Departament of Neurology, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo SP, Brazil (FMUSP): Resident, Division of Child Neurology, FMUSP; Resident, Division of Neurosurgery, FMUSP; Associated Physician, Division of Child Neurology, FMUSP; Full Professor, Division of Child Neurology, FMUSP; Chief of Pediatric Neurosurgery Unit, Division of Neurosurgery, FMUSP; Full Professor, Division of Neu...

BACKGROUND Research on resident workloads has focused primarily on the quantity of hours worked, rather than the content of those hours or the variability among residents. We hypothesize that there are statistically significant variations in resident workloads and better understanding of workload intensity could improve resident education. METHODS The Stanford Children's Health research datab...

OBJECTIVE Our goal was to describe current resident interest, participation, curricula, resources, and obstacles related to global health training within pediatric residency programs. METHODS We conducted a cross-sectional survey of the 201 accredited pediatric residency programs in the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Caribbean from October 2006 to January 2007. Survey topics included res...

PURPOSE The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) states that "residents should participate in scholarly activity." However, there is little guidance for effectively integrating scholarly activity into residency. This study was conducted to understand how pediatric residency programs meet ACGME requirements and to identify characteristics of successful programs. METHOD ...

OBJECTIVE To examine current levels of educational debt among pediatric residents and the relationship between educational debt and career intentions. METHODS Annual national random samples of 1000 graduating pediatric residents from 2006 through 2010 were surveyed. Responses were combined. We used t tests and 1-way analysis of variance to compare debt, linear regression to examine factors as...

The goals of this cross-sectional study were to (a) describe the prevalence of 5 basic social needs in a cohort of parents attending an urban teaching hospital-based pediatric clinic, (b) assess parental attitudes toward seeking assistance from their child's provider, and (c) examine resident providers' attitudes and behaviors toward addressing these needs. Parents (n = 100) reported a median o...

BACKGROUND The limited availability of pediatric rheumatologists for teaching in pediatric residency programs negatively impacts resident education about rheumatology. At present, there are no educational websites available for trainees to learn about pediatric rheumatology. We are planning to develop an interactive web-based teaching module to improve resident learning about rheumatology ("POI...

BACKGROUND Pediatric cardiopulmonary arrests are rare. Mock codes were instituted to bridge the gap between opportunity and reality. AIM The goal was to improve medical caregivers' skills in pediatric resuscitation. METHODS All pediatric and internal medicine/pediatric (med/peds) residents were anonymously surveyed pre- and post-intervention about confidence level about codes and code skill...