Five-Year Follow-up of Community Pediatrics Training Initiative
Year: 2014
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To compare community involvement of pediatricians exposed to enhanced residency training as part of the Dyson Community Pediatrics Training Initiative (CPTI) with involvement reported by a national sample of pediatricians. METHODS: A cross-sectional analyses compared 2008-2010 mailed surveys of CPTI graduates 5 years after residency graduation with comparably aged respondents in a 2010 mailed national American Academy of Pediatrics survey of US pediatricians (CPTI: n = 234, response = 56.0%; national sample: n = 243; response = 59.9%). Respondents reported demographic characteristics, practice characteristics (setting, time spent in general pediatrics), involvement in community child health activities in past 12 months, use of ≥1 strategies to influence community child health (eg, educate legislators), and being moderately/very versus not at all/minimally skilled in 6 such activities (eg, identify community needs). χ(2) statistics assessed differences between groups; logistic regression modeled the independent association of CPTI with community involvement adjusting for personal and practice characteristics and perspectives regarding involvement. RESULTS: Compared with the national sample, more CPTI graduates reported involvement in community pediatrics (43.6% vs 31.1%, P < .01) and being moderately/very skilled in 4 of 6 community activities (P < .05). Comparable percentages used ≥1 strategies (52.2% vs 47.3%, P > .05). Differences in involvement remained in adjusted analyses with greater involvement by CPTI graduates (adjusted odds ratio 2.4, 95% confidence interval 1.5-3.7). CONCLUSIONS: Five years after residency, compared with their peers, more CPTI graduates report having skills and greater community pediatrics involvement. Enhanced residency training in community pediatrics may lead to a more engaged pediatrician workforce.
Source: PEDIATRICS
Institutions: Johns Hopkins University, Johns Hopkins Medicine
Language: English
Topic: Child and Adolescent Health
Subfield: General Health Professions
Field: Health Professions
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funders: University of Miami, Johns Hopkins University, University of Rochester, Dyson Foundation, National Institutes of Health, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Public Health Service, University of California, Davis, University of California, San Diego, University of California, San Francisco, Hopkins Population Center, Johns Hopkins University, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Naval Medical Center San Diego
OpenAlex ID: W2001044693