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Do Academic Sites Still Have a Role?

Jan E. Drutz, MD; Janet R. Serwint, MD; Susan Feigelman, MD; Marilyn Dumont-Driscoll, MD

Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 1999;153:561-564.

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Pediatric residency training requires a broad-based learning experience consisting of exposure to multiple subspecialty areas in which knowledge and skills are in a constant state of flux. Amidst this overwhelming educational challenge to house officers lies the necessity of mastering the basics of general pediatrics. With the current emphasis of health care reform on primary care medicine, pediatric residency programs are being required to provide more ambulatory experiences for those in training.^1-2

House officers need more ambulatory experience and a better understanding and appreciation of the daily issues confronting generalist physicians.^3-5 A basic foundation in general pediatrics necessitates a knowledge of what constitutes a well-child checkup, preventive health care issues, anticipatory guidance, normal growth and development, appropriate management and recognition of behavioral issues, treatment and management of medical problems, and the importance of longitudinal relationships with . . . [Full Text of this Article]

From the Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex (Dr Drutz); the Division of General Pediatrics, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md (Dr Serwint); the Department of Pediatrics, University of Maryland Medical System, Baltimore (Dr Feigelman); and the Department of Pediatrics, University of Florida College of Medicine, J. H. Miller Health Center, Gainesville (Dr Dumont-Driscoll).

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