights and then have a night off.
That's really, really nice
because you get to flip your schedule
in a way that's very consistent.
>> I am learning how to be on a team,
and teamwork is a really important part
of being a physician in general.
And I think that here at Hopkins
we do a really good job
of talking about how to do that effectively.
And part of that is feedback.
>> Feedback is an integral part of our residency program
and our leadership puts a strong emphasis on feedback.
I think what's unique
about the Hopkins Pediatric Residency Program
is that our children's center is standalone,
but also connected
to our larger Johns Hopkins Medicine institution
and adult hospital.
With that we get specialized pediatric care,
but we also get the perks
of having the resources of the larger adult hospital
and research institution.
>> Our vacation time policy
is one of the best of any program that I was considering.
We have four full weeks of vacation
in addition to a full week around the holidays.
>> One thing I really appreciate
is the dome pass that we get,
money on our card
that we can use for food in any of the cafeterias
or the coffee shop.
>> There's more than enough food provided.
I will say I haven't made myself lunch all year.
One of the great perks of our program
is that there is a variety of international trips
and all of our residents have the opportunity to go.
There's Guyana, Nigeria, Kenya, Thailand...
>> Man: Haiti, Philippines.
There's a new one coming up in Madagascar.
>> Here at Hopkins, we are obviously here for training,
but we're also here to advocate for our patients
and the community and Baltimore at large.
We are very much interested in the recruitment retention
and sponsorship of diverse experiences,
diverse health staff,
diversity residents cellos, everything here,
because it's a part of how we serve our community the best.
>> Almost every day
I realize why I chose medicine in the first place.
It's such a rewarding experience
to be around fantastic leadership,
fantastic residence.
>> Dr. Thomas: We have a lot of pediatric leaders here,
we have a lot of pediatric research funders as well,
as well as advocate leaders.
And so, to be around that sort of greatness,
really, really brings you up as well.
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>> Thank you so much for your interest in the Johns Hopkins
Harriet Lane Pediatric Residency Program.
>> We hope that you'll consider applying to our program.