Interview Strategies Commonly Used by Pediatricians

Article Abstract:

Pediatricians use a variety of techniques to calm their patients, establish rapport, and elicit information about the child's health during a medical visit. Researchers surveyed 250 pediatricians, and found that most use calm talking, questioning, drawing, toys, and other techniques when treating children. Seventy-nine percent of doctors conducted an interview with school-aged children with parents present, while only 8% interviewed adolescents with their parents present. Urban and female pediatricians inquired about sexual and substance use issues when patients were younger. The use of verbal techniques to calm and question the patient became more common as children grew older.

United States, Methods, Medical examination, Medical history taking

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Educational needs among pediatricians regarding caring for terminally ill children

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Many pediatricians would like to have received more instruction during medical school in caring for terminally ill children and their families. Seventy-four pediatricians at The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center in New York City, NY, were surveyed about their training and experience with pediatric death and dying. Half reported some specific instruction in medical school, but only 8-34% reported training during their residency. Seventy-one percent felt parents deserved clear and open discussion of their child's prognosis.

Care and treatment, Training, Study and teaching, Child death, Terminally ill children, Bereavement in children, Childhood bereavement

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How Much Time Is Spent on Well-Child Care and Vaccinations?

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Pediatricians spend only 45 minutes to 1.5 hours total on well-child visits per child during the first year of life and substantially less time in subsequent years. This was the conclusion of researchers who did a time-and-motion study of five pediatric practices and two public providers covering 164 children younger than two years. Even if the time spent on well-child visits increased by a few minutes, it would not provide enough preventive services for many children.

Analysis, Reports, Vaccination of children, Vaccination, Preventive medicine, Time and motion study, Time and motion studies, Preventive health services for children

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