The Brown Med-Peds program provides an environment rich with resources and mentorship that help residents accomplish their career goals. Whatever specialty you pursue, wherever your career will take you, the faculty at Brown are extremely supportive of resident scholarly activities, research projects, and participation in state, regional, and national organizations. Since the start of our program, our faculty and residents have been committed to not just learning within the hospital but outside of the hospital as well. Med-Peds residents consistently participate in training pathways to cultivate their interest in diverse academic careers with broad definitions of scholarly work. Multiple residents have been recognized with awards locally and nationally for their commitment to service, quality patient care, and research. Brown University and Brown University Health have been instrumental in providing the necessary resources and opportunities that allow each individual to grow into who they want to be. 

Our program strongly supports advocacy, volunteering, and community service. Our residents and faculty participate in numerous advocacy endeavors, including antiracism efforts, resettled refugee health, transitional care for chronic disease including cystic fibrosis, LGBTQIA+ health, cancer survivorship, incarceration health, treatment of opioid use disorder, physician health, and more. Many residents have received the American Academy of Pediatrics’ CATCH grant, a competitive grant geared towards sustainable community advocacy work.  

Through the Department of Medicine, Med-Peds residents interested in medical education and academics can participate in the Clinician Educator Track. This program supports residents with mentorship, didactics, and added observed teaching experiences to develop their teaching abilities and clinician educator portfolios, as well as a mentored research project. Med-Peds residents are eligible to apply in their second year of residency. Once accepted into the track, residents are assigned a faculty mentor and will start developing a teaching portfolio that will include a capstone scholarly project in medical education. Participants complete observed teaching sessions in a variety of venues. 

Brown’s Women’s Health Track, based in the Department of Medicine, helps prepare residents who want to become future leaders in clinical and academic women’s health. Residents in the track are matched with a faculty mentor, present to a variety of groups on women’s health topics, and complete a research project. Med-Peds residents are eligible to apply in their first year of residency. Participating residents have specialized outpatient experiences in a women’s health clinical site starting early in residency. During the third year of the program, participating residents lead didactic sessions on a women’s health topic of their choice. 

The Brown Residents Interested in Advancing Research (BRIAR) track, cofounded by Janaki Vakharia, MP Class of 2019, aims to provide an opportunity to develop a deeper skillset in areas of research and scholarship. The four “pillar” experiences of the track include mentored scholarship in research, curriculum in research methodology, scholarly project development and execution, and research dissemination through publication and conference presentation. The experience includes protected research time and core didactics. This program also benefits from contributions by Brown University Health’s Biostatistics Core Team. 

Brown’s Arts & Medicine Track, founded by Maddie Ward, MP Class of 2024, is a 2-year curriculum that explores the intersection of creativity and medicine via visual arts, narrative medicine, improv, music, photography, drawing, and more. In addition to regular didactics that usually take the form of engaging arts and humanities-based activites, the track culminates in a broadly-defined mentored project that is presented at an annual showcase. The program was recognized with an ACGME Back to Bedside grant.