Structured Curriculum to Improve Pediatric Resident Confidence and Skills in Providing Parenting Advice.

Context: Residents receive little parenting education despite its potential to improve parenting behavior and decrease child maltreatment despite the inclusion of parenting content on board certification examinations. Teaching residents how to discuss parenting and foster positive parent-child relationships is essential to treating the whole person in osteopathic pediatric medicine.

Objective: To improve pediatric and internal medicine-pediatric residents' knowledge, confidence, and skills in providing parenting advice.