Responsibilities and Interests of Pediatricians Practicing Hospital Medicine in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

In 2016, the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) approved pediatric hospital medicine (PHM) as the newest pediatric subspecialty. To characterize development of the field, this article aims to: (1) describe the responsibilities and practice settings of US pediatricians self-identifying as hospitalists; and (2) determine how exclusive PHM practice, compared with PHM practice in combination with general or subspecialty care, was associated with professional development interests.

Methods

Pediatricians enrolling in the 2017-2018 American Board of Pediatrics (ABP) Maintenance of Certification program were offered a voluntary survey about their responsibilities, interests, and practice settings. Logistic regression was employed to characterize a

SUBMITTER: Leyenaar JK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8626056 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature