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National Trends in Pediatric Resident Recruitment

National Trends in Pediatric Resident Recruitment Abstract • Primary care residency programs throughout the nation are having increasing difficulty recruiting sufficient residents. Only 65% of pediatric residency positions are filled with medical graduates from the United States. We sent a questionnaire to pediatric residency program directors throughout the country to assess what changes pediatric programs had implemented in response to matching concerns. Forty-one percent had recruited non—house officer professionals to perform resident-type work. Such professionals included osteopathic and/or foreign-trained physicians (55%) and moonlighters (49%). House staff work hours had been reduced in 35% of programs and on-call frequency in 33%. Sixty-one percent had made significant changes in their recruiting practices in the past 5 years that are described herein. Annual recruiting budgets varied from nothing to over $75 000. This survey reveals widespread reduction in resident work load and increased intensity in the recruiting process throughout the country. (AJDC. 1992;146:979-982) References 1. National Resident Matching Program. National Resident Matching Program Data: Programs, Positions, Applications and Filling. Evanston Ill: National Resident Matching Program; 1980-1991. 2. Rowley BD, Baldwin DC, McQuire MB. Selected characteristics of graduate medical education in the United States . JAMA . 1991;266:933-943.Crossref 3. Graettinger JS. Medicine in the National Resident Matching Program 1987: the Ides of March . Ann Intern Med . 1988;108:101-110.Crossref 4. Honigfeld L, Perloff J, Barzansky B. Replacing the work of pediatric residents: strategies and news . Pediatrics . 1990;85:969-976. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png American Journal of Diseases of Children American Medical Association

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Publisher
American Medical Association
Copyright
Copyright © 1992 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved.
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0002-922X
DOI
10.1001/archpedi.1992.02160200101038
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Abstract

Abstract • Primary care residency programs throughout the nation are having increasing difficulty recruiting sufficient residents. Only 65% of pediatric residency positions are filled with medical graduates from the United States. We sent a questionnaire to pediatric residency program directors throughout the country to assess what changes pediatric programs had implemented in response to matching concerns. Forty-one percent had recruited non—house officer professionals to perform resident-type work. Such professionals included osteopathic and/or foreign-trained physicians (55%) and moonlighters (49%). House staff work hours had been reduced in 35% of programs and on-call frequency in 33%. Sixty-one percent had made significant changes in their recruiting practices in the past 5 years that are described herein. Annual recruiting budgets varied from nothing to over $75 000. This survey reveals widespread reduction in resident work load and increased intensity in the recruiting process throughout the country. (AJDC. 1992;146:979-982) References 1. National Resident Matching Program. National Resident Matching Program Data: Programs, Positions, Applications and Filling. Evanston Ill: National Resident Matching Program; 1980-1991. 2. Rowley BD, Baldwin DC, McQuire MB. Selected characteristics of graduate medical education in the United States . JAMA . 1991;266:933-943.Crossref 3. Graettinger JS. Medicine in the National Resident Matching Program 1987: the Ides of March . Ann Intern Med . 1988;108:101-110.Crossref 4. Honigfeld L, Perloff J, Barzansky B. Replacing the work of pediatric residents: strategies and news . Pediatrics . 1990;85:969-976.

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American Journal of Diseases of ChildrenAmerican Medical Association

Published: Aug 1, 1992

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