Namita Sharma, MD and Shimona Rajkumar Bhatia, DO, residents in the pediatrics department at the University of Florida College Of Medicine-Jacksonville, each received a scholarship from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Friends of Children Fund, to attend the 2009 Resident Advocacy Day on Wednesday, February 18, 2009, in Washington, D.C.
This year’s Advocacy Day, hosted by the AAP, will focus on health care reform. The residents will receive a full morning of advocacy training and will spend the afternoon meeting with congressional officers to discuss child health legislative issues.