OBJECTIVE To determine whether augmenting standard feedback on resident performance with a multisource feedback intervention improved pediatric resident communication skills and professionalism. DESIGN Randomized controlled trial. SETTING Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, from June 21, 2004, to July 7, 2005. PARTICIPANTS Thirty-six first-year pediatric residents. INT...

Background Postpartum women are at high risk of unintended pregnancy as many do not receive timely postpartum contraception. Utilization of routine postpartum care varies widely. Conversely, the Well-Baby Visit (WBV) for newborns is highly utilized and provides an opportunity to discuss contraception with mothers. This project aimed to test the feasibility and acceptability of having pediatric ...

OBJECTIVES To compare satisfaction among Spanish-speaking mothers who did and did not use telephonic interpreters during pediatric visits, and to examine resident physician attitudes about telephonic interpreter use. DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS AND INTERVENTIONS Anonymous surveys were administered to 98 mothers limited in English proficiency and presenting for well-baby visits in an urban u...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Pediatric residency training programs are graduating residents who are not competent in neonatal intubation, a vital skill needed for any pediatrician involved in delivery room resuscitations. However, a precise definition of competency during training is lacking. The objective of this study was to more precisely define the trajectory toward competency in neonatal intu...

BACKGROUND In order to help assess resident performance during training, the Residency Affair Committee of the Pediatric Residency Program of the University of Padua (Italy) administered a Resident Assessment Questionnaire (ReAQ), which both residents and faculty were asked to complete. The aim of this article is to present the ReAQ and its validation. METHODS The ReAQ consists of 20 items th...

OBJECTIVE To describe what and how pediatric residents in Massachusetts are taught about children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN) and the medical home. PARTICIPANTS AND METHODS Faculty members and residents at Massachusetts' 5 pediatric residency programs were interviewed to identify current curricula and teaching methods related to care of CYSHCN. In addition, residents wer...

background: residents play an important role in the delivery of hospital care. they regularly work overnight, in emergency situations and with workload and stress which can affect their performance and quality of working life (qwl). this study explores the qwl and its contributory factors in residents working at hospitals affiliated with tehran university of medical sciences (tums), tehran, ira...

Problem addressed There is a lack of consensus around the optimal way to train family medicine residents to care for children. Objective of program Evaluation of an ambulatory versus an inpatient pediatrics rotation for family medicine residents. Program description A 4-week pediatrics rotation for second-year family medicine residents was introduced involving half-day ambulatory pediatric clin...

OBJECTIVE The principles of evidence-based practice (EBP) are a mandated component of the pediatric residency curriculum; however, a pediatrics-based assessment tool validated with pediatric residents does not exist. METHODS We designed an assessment instrument composed of items in 4 categories: 1) demographics; 2) comfort level; 3) self-reported practice of EBP; and 4) EBP knowledge. This la...