OBJECTIVES To determine pediatric program director (PD) approval and perception of changes to resident training and patient care resulting from 2011 Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) Common Program Requirements. METHODS All US pediatric PDs (n = 181) were identified from the ACGME. Functional e-mail addresses were identified for 164 (90.6%). Three individualized e-m...

OBJECTIVE To examine the effects of exam room presentations and teaching (ERPT) in a busy outpatient pediatric setting on visit duration and on parent, preceptor, and resident perceptions. METHODS This 8-week, 2-method crossover study compared first-year pediatric resident patient presentations and attending physician teaching and discussion in the exam room (ERPT) with conference area presen...

Introduction: Feedback is a conscious, unbiased, and objective evaluation of performance in order to improve clinical skills, not to assess students' personal talents and values. This study aims to compare the views of pediatric residents and general medical students at Mashhad University of Medical Sciences regarding method of providing feedback in clinical education.Method: This cross-s...

Vietnam has a population of 85 millions, but still has insufficient physicians. The main program is similar to the Philippines, where trainees enter through the national system after high school and passing an entrance examination to gain a place in a university. At this point, there are two options: six-year and a four-year curriculum programs. For the six year training to become a doctor, the...

OBJECTIVE Interest and participation in global health (GH) has been growing rapidly among pediatric residents. Residency programs are responding by establishing formal GH programs. We sought to define key insights in GH education from pediatric residency programs with formal GH tracks. METHODS Seven model pediatric residency programs with formal GH training were identified in 2007. Faculty di...

BACKGROUND Increasingly, medical disciplines have used morbidity and mortality conferences (MMCs) to address quality improvement and patient safety (QI/PS), as well as teach systems-based improvement to graduate trainees. The goal of this educational intervention was to establish a pediatric resident physician–led MMC that not only focused on QI/PS principles but also engaged resident physician...

OBJECTIVE Pressures on academic faculty to perform beyond their role as educators has stimulated interest in complementary approaches in resident medical education. While fellows are often believed to detract from resident learning and experience, we describe our preliminary investigations utilizing clinical fellows as a positive force in pediatric resident education. Our objectives were to imp...

Determining the topics general pediatric residents are taught during an inpatient cardiology rotation must be selected based on numerous factors, including resident career goals, core for board exams, and educator preferences. This study aims to determine preferred concepts of both learners educators as well teaching modalities while rotation. All eligible in Children's National Hospital reside...

OBJECTIVE To assess changes in community pediatrics training from 2002 to 2005. METHODS Pediatric residency program directors were surveyed in 2002 and 2005 to assess resident training experiences in community pediatrics. Program directors reported on the following: provision of training in community settings; inclusion of didactic and practical teaching on community health topics; resident i...