Preparedness of Residents to Manage Pediatric Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: A National Survey.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) is reported to be the most common chronic pediatric liver disease. Little information is available on the adherence of residents in-training to the published guidelines for the evaluation and management of pediatric NAFLD.The goals of this study are: (i) to assess the consistency of screening and evaluation for NAFLD in obese and overweight children at continuity clinics by upper level residents, and (ii) to determine the residents' extent of training, knowledge, comfort and competence levels in NAFLD care.

Methods

An electronic survey developed using REDCap was emailed to accredited Pediatric Residency Programs in the United States. Program directors and coordinators were requested to forward the survey to their upper leve

SUBMITTER: Patel-Sanchez N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9881435 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature