Pediatric resident training in a school environment: a prescription for learning

Article Abstract:

Pediatric residents may learn more about normal childhood development from interacting with children in a school environment. Medical school faculty designed a school health segment for a pediatric residency program to help residents learn about the development of healthy children outside of the hospital. Residents were surveyed before and after the school-based segment for their expectations and reactions. Interviews with residents revealed positive reactions to the school-based program. Residents said they learned more about the development and communication skills of normal children in a nonhospital environment. They also learned about normal school activities. The success of such a program hinges on developing supportive relationships with the principal, school board, and teachers.

Education, Study and teaching, Residents (Medicine)

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Effects of structural encounter forms on pediatric house staff knowledge, parent satisfaction, and quality of care: a randomized, controlled trial

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Structured encounter forms may enhance pediatric resident learning, improve quality of care, and increase parent satisfaction. Researchers randomly assigned 53 pediatric residents working in an outpatient clinic to use either a form regarding developmental milestones or one regarding anticipatory guidance/preventative care during well-child visits. Posttests, surveys of parent satisfaction, and audiotapes of encounters revealed that, compared with the other group, the group using the developmental milestones encounter form demonstrated greater knowledge of developmental milestones and adhered more closely to standards for developmental screening and parents rated their satisfaction higher.

Usage, Practice, Medical protocols

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Do cigarette warning labels reduce smoking?

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Cigarette warning labels may not reduce smoking among teenagers. A group of 1,750 ninth graders responded to a questionnaire about smoking habits and knowledge of cigarette warning labels, and 803 were retested three months later. Smoking was associated with greater knowledge of warning labels, but 15% of regular smokers reported never having read a warning label. Knowledge of warning labels was not associated with less smoking. In the group retested after three months increased knowledge was associated with an increase in smoking.

Evaluation, Teenagers, Youth, Smokers, Labeling, Cigarettes, Warning labels

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