Basic Facts
Mission Statement
Phi Delta Epsilon International Medical Fraternity creates physicians of integrity with a lifelong commitment to our guiding principles of philanthropy, deity, and education through fellowship, service, mentoring, and formal training in leadership, science, and ethics.
Guiding Principles
Philanthropy, Deity, Equity & Education
Motto
“Facta Non Verba, Deeds Not Words”
Chapter Meetings
Meetings
Our fraternity meets every other week to touch-base with each other. Officers provide updates, we learn something from our educational time speaker, debate about medical ethics, and more. See below for more information!
Educational Time
For each chapter meeting, a member volunteers to present on a topic that he or she is passionate about. Regardless if the presentation is related to medicine or not, our members always come away from meeting learning something new.
MCAT Question
Our Academic Chair presents a MCAT question to the fraternity for them to consider. After discussion among members, the answer is revealed and an explanation is provided. One can never have too much practice!
Officer Updates
There are five executive officers: President, Vice-President of Programming, Vice-President of Finance, Vice-President of Recruitment, and Secretary and Risk Management Officer. At every meeting, the executive officers facilitate and provide updates on what is going on in the fraternity.
Committee Updates
There are six committees: Academic, Service, Social, Recruitment, Philanthropy, and Public Relations. Each committee is headed by a committee chair. Chairs give updates on what their committee is up to, including progress updates and upcoming events.
Members Only Discussion
Members split into small groups to discuss happenings in the fraternity. This allows for members to voice their opinions in a smaller group setting, including how the fraternity can be improved and other ideas, that can be brought to discussion among the entire fraternity at a later time.
Committee Time
Each member is part of one of the five committees. This meeting is led by the respective committee chairs to discuss a multitude of topics depending on what is going on within the fraternity at the time.
Ethics Question
At the conclusion of each meeting, the Academic Chair presents a medical ethics question to the fraternity to discuss and debate. Members volunteer to present their own views to the fraternity, and in doing so, broaden the perspectives of every member on these difficult topics.
Philanthropy
Phi Delta Epsilon believes in giving back to our global community. Our international philanthropic and service partner is Children’s Miracle Network (CMN) Hospitals. There are more than 170 Children’s Miracle Network hospitals worldwide. Each year these hospitals treat 17 million children for every disease and injury imaginable. Collectively they impact the lives of more children than any other children’s organization in the world.
Children’s hospitals are special places, graced with experts trained in the care and handling of small, fragile, sick and injured children. It is critical that we, as a society, support these islands of care because any child can get sick or become seriously injured. When they do, it is critical that there be a children’s hospital nearby.
Each PhiDE chapter partners with a local CMN Hospital to volunteer and fundraise. As their current and future physicians, this organization is dear to our members. WA Alpha’s local partner hospital is Seattle Children’s Hospital.
Children’s Miracle Network Statistics
- Devote 60% of their services to children under age six and 25% to newborns.
- Train 60% of all pediatricians and 80% of all pediatric specialists.
- Educate families about issues like child safety seats, helmet safety and bicycle safety.
- Devote nearly a quarter of their care to newborns, who require the most intensive nursing and medical care of all patients.
- Provide $2.5 billion in charity (uncompensated) care each year.
Our Partner Hospital: Seattle Children’s
Seattle Children’s is the pediatric and adolescent referral center for Washington, Alaska, Montana and Idaho. Founded in 1907, Seattle Children’s Hospital (SCH) deliver superior patient care and advance new treatments through pediatric research. SCH is also the primary teaching, clinical and research site for the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Washington School of Medicine.
- Annual patient visits: 420,996
- Active medical staff: 1466
- Physicians in training (2015-2016): 900
- Medical students in training (2015-2016): 791
Top 3 Reasons for inpatient admission
- Chemotherapy: 619
- Depressive disorder: 616
- Asthma: 522
WA Alpha's Signature Philanthropic Events
Stand for the Kids
Each year, in October, we host our international philanthropy day, Stand For The Kids, an event that PhiDE chapters do worldwide.
Stand For The Kids was created as a one-day event to unite the nation to stand in support of children’s health. Join WA Alpha and thousands of people from across the nation as we come together, raising funds and awareness for sick and injured children, and the amazing Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals that provide them with critical treatment and services. In standing for the kids, we take a step toward a vision of a world where no child, regardless of injury, illness, or ability to pay, is denied the care of a dedicated children’s hospital.
Anatomy Fashion Show
The Anatomy Fashion Show is a fun event put on by our fraternity that showcases the many different human body systems and its functions. This event usually takes place in mid-January. Models volunteer to be painted on by our volunteer artists for this special two-hour fundraiser. The event also has a silent auction and showcases talented campus groups for entertainment.
All money raised from the Anatomy Fashion Show goes directly to our local partner hospital, Seattle Children’s!
