Why Pediatrics

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Why Pediatrics??

• George Johnson, MD
• Professor of Pediatrics

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This is Why
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What You Need to Do(as a pediatrician)

• Get useful information from crying babies and
  children (their distraught parents) when they are
  ill
• Examine these same kids
• Teach - children, parents, grandparents,
  teachers, and government officials
• Help families and kids through or beyond the
  rough parts of their lives
• Have to be able to function as part of a team

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Downside of Pediatrics

• Dealing with parents of terminally ill children
  is difficult, but you can do a great deal for the
  families by your approach
• It can be very hard to overcome your own
  discomfort in the death or disability of a child

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Benefits of Pediatrics

• Most kids get better
• Cant take yourself too seriously - Get to wear
  goofy cloths
• Play with kids toys
• Play with the kids - this is a must
• Even on your worst day you can play with a kid
  and make them smile (usually)

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How Do You Become a Pediatrician? - Residency

• Three-year residency training, about 50 in
  ambulatory settings
• Certification by the American Board of Pediatrics
  based on written exam
• Subspecialty residency training (fellowships)
  typically are a minimum of three years

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Pediatric Subspecialties

• Adolescent Medicine
• Allergy
• Cardiology
• Child Psychiatry
• Critical Care Pediatrics
• Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics
• Emergency Pediatrics
• Endocrinology

• Gastroenterology
• Genetics
• Hematology/Oncology
• Immunology
• Infectious Diseases
• Nephrology
• Neurology
• Pulmonology
• Rheumatology

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Pediatric Practice Career Paths

• General Pediatrics
• Subspecialty Practice
• Private Practice
• Academic Practice
• Public Health Related Practice
• Child Advocacy

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Why Choose Pediatrics?

• Great impact on childrens lives
• The mundane parts of general pediatric practice
  (care) have more health benefit than any other
  health care activity other than public health
  measures such as clean water and sewage treatment
  
• Immunizations, SIDS reduction (sleep position
  counseling), injury prevention education

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Why Choose Pediatrics?
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Your Career Path
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Distribution of Pediatricians
J Pediatrics 2004144723-8
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Pediatric Workforce Projection 2001-2020
J Pediatrics 2003143507-5
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Pediatrician Demographics and Practice
Characteristics

• Compiled by
• the AAP Division of Graduate Medical Education
  and Pediatric Workforce and
• the AAP Division of Health Policy Research for
  the
• AAP Committee on Pediatric Workforce,
  Subcommittee on Women in Pediatrics

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Gender All Physicians by Percentage
75.4
24.6
Adapted from AMA, Physician Characteristics and
Distribution in the US. 2003-2004 Edition.
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Gender Pediatricians by Percentage
49.6
50.4
Adapted from AMA, Physician Characteristics and
Distribution in the US. 2003-2004 Edition.
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Gender Pediatricians
Adapted from AMA, Physician Characteristics and
Distribution in the US. 2003-2004 Edition.
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Age and Gender Pediatricians
Adapted from AMA, Physician Characteristics and
Distribution in the US. 2003-2004 Edition.
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General Pediatrics Certified Practitioners by Age
ABP Workforce Data 2004-2005
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2004 ABP Examination General and Subspecialty by
Gender
ABP Workforce Data 2004-2005
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Pediatric Career Plans
ABP Workforce Data 2004-2005
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Pediatric Career Plans by Gender
ABP Workforce Data 2004-2005
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Pediatric Subspecialists in Training
ABP Workforce Data 2004-2005
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Pediatric Subspecialists in Training by Gender
ABP Workforce Data 2004-2005
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General Pediatrics Examination Subspecialty by
Gender (2004)
ABP Workforce Data 2004-2005
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Pediatric Subspecialists in Training by Gender
ABP Workforce Data 2004-2005
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Pediatric Career Placement Completing Residency
ABP Workforce Data 2004-2005
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Pediatric Career Placement Completing Residency
by Gender
ABP Workforce Data 2004-2005
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Pediatric Employment Setting
ABP Workforce Data 2004-2005
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Employment Setting by Gender
ABP Workforce Data 2004-2005
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Data Sources
AMA, Physician Characteristics and Distribution
in the US. 2003-2004 Edition
American Board of Pediatrics Workforce Data
2004-2005 (www.abp.org)
American Academy of Pediatrics, Division of
Health Policy Research Periodic Survey of
Fellows 43, 2000 Periodic Survey of
Fellows 47-50, 2001
(www.aap.org)