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- [Narrator] This is OHSU.
Shaped by leaders, pioneers,
and those brave enough to take that first step.
We carry the torch and shine a light on what is possible.
We are a collaboration of disciplines.
Listening to one another,
learning from each other.
The OHSU Child Neurology Residency Program
is more than an opportunity to gain experience.
It's your time to serve with a community
of trailblazers and ground breakers.
- I can't imagine a better job in the world
than being a pediatrician.
We are here for four things.
We're here for clinical care, for sure.
But we're also here for research.
We are here for education,
and we are certainly here for advocacy.
And fellows that come that are excited
about that four-legged stool
that really supports all of pediatrics,
we're going to be excited about them.
- The learning environment here and the camaraderie
within the department of pediatrics
is why I chose OHSU in the first place.
And then I stayed here for a chief year
and then fellowship because of the people
and this department that really works together
and supports each other.
- The camaraderie is fantastic within
all the different departments
and the faculty really make us
stay in charge and have the ownership of our patients.
And my preceptor is there to supervise.
I, as an oncologist,
feel proud and comfortable having these discussions.
And that's primarily due to the freedom
that that has been given to our fellows.
- I have mentors from all different parts of the department
and across the institution as well.
Dana Braner is an amazing cheerleader
for our whole department.
In the last few months,
he's been sending out these emails during times of COVID
that sort of elevate and work to unite us
against this force and, and reminding us
what our mission is,
which is to take the best care out of our patients
and families here at Doernbecher.
- We are very big on communicating
and we're very big on transparency.
Nothing will happen to our faculty or our trainees
or the nurses or the therapists or the dietitians,
or the 2,000 people who work here to support children
without them knowing about it
and without them being a part of it.
And I love the fact that the fellows push me
to be a better physician in literally every interaction
I have with them.
One of the benefits of being in a smaller program
is that you really do get to know everybody here,
and they in turn get to know you.
And so when I'm on the phone with prospective jobs
for these fellows, I'm able to speak in a way
that a lot of fellowship directors
or a lot of chairs at other larger programs really can't.
- Most fellowship programs, you know,
have a very set curriculum in how a program is developed.
So it really comes down to the people and the opportunities.
And it's very, very important
for the applicants to really know the people
that they will be working with.
- What I would say is different about OHSU
is that it will value whatever you want to value as well.
It doesn't have to feel like fellowship
is one more stepping stone,
where then you might go forward and do something different.
You can start doing that different thing now.
- Now we have created a community of people here
who are very much for children and families,
but also are incredibly able to get the work done,
to learn from each other, and to have a good time doing it.
And even though it's a cliche that, you know,
we say our faculty is like a family.
Our faculty is very much like a family,
and I think that really helps.
And when our fellows emerge from this program,
they will be able to go anywhere in the world
and do amazing things.
And that's what we're all about.
- All of the attendings that the residents work with
care deeply about the patients we work with.
And I think that that role modeling of caring first
and working with others to express that care,
is something that most residents learn by watching
and then by doing,
because the residents are very actively involved
in talking with the families,
particularly of our most neurologically critical patients.
We will give you plenty of support
and plenty of opportunities to learn
and to be challenged and to grow your skillset.
You really have at least a whole year of your training
where you can really self-direct.
What type of rotations do you want to focus on?
What type of experiences do you want to gain?
We really allow the learners to self guide,
where do they want to go?
They do have to meet the basic requirements of
the certain amount of inpatient neurology
and certain amount of outpatient experiences.
But beyond those minimum requirements,
I really want trainees to be able to craft the education
to meet their own educational goals.
- [Narrator] At some point,
it's about the why you do what you do,
as much as the how.
We do it because we are bold.
We do it because someone needs to make the difference.
And we know we can make the difference
because we already have.
We welcome the curious, inspired,
and those willing to be bold.
This is OHSU.