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From Private Practice to Academia: The Experience of a General Academic Pediatrician.

Authors :
Kum-Nji, Philip
Source :
Journal of Medical Education & Curricular Development. 11/15/2023, p1-3. 3p.
Publication Year :
2023

Abstract

After pediatric residency, the author worked in a rural community where he was able to immediately practice skills acquired during training such as intubations, bag-mask ventilation, IV placement, ear irrigation, foreign body removal from eyes and ears, abscess incision and drainage, intraosseous placement for rapid hydration of a severely dehydrated infant, EKG, X-ray readings, and ear-irrigations to cite but a few examples. Furthermore, the writer acquired other high-valued procedural skills such as neonatal male circumcision, frenotomy, ligation of supernumerary digits, and manual separation of labial adhesions. The author feels that he could only have acquired and maintained these skills by working in a busy rural pediatric practice. When the writer later became a faculty member, he was able to effectively train medical students and pediatric residents to acquire these same skills. Even though there is a paucity of research information on procedural skills acquisition among general pediatric residents, the writer proposes that the recruitment of full-time general academic pediatricians with real-world experience may be potentially beneficial for the training of medical students and pediatric residents. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
23821205
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Journal of Medical Education & Curricular Development
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
173702549
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1177/23821205231203828