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Why Choose A Career in Pediatrics?
Kishore Vellody, M.D.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
General Pediatrics - background
Focus on the physical, mental, social health of children from birth to 21 years. Prevention, detection, and management of
these issues Major advocates for children (i.e.
health/safety policies, education)
Why do we need Pediatricians?
In other countries, pediatricians are specialists with general practitioners seeing most kids
FP’s in U.S. are seeing less kids (2822% of FP visits)
Care of children is becoming increasingly complex as we learn to diagnose and treat their illnesses more effectively
26.6% of kids have a chronic health condition AAP data, August 2013
What are the options?
General Pediatrics Clinic Based
Community Academic
Hospital Based Community Academic
General Pediatrics - Scope
Health supervision Anticipatory guidance Monitoring physical and
psychosocial growth and development
Diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic disorders
Management of serious and life-threatening illnesses
Referral of complex conditions
Consultative partnerships
Community based activities (i.e. sports, schools, etc)
Job Satisfaction
94% of graduating pediatric residents state that they would choose pediatrics again if they had to do it all over. 2008 AAP Survey Data
Job satisfaction survey of 6,600 physicians in 42 specialties. Four of the “top 10” were pediatric specialties: pediatric emergency medicine (#1), general pediatrics (#4), med-peds (#5),“other” pediatric subspecialties (#6), and neonatal-perinatal medicine (#7).
Job Satisfaction
Pediatricians rated higher satisfaction than internists in job, career, and specialty satisfaction
General pediatricians more satisfied than all other physicians regarding their relationship with patients and personal time
More likely to recommend their specialty to students seeking advice Shugerman, et. al. 2001, Leigh et. al. 2002
Job Opportunities
96% of pediatric residents secure a job before the conclusion of training.
84% of pediatric residents who completed training in the years 2006-2010 received an offer for their most desired general practice position.
AAP Survey
Job Opportunities
Workforce shortages general pediatrics and subspecialties mean more job opportunities for graduates
In 2010, 33% of general pediatric residency graduates planned on subspecializing Neonatal medicine Pediatric hematology-oncology Pediatric emergency medicine Pediatric cardiology Pediatric critical care.6
Job Flexibility
38% of graduating residents apply for a part time position and 23% eventually accept one
29% of pediatricians (as opposed to 14% of all other specialties) have worked part time at some point in their career 8% of part time positions are males
AAP August 2013
Multiple types of jobs offered ranging from part-time to more demanding hours Majority work in group practices
Serving the Underserved
Estimated that 52% of health care markets do not have a pediatrician Another 20% do not have a family practitioner
~ 650,000 children live in markets without a pediatrician or family practitioner
51 million people (1/5th) in the US lives in a rural area and only 10% of all U.S. physicians live there. 93% of those physicians say they plan to
continue working in their practices long term
Pediatrics Training
3 year training (201 programs avail.) Inpatient Outpatient clinic General and subspecialty exposure NICU, PICU ER
8123 Pediatric Residents nationwide >90% of first year pediatric residency positions
fill each year AAP August 2013
Combined Peds/Adult Residency Training Pediatrics/Internal Medicine (4 yrs) Pediatrics/Derm (5 yrs) Pediatrics/ER (5 yrs) Pediatrics/Genetics (5 yrs) Pediatrics/PM&R (5 yrs) Pediatrics/Adult Psych/Peds Psych (5 yrs)
Subspecialty Pediatrics
Most require 2-3 years of post-residency fellowships
Some require training in another discipline before becoming more focused on pediatrics such as: surgery, pathology, radiology
Pediatric neurology, rheumatology, and psychiatry can be done with 2 years of general pediatric training followed by 2-3 years of fellowship
Subspecialty Pediatrics
Adolescent Medicine Allergy/Immunology Cardiology Clinical Genetics Critical Care Medicine Dermatology Developmental Emergency Medicine Endocrinology
Gastroenterology Hematology/Oncology Infectious Disease Medical Toxicology Neonatology Nephrology Pulmonology Rheumatology Sports Medicine
Research
Those in subspecialties or in academic environments can choose between more research intensive goals or patient care/clinical goals or a combination of the two
SOURCES
http://www.aap.org/profed/career.htm
http://www.aap.org/profed/Peds101book.pdf
http://www.aap.org/profed/PEDS101charts.PDF
Questions?
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