Pediatric subspecialty fellowship clinical training project: Recent graduates and midcareer survey comparison
Journal Article (Journal Article)
BACKGROUND: The American Board of Pediatrics charged a task force to examine fellowship training. As part of that process, a study was conducted to assess the perceptions of fellowship training by those who had recently completed training and those who were in the middle of their careers. METHODS: The American Board of Pediatrics provided a random sample of subspecialists stratified across all 14 subspecialties (N = 5072). Subspecialists were identified either as recent graduates (N = 2702), those who had completed fellowship within the last 5 years or as midcareer subspecialists (N = 2370), and those who completed fellowship 15 to 20 years ago. Two distinct 20-item structured questionnaires were administered by mail, 1 for each group, in January through March 2012. x2 Statistics were used to assess differences between groups. RESULTS: Response rates were 77.8% for recent graduates and 73.8% for midcareer subspecialists. Overall, most subspecialists described their work primarily as a clinician (36%) or as a clinician-educator (48%). Fewer (12%) reported primarily research. The majority of subspecialists (55%) have full-time academic appointments, but recent graduates are more likely to do so than midcareer subspecialists (62% vs 48%; P , .0001). The majority (60%) believe that the overall length of training in their subspecialty should remain at 3 years. However, almost one-third (29%) believe there should be 2 different tracks in their subspecialty, shorter for clinicians and/or clinicianeducators and longer for those pursuing an academic career. CONCLUSIONS: We found a significant range of opinion regarding subspecialty training. Some of this variation is undoubtedly due to differences between the individual subspecialties. Copyright © 2014 by the American Academy of Pediatrics.
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Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Freed, GL; Dunham, KM; Moran, LM; Spera, L; McGuinness, GA; Stevenson, DK
Published Date
- January 1, 2014
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 133 / SUPPL. 2
Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
- 1098-4275
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 0031-4005
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1542/peds.2013-3861E
Citation Source
- Scopus