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February 1989, Vol 143, No. 2 >
Article | February 1989

Residency Training in General Pediatrics:  Career Direction of Primary Care Graduates FREE

Owen R. Mathieu, MD; Joel J. Alpert, MD; Stephen I. Pelton, MD
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Accepted for publication Aug 23, 1988.

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Am J Dis Child. 1989;143(2):217-219. doi:10.1001/archpedi.1989.02150140111031.
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Residences in primary care pediatrics have been developed as part of a national effort to educate pediatricians as generalists. Incentives provided by the federal government through Title VII, Section 784 of the Public Health Service Act (P.L. 94-484) have also provided support for residency training in family practice and general internal medicine.

Two assumptions have been made in developing these residencies. First, the programs would offer training in general pediatrics, community health, psychosocial medicine, and the "new morbidity," categories presumed lacking in usual graduate medical education; and second, participation would influence residents to choose and to continue in primary care careers as generalists.

Career choice has been evaluated by tracking the graduates of primary care programs.1-3 Such data have proven useful in evaluating the success of the federal effort, and have indicated that residents trained in federally funded primary care programs were pursuing

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Shelov SP, Alpert JJ, Rayman I, et al:  Federally supported primary care training programs and pediatric career . AJDC 1987;;141:65-66.
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American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Expanding Pediatric Careers:  Career in pediatrics . Pediatrics 1978;;298:15-21.
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Witzberg RA, Noble J:  Career development among residents completing primary care and traditional residencies in medicine at the Boston City Hospital . J Gen Intern Med 1988;;3:48-53.
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Marienfeld RD:  Comparison of initial house staff goals with eventual career plans in internal medicine . J Med Educ 1977;;52:855-953.
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Goldenberg DL, Pozen JT, Cohen A:  The effect of a primary care pathway on internal medicine residents' career plans . Ann Intern Med 1979;;91:271-274.
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Benson MC, Linn L, Ward N, et al:  Career orientation of medical and pediatric residents . Med Care 1985;;23:1256-1264.
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Crain LS, Dienst E, Mallory MJ:  The effects of primary care vs traditional training or career choice in pediatrics . West J Med 1981;;135:248-251.
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Mathieu OR, Alpert JJ:  Residency training in general pediatrics: The role of federal funding . AJDC 1987;;141:754-757.

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References

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Shelov SP, Alpert JJ, Rayman I, et al:  Federally supported primary care training programs and pediatric career . AJDC 1987;;141:65-66.
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American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Expanding Pediatric Careers:  Career in pediatrics . Pediatrics 1978;;298:15-21.
3 +
Witzberg RA, Noble J:  Career development among residents completing primary care and traditional residencies in medicine at the Boston City Hospital . J Gen Intern Med 1988;;3:48-53.
4 +
Marienfeld RD:  Comparison of initial house staff goals with eventual career plans in internal medicine . J Med Educ 1977;;52:855-953.
5 +
Goldenberg DL, Pozen JT, Cohen A:  The effect of a primary care pathway on internal medicine residents' career plans . Ann Intern Med 1979;;91:271-274.
6 +
Benson MC, Linn L, Ward N, et al:  Career orientation of medical and pediatric residents . Med Care 1985;;23:1256-1264.
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Crain LS, Dienst E, Mallory MJ:  The effects of primary care vs traditional training or career choice in pediatrics . West J Med 1981;;135:248-251.
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Mathieu OR, Alpert JJ:  Residency training in general pediatrics: The role of federal funding . AJDC 1987;;141:754-757.

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