About the Speaker

Dr. Miya Bernson-Leung is Program Director of the Child Neurology Residency Training Program at Boston Children’s Hospital and Assistant Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School, where she is the Child Neurology Specialty Advisor. She majored in neuroscience at Harvard College and obtained her MD at Harvard Medical School. She completed pediatrics residency in the Boston Combined Residency in Pediatrics, and child neurology residency and a fellowship in pediatric stroke and cerebrovascular disorders at Boston Children’s Hospital. Following her clinical training, she earned her Master’s in Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education as a Zuckerman Fellow of the Center for Public Leadership. She is a clinician-educator and leader across the continuum of education including serving as core faculty for the preclinical Mind/Brain/Behavior course, as residency program director since 2020, and as the Medical Director of Continuing Education for Boston Children’s Hospital as well as the course director for the Michael J. Bresnan Child Neurology Course and Pediatric Stroke Champions Course. She is active nationally in shaping neurology education, including as an inaugural editorial board member of Neurology: Education, an official journal of the American Academy of Neurology, and an active member of the AAN’s Consortium of Neurology Program Directors and the Child Neurology Society’s Child Neurology Residency Consortium. She is also active within the Association of American Medical Colleges including as Chair-Elect of the AAMC’s Continuing Professional Development Section and developer/speaker for multiple regional and national workshops advancing the practice of continuing education and continuing professional development.

How to participate

The class will become available about 30 minutes prior to the start of the presentation. During this time, you should ensure that you have the Zoom client installed and working.

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How to get your Participation Certificate

After the presentation, return to this course to take the post-lecture quiz. The quiz will consist of information that was presented during the session and should not be difficult if you watched the presentation. Once you finish and pass the quiz, mark the course as complete. Your certificate will be available for download as a PDF file upon completion.

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