Residency Training in Transition of Youth With Childhood-Onset Chronic Disease abstract

OBJECTIVE: To assess the current medical school training of internal medicine and pediatric residents in transitioning youth with special health care needs from child-oriented to adult-oriented health care. METHODS: We surveyed internal medicine and pediatric residents to assess their preparedness to transition youth with special health care needs to adult-oriented health care. RESULTS: The survey results demonstrated that internalmedicine residents felt unprepared to care for most patients with chronic childhood-onset illness; however, most pediatric residents were comfortable caring for such patients. CONCLUSION: Training in chronic childhood-onset illness should be included in internal medicine training programs. Pediatrics 2010;126: S190–S193 AUTHORS: Manisha S. Patel, MDa and Kitty O’Hare, MDb,c aSibley Heart Center, Children’s Hospital Atlanta, Emory Medical School, Atlanta, Georgia; bDepartment of Medicine, Children’s Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts; and cDepartment of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts