OBJECTIVES To develop and implement a pediatric clinical skills assessment (PCSA) for residents, using children as standardized patients (SPs); to assess the psychometric adequacy of the PCSA and use it to evaluate the performance of residents; and to evaluate the feasibility of using child SPs and the response of the residents and the child SPs to participation in the PCSA. METHODS Ten 22-mi...

PURPOSE To identify and interpret differences between resident and faculty perceptions of resident autonomy and of faculty support of resident autonomy. METHOD Parallel questionnaires were sent to pediatric residents and faculty at the University of Rochester Medical Center in 2011. Items addressed self-determination theory (SDT) constructs (autonomy, competence, relatedness) and asked reside...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS Surgical education remains an important mission of academic medical centers. Financial pressures may favor improved operating room (OR) efficiency at the expense of teaching in the OR. We aim to evaluate factors, such as resident participation, associated with duration of total OR, as well as procedural time of common pediatric otolaryngologic cases. STUDY DESIGN Retrosp...

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...

OBJECTIVE To determine if U.S. pediatric residency programs provide formal training in vaccine safety to address parental vaccine concerns. METHODS An electronic survey was mailed to all members of the Association of Pediatric Program Directors (APPD) to assess (1) if U.S. pediatric residency programs were providing formal vaccine safety training, (2) the content and format of the training if...

BACKGROUND A previous study showed that calls received by our continuity clinic residents were similar to those in private practice. However, that study did not address the compliance of the parents to the advice given. OBJECTIVE To determine parents' compliance to after-hours telephone advice given by pediatric residents in a continuity clinic. DESIGN Advice given during initial telephone ...

Academic general pediatric divisions can function as effective primary care providers in a managed care environment. Residents training in these programs are expected to be better equipped to enter a work environment that is increasingly structured in a managed care format. Positive and negative consequences of managed care in an academic setting are discussed. Recommendations for successful im...

INTRODUCTION Resident physician/nurse collaboration is essential for patient safety and optimal clinical outcomes. Interprofessional shadowing experiences can facilitate understanding of team roles; however, enhanced may not transform individual practices leading to workplace improvement. This educational innovation utilized a resident/nurse shadow program raise awareness interprofessional role...

Seventy-five years ago, a 7-year-old girl underwent the first successful ligation of a patent ductus arteriosus. This procedure transformed her health and was a milestone in the development of cardiac surgery. The operation was performed by Dr. Robert E. Gross, then the surgical chief resident at Boston Children's Hospital, who went on to have a distinguished career in pediatric surgery. The pa...

* Resident Doctor of the Otorhinolaryngology Service of the Clinical Hospital of Porto Alegre. * Contractor Doctor of the Otorhinolaryngology Service of the Clinical Hospital of Porto Alegre. Master’s Degree in Pediatrics at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul. *** Fellow Doctor in Pediatric Laryngology and Airways of the Otorhinolaryngology Service of the Clinical Hospital of Porto Ale...