Teaching Prevention in Pediatrics

Learning the teaching of pediatrics.

Clinical Teaching and OSCE in Pediatrics.

Emphasis is being given to early contact by medical students with patients, and curricula are being designed to address this trend. Although teaching of clinical skills mostly depends on the traditional "apprenticeship" model, there is insufficient supervision of students while they examine the patients. This leads to the lack of acquisition of good clinical skills and some patient-student frus...

Prevention of medication errors in pediatrics.

Child abuse pediatrics: prevention, evaluation, and treatment.

PURPOSE OF REVIEW This review is designed to update the general pediatrician with information about current child maltreatment literature. The authors have selected salient articles, which inform daily practice of any professional involved in the care of children who may be at risk of child abuse. RECENT FINDINGS The field of child abuse pediatrics continues to engender controversy in both me...

Location, Location, Location: Teaching About Neighborhoods in Pediatrics.

From the Division of General and Community Pediatrics (Drs Real, Beck, and Klein), Division of Hospital Medicine (Drs Beck and Klein), Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Ohio; and Division of General Pediatrics, Boston Medical Center (Dr Michelson), Mass The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose. Address correspondence to Francis J. Real, MD, 3333 Burnet Ave, MLC 2011, C...