Development of learning objectives and a validated testing tool for management of pediatric mechanical ventilation*.

Objectives: Graduate medical education is shifting toward an outcome-based paradigm, where physicians are evaluated for competency using well-defined criteria. Our aim was to learning objectives and a testing tool to assess competency in the management of mechanical ventilation for infants, children, and adolescents and to verify that the test was reliable and valid.

Design: Prospective reliability and validity study.