Are you interested in becoming a leader in the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Section on Medical Students, Residents and Fellowship Trainees (SOMSRFT)? Each year the section recruits interested residents and fellowship trainees into leadership positions. The following positions are open:

Please click here to access the Leadership Interest Form and apply for a position.

District coordinator - click here to see the job description.
(beginning October 2013)
10 positions open, 1 representing each district of the AAP
(1-year term)

Assistant district coordinator - click here to see the job description.
(beginning October 2013)
10 positions open, 1 representing each district of the AAP
(1-year term)

Section secretary - click here to see the job description.
(beginning October 2013)
(1-year term)

Section vice chairperson - click here to see the job description.
(beginning October 2013)
(3-year term: 1 as vice chair, 1 as chair, and 1 as immediate past chair)

Applications for vice chairperson and secretary MUST be submitted by September 13, 2013. Candidates are invited to give a 2-3-minute speech at the SOMSRFT meeting on Saturday, October 26, 2013.

Candidates for district coordinator and assistant district coordinator positions are strongly encouraged to submit applications by September 13, 2013. Persons who have not submitted an application may still run for a position if present at the SOMSRFT Annual Assembly on October 26. However, preference will be given to those that apply by the September 13 deadline. Candidates must be present on October 26 to run for these positions.

Section liaisons - click here to see the general liaison job description.
(beginning January 2014)
(All liaison positions are 2-year terms)

Committee on Federal Government Affairs (COFGA)
Committee on Pediatric Research (COPR) – Resident Research Grant (RRG)
Committee on Residency Scholarships (CORS)
Community Access to Child Health (CATCH)
Council on Clinical Information Technology (COCIT)
Council on Community Pediatrics (COCP)
Medical Student Subcommittee Chair & AMSA Liaison
Section on Administration & Practice Management (SOAPM)
Section on Adolescent Health (SOAH)
Section on Breastfeeding (SOBr)
Section on Child Abuse & Neglect (SOCAN)
Section on Early Education & Child Care (SOEECC)
Section on Emergency Medicine (SOEM)
Section on Home Care (SOHCa)
Section on International Child Health (SOICH)
Section on Osteopathic Pediatricians (SOOPe)

The deadline to apply for a liaison position is November 1, 2013.