Pediatric residency training : ten years after the task force report

A sample of 3000 pediatricians who had completed their residency training in 1978 or later were surveyed regarding the perception of the adequacy of their residency training in specific aspects of pediatric practice and in a number of subspecialty areas. The survey was almost identical with the one...

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Published in:Pediatrics (Evanston) 1992-12, Vol.90 (6), p.876-880
Main Authors: WENDER, E. H, BIJUR, P. E, BOYCE, W. T
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Curricula
Data Collection
Evaluation
Graduate medical education
Internship and Residency - trends
Medical sciences
Miscellaneous
Pediatricians
Pediatrics
Pediatrics - education
Postgraduate medical education
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Residents (Medicine)
Teaching. Deontology. Ethics. Legislation
Training
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Summary:A sample of 3000 pediatricians who had completed their residency training in 1978 or later were surveyed regarding the perception of the adequacy of their residency training in specific aspects of pediatric practice and in a number of subspecialty areas. The survey was almost identical with the one that formed the basis for the American Academy of Pediatrics Task Force on Pediatric Education report in 1978. The results revealed relatively little change in the high rates of perceived "insufficient training" in all the areas of pediatrics described as "underemphasized" in the Task Force report. However, those residents who received their training during the second half of the 10 years since the Task Force survey reported significant improvement in the previously underemphasized areas of developmental and behavioral pediatrics and adolescent medicine. Results also revealed a significant increase in the number of pediatricians who identify either a subspecialty interest or subspecialty practice in developmental or behavioral pediatrics. The increase in pediatric subspecialists and the improved training experience since 1984 indicate that the Task Force report may have had a positive impact on residency training in developmental and behavioral pediatrics.
ISSN:0031-4005
1098-4275
DOI:10.1542/peds.90.6.876