Adverse childhood experiences. Knowledge and use by pediatrics residents.

Introduction: Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) have been associated with the acquisition of risk behaviors and development of chronic and mental diseases since adolescence and in adult life.

Objective: To identify the knowledge and the frequency pediatrics residents ask about ACEs with.

Methods: Through an online survey sent to all resident physicians of the 2017-2018 academic year of a tertiary care children's hospital, demographic variables, knowledge, use, training and barriers to interrogate and search for ACEs were collected.