OBJECTIVES To quantify practitioner administration of the emergency contraceptive pill (ECP) among adolescent patients, and to determine if such administration is associated with physician knowledge and attitudes regarding efficacy, side effects, and appropriate use. DESIGN Survey of pediatricians. SETTING The survey address list was generated from a database of active Fellows of the Americ...

OBJECTIVE To test whether adoption of a collaborative consultative service model results in improved patient outcomes. DESIGN Twelve pediatric practices were randomly assigned to receive access to collaborative consultative services or to a control group. SETTING Community-based pediatric offices. PARTICIPANTS Fifty-two pediatricians and their 377 patients with attention-deficit/hyperacti...

OBJECTIVE In 2005, we conducted a study of the prevalence of board certification requirements for hospital privileging and found that one-third of hospitals did not require pediatricians to be board certified. In 2010, the American Board of Pediatrics implemented the Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. To examine changes in the policies of hospitals regarding requirements for board cert...

OBJECTIVES To explore pediatricians' current involvement in community child health activities, to examine trends in community involvement from 1989 to 2004, and to compare perspectives and skills related to community involvement among those participating and not participating in community activities. DESIGN Cross-sectional analysis of 3 American Academy of Pediatrics Periodic Surveys of Fello...

For academic pediatricians, social media has become an important avenue for professional development through continuing education, networking, and collaboration. Pediatric residency program directors have recognized additional benefits of engagement via promotion resident recruitment. The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic subsequent move to virtual interviews the 2020–2021 inte...