Training pediatricians

Training pediatricians for primary medical care.

[Promotion of breastfeeding: the importance of pediatricians with specific training].

OBJECTIVE To study the factors involved in the maintenance of exclusive breastfeeding in healthy infants during the first 4 months of life, with emphasis on the role of pediatricians. MATERIAL AND METHODS A longitudinal study was carried out with 101 healthy term babies at a pediatrics outpatient clinic in Uberaba, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. The babies were divided at random into three gr...

Pediatricians’ Practice Location Choice—Evaluating the Effect of Japan’s 2004 Postgraduate Training Program on the Spatial Distribution of Pediatricians

OBJECTIVES To explore determinants of change in pediatrician supply in Japan, and examine impacts of a 2004 reform of postgraduate medical education on pediatricians' practice location choice. METHODS Data were compiled from secondary data sources. The dependent variable was the change in the number of pediatricians at the municipality ("secondary tier of medical care" [STM]) level. To analyz...

Training pediatricians for the evolving generalist-specialist interface in the managed care era.

Managed care involves the linkage of service delivery and financing. One of the outgrowths of the rapid expansion of managed care over the past decade has been an increasing consensus that the generalist of the future will need to manage more of the patients traditionally cared for by subspecialists. Subspecialty education for pediatric residents becomes increasingly important as the role of th...

Recently trained general pediatricians: perspectives on residency training and scope of practice.

OBJECTIVE Because of the increase in both the prevalence and complexity of chronic diseases in children, there is heightened awareness of the need for general pediatricians to be prepared to comanage their patients with chronic disorders with subspecialists. It is not known currently how well prepared general pediatricians believe themselves to be for these roles after residency training. This ...