Pediatric urgent care education: a survey-based needs assessment.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is an increasing number of pediatric urgent care centers that are largely staffed by pediatric residency graduates. It is unclear if pediatric residency adequately prepares a physician to fully and successfully provide care in an urgent care setting. The goal of this study is to conduct an assessment of urgent care directors' perceptions of recent pediatric residency graduates' preparedness to successfully provide pediatric urgent care after graduation.

Methods

This is a 2018 cross-sectional survey of all pediatric emergency medicine division chiefs in the United States and all pediatric urgent care directors who are members of the Society for Pediatric Urgent Care. An electronic survey was distributed consisting of eight multiple choice questions regarding

SUBMITTER: Zhao X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6570895 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature