Medical school hotline: medical school affects the career location of pediatric resident graduates.

According to the Hawaiʻi Physician Workforce Assessment Project, Hawaiʻi currently has a physician shortage of 600, with an impending shortage of up to 1,600 physicians by the year 2020. A way to offset this growing situation is by supporting University of Hawaiʻi residency programs to train future physicians. To better understand the contributions that these residency programs make to the community the history, alumni data, and program highlights of the University of Hawai‘i Pediatric Residency Program (UHPRP) are explored.