Advocacy – PARNL works with a number of local and national organizations within the health care system to advocate on behalf of our members. To ensure that
postgraduate medical learners have input into health policy decisions that may
affect them, we have open communication with the teaching hospitals, Memorial University, the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Newfoundland and Labrador, NL Health Services (representing all teaching hospitals), the Department of Health and Community Services as well as numerous committees and boards across the health care spectrum.
Academics – PARNL advocates for the acknowledgement of the Resident’s role in medical education and is in regular contact with the major bodies that influence academic issues in residency training programs. PARNL will respond quickly to an
individual Resident’s academic needs and to larger issues that affect more than one Resident.
Individually, we meet with program directors and the Postgraduate Dean to address everything from core training issues to issues of residency. PARNL representatives sit on a number of academic committees within the Faculty of Medicine. PARNL has a voting member on the Faculty of Medicine Faculty Council and two voting positions on the Postgraduate Medical Education Committee.
Community Involvement – PARNL has provided financial assistance and donations to community organizations in Newfoundland and Labrador, including our annual $1,000 donation to Monte Carlo, an annual charitable fundraising event
established in 1977 to raise money for a fellow student who survived a serious diving accident. We also make an annual Christmas donation to various organizations. We continue to look for new ways to engage our members in community events.