Pediatrics
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Enass H Raffa
• 1. American Academy of Pediatrics Pediatrics
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• 2. Pediatricians: Focus on the physical, emotional, and
social health of infants, children, adolescents, and
young adults from birth to 21 years. Focus on
prevention, detection, and management of physical,
behavioral, developmental, and social problems that
affect children. Treat infections, injuries, and many
types of organic disease and dysfunction. Work
towards reducing infant and child mortality, foster
healthy lifestyles, and ease the day-to-day difficulties
of those with chronic conditions.
• 3. General Pediatrician’s Responsibilities Include:
Management of serious and life-threatening
illnesses Referral of more complex conditions as
needed Consultative partnerships with other care
providers Health supervision Anticipatory
guidance Monitoring physical and psychosocial
growth and development Age-appropriate
screening Diagnosis and treatment of acute and
chronic disorders Community-based activities in
sports medicine, school health, and public health
• 4. Pediatrics You have to do what will make you
happy! No other physician group can match
pediatricians on career satisfaction 96% of
current graduating pediatric residents who are in
the general practice job market report that if they
did their residency over, they would choose
pediatrics again Pediatricians report higher
satisfaction than internists on key satisfaction
indicators including job, career, and specialty
satisfaction 2003 AAP Third-Year Resident Survey,
unpublished data
• 5. Pediatrics The opportunities for graduates of
pediatric residencies are diverse and numerous
80% of residents seeking a general practice
position report obtaining their most desired
position Many pediatric subspecialties are
currently experiencing workforce shortages
Pediatric training and job market trends: results
from the American Academy of Pediatrics ThirdYear Resident Survey, 1997-2002. Pediatrics.
2003;112:787-792
• 6. Pediatrics Flexible jobs are more common in
pediatrics than any other specialty 26% of
pediatricians versus 14% of all physicians have
worked part-time at some point in their careers
Pediatrics offers a broad spectrum of rewarding
career options (variety of practice settings and
styles) There are many medically underserved
communities seeking pediatricians American
Academy of Pediatrics Division of Health Policy
Research. Pediatrics leads specialists in number
of part-time physicians. AAP News . 2002,21:126
• 7. Pediatrics Employment settings Group
practice: 45.3% Solo/2-physician practice: 15%
Hospital or clinic: 14.5% Medical school: 12%
Other: 9.9% Health maintenance organization:
3.3% Source: American Academy of Pediatrics.
Socioeconomic survey of pediatricians. #5760, 2004. Practice Location Suburbs: 40%
Urban practice (non-inner city): 28.2% Urban
practice (inner city): 20.5% Rural: 11.3%