The Kiwanis Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship Program, a.k.a., the “Kiwanis Doctor” Program
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The Kiwanis Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship program provides for the training of a doctor in Pediatric Emergency Medicine over a two-year period. The Kiwanis fellow will in turn offer instruction in pediatric emergency medicine to remote areas throughout the three-state region of the Kiwanis district.
The goal of the Kiwanis Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship is simple:
Save the lives of children by training doctors about the latest in pediatric treatment.
The “Kiwanis Doctor” program addresses the need to train medical personnel throughout our District on current techniques and advances in pediatric emergency medicine. Babies and children are not little people; their physical, emotional and physiological needs are vastly different from an adult’s. Unfortunately, most medical personnel do not understand this as they do not receive advanced pediatric training. Our “Kiwanis Doctor” provides the missing link by traveling throughout our District teaching these first responders how to treat a pediatric patient.
Since 2004, the Kiwanis Cal-Nev-Ha Foundation has pledged nearly $384,000 to Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital to provide for a doctor to be trained in pediatric emergency medicine. Dr. Andrea Thorp, our first “Kiwanis Doctor,” recently completed her two-year training and with the assistance of Dr. Lance Brown, Chief of Pediatric Emergency Medicine at Loma Linda, instructed hundreds of doctors, nurses and first responders throughout our District on the latest advances in pediatric emergency medicine. In July 2007, Dr. Timothy Young, our second “Kiwanis Doctor,” began his two-year training. In January 2008, Dr. Young, accompanied by Dr. Thorp, will begin sharing his knowledge with medical personnel throughout our District.
For more information about the “Kiwanis Doctor” program, including how your club or division can sponsor a “Kiwanis Doctor” training, click here.
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