Hospital pediatrics
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Hospital pediatrics · Feb 2021
A Changing Landscape: Exploring Resident Perspectives on Pursuing Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellowships.
Pediatric Hospital Medicine (PHM) was approved as a subspecialty in 2016. Perspectives of pediatric and combined pediatric residents regarding barriers and facilitators to pursuing PHM fellowships have not previously been assessed. ⋯ Many survey respondents expressed interest in the opportunity to acquire new skills through PHM fellowship. However, the majority of respondents reported being less likely to pursue PHM after the introduction of fellowship requirement for board certification, citing financial and personal opportunity costs. Understanding factors that residents value and those that discourage residents from pursuing PHM fellowship training may help guide future iterations of fellowship design.