Pediatric emergency medicine fellowships: faculty and resident training profiles. 2009

Monica L Murray, and Dale P Woolridge, and James E Colletti
University of Arizona, College of Medicine, Tucson, Arizona 85724-5057, USA.

The objective of this study was to evaluate the faculty and graduate training profiles of Pediatric Emergency Medicine (PEM) fellowship training programs. An electronic 10-point questionnaire was sent to 57 PEM fellowship directors, with a 70% response rate. Analysis of the individual certification of faculty members in PEM training programs demonstrated that the largest represented training types were general pediatricians and pediatricians with PEM sub-certification (29% and 62% representation, respectively). The remaining faculty types consistently showed < 5% overall involvement. Reported estimates on faculty delivery of clinical training, didactic training, and procedural skills demonstrated that pediatricians sub-board certified in PEM consistently administered the highest percentage of these skill sets (74%, 68%, and 68%, respectively). Emergency Medicine-trained physicians showed a relative increase of involvement in fellowship programs administered by Emergency Medicine departments and in those programs located within adult hospitals. Yet, this involvement still remained substantially lower than that of the pediatric-type faculty. Program directors of fellowships within pediatric hospitals and those administered by Pediatric programs demonstrated a preference for general pediatricians with sub-board certification in PEM to improve their faculty pools. Program directors of fellowship programs located in adult hospitals and those administered by departments of EM demonstrated no preference in training type. Lastly, program directors report that 95% of past graduates received their primary board certification through Pediatrics and only 5% received their primary board certification through Emergency Medicine. There are currently many more pediatric-trained physicians among PEM fellowship faculty and graduates. This survey has demonstrated that there has been a decline in EM-trained physicians involved in PEM fellowships since 2000.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007396 Internship and Residency Programs of EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE training to meet the requirements established by accrediting authorities. House Staff,Internship, Dental,Residency, Dental,Residency, Medical,Dental Internship,Dental Internships,Dental Residencies,Dental Residency,Internship,Internship, Medical,Internships, Dental,Medical Residencies,Medical Residency,Residencies, Dental,Residencies, Medical,Residency,Residency and Internship,Internships, Medical,Medical Internship,Medical Internships,Residencies,Staff, House
D010372 Pediatrics A medical specialty concerned with maintaining health and providing medical care to children from birth to adolescence.
D003625 Data Collection Systematic gathering of data for a particular purpose from various sources, including questionnaires, interviews, observation, existing records, and electronic devices. The process is usually preliminary to statistical analysis of the data. Data Collection Methods,Dual Data Collection,Collection Method, Data,Collection Methods, Data,Collection, Data,Collection, Dual Data,Data Collection Method,Method, Data Collection,Methods, Data Collection
D004635 Emergency Medicine The branch of medicine concerned with the evaluation and initial treatment of urgent and emergent medical problems, such as those caused by accidents, trauma, sudden illness, poisoning, or disasters. Emergency medical care can be provided at the hospital or at sites outside the medical facility. Medicine, Emergency
D005180 Faculty, Medical Teaching and administrative staff having academic rank in a medical school. Faculties, Medical,Medical Faculties,Medical Faculty
D005257 Fellowships and Scholarships Stipends or grants-in-aid granted by foundations or institutions to individuals for study. Scholarships,Fellowships,Fellowship,Scholarship,Scholarships and Fellowships
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man

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