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National professional society augments career development and leadership amongst neonatal fellows and early career neonatologists

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Fig. 1: The structure of Trainee and Early Career Neonatologists has evolved over the years to incorporate more focus areas and increase collaborations with other subgroups within the Section of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine.
Fig. 2: Survey responses from “Current TECaN” (n 221) and “Former TECaN” (MiDCaN) (n 46) members reflect how TECaN played a role in their career development.

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Acknowledgements

We would like to acknowledge Dr Linda Van Marter and Dr Judy Aschner for their contributions to TECaN and for their input on this paper. Drs Aschner and Van Marter continued as TECaN mentors through 2013 and 2017, respectively.

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Koo, J., Lingappan, K. & Song, C. National professional society augments career development and leadership amongst neonatal fellows and early career neonatologists. J Perinatol 42, 546–549 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41372-021-01153-z

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