Perceptions Revisited: Pediatric Chief Resident views on Minority Housestaff Recruitment and Retention in Pediatric Residency Programs.

Purpose: This study examined institutional strategies among pediatric residency programs for recruitment and retention of underrepresented minorities (URM) housestaff.

Procedures: A questionnaire developed by the authors in a 1992 study was modified and then mailed to 185 pediatric chief residents at non-military pediatric training programs in the United States. Descriptive statistics (means and frequency) were calculated for each question.

Identification and prevention of antiepileptic drug noncompliance: the collaborative use of state-supplied pharmaceutical data.

Background. Antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) noncompliance is associated with increased risk of seizures and morbidity in seizure disorder patients. Objective.

Integration of Administrative Data and Chart Review for Reporting Health Care Utilization Among Children With Sickle Cell Disease.

Health care utilization of children with sickle cell disease (SCD) has been well documented due to an increase in the use of administrative data sets. While use of such data sources is relatively efficient and low cost, questions remain as to whether they provide sufficient information to fully characterize health care use. The aim of this study was to determine whether administrative data have the capacity to fully assess health care utilization among children with SCD.

Bleeding disorder education in obstetrics and gynecology residency training: a national survey.

Study Objective: The purpose of this study was to assess the educational approach to the bleeding disorder evaluation in Obstetrics and Gynecology residency training programs in the continental United States. Information was sought from chief residents regarding training experiences and fund of knowledge regarding the evaluation of menorrhagia and diagnosis of bleeding disorders during their residency.

Design: A 24-item questionnaire was sent to the chief residents at 241 non-military Obstetrics and Gynecology residency programs.

A longitudinal view of resident education in pediatric emergency interhospital transport.

Objectives: : The focus was to examine the educational structure and curricular planning involved in current pediatric emergency interhospital transport teams that use resident physicians as members of the team and to compare these current results with the findings from 2 previous, similar surveys complete during the past 2 decades.

Methods: : A 33-item questionnaire, assessing curricular components of the transport experience, was sent to a chief resident at all the officially listed nonmilitary pediatric residency program in contiguous United States. Comparisons were done for each similar item on all 3 questionnaires.

Do pediatric chief residents recognize details of prepubertal male genital anatomy.

This study evaluates how well pediatric chief residents can label anatomic structures, recognize circumcision, and discern abnormal anatomy on three photographs of male pre-pubertal genitalia. Additionally, this study explored aspects of pediatric training in sexual abuse and clinical practice issues regarding routine genital examination of a male patient. We asked respondents to identify anatomic structures, recognize circumcision, and assign a Tanner stage to pre-pubertal male genitalia and to recognize an abnormal finding.

Respiratory syncytial virus prevention outreach project.

The objective of the study is to determine whether early identification, outreach, and intervention would increase compliance with palivizumab prophylaxis for respiratory syncytial virus prevention for members of a Texas Medicaid managed care organization. The study cohort was selected from administrative claims data. The observational study period ran from October 1, 2006, to March 31, 2007.