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Why Choose A Career in Pediatrics?

Why Choose A Career in Pediatrics?. Kishore Vellody, MD Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Children’s Hosp of Pittsburgh. Job Satisfaction.

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Why Choose A Career in Pediatrics?

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  1. Why Choose A Career in Pediatrics? Kishore Vellody, MD Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Children’s Hosp of Pittsburgh

  2. Job Satisfaction • 96% of graduating pediatric residents who are in the job market for a general pediatric job state that they would choose Pediatrics again if they had to do it all over. • 2003 AAP Survey Data

  3. Job Satisfaction • Pediatricians rated higher satisfaction than internists in job, career, and specialty satisfaction • General pediatricians more satisfied than all other physicians regarding their relationship with patients and personal time • More likely to recommend their specialty to students seeking advice • Shugerman, et. al. 2001, Leigh et. al. 2002

  4. Job Opportunities • 80% of residents seeking a general practice position report obtaining their most desired position • Workforce shortages in a variety of pediatric subspecialties mean more job opportunities for graduates

  5. Job Flexibility • 26% of pediatricians (as opposed to 14% of all other specialties) have worked part time at some point in their career • Multiple types of jobs offered ranging from part-time to more demanding hours

  6. Serving the Underserved • Estimated that 48% of health care markets do not have a pediatrician • ~ 290,000 children live in markets without a pediatrician or family practitioner • 51 million people (1/5th) in the US lives in a rural area and only 10% of all U.S. physicians live there.

  7. Pediatrics Training • 3 year training (203 programs avail.) • Inpatient • Outpatient clinic • General and subspecialty exposure • NICU, PICU • ER

  8. Combined Peds/Adult Residency Training • Pediatrics/Internal Medicine (4 yrs) • Pediatrics/Derm (5 yrs) • Pediatrics/ER (5 yrs) • Pediatrics/Genetics (5 yrs) • Pediatrics/PM&R (5 yrs) • Pediatrics/Adult Psych/Peds Psych (5 yrs)

  9. What are the options? • General Pediatrics • Clinic Based • Community • Academic • Hospital Based • Community • Academic

  10. General Pediatrics - background • Focus on the physical, mental, social health of children from birth to 21 years. • Prevention, detection, and management of these issues • Major advocates for children (i.e. health/safety policies, education)

  11. Health supervision Anticipatory guidance Monitoring physical and psychosocial growth and development Diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic disorders Management of serious and life-threatening illnesses Referral of complex conditions Consultative partnerships Community based activities (i.e. sports, schools, etc) General Pediatrics - Scope

  12. Subspecialty Pediatrics • Most require 2-3 years of post-residency fellowships • Some require training in another discipline before becoming more focused on pediatrics such as: surgery, pathology, radiology • Pediatric neurology and psychiatry can be done with 2 years of general pediatric training followed by 2 years of fellowship

  13. Adolescent Medicine Allergy/Immunology Cardiology Clinical Genetics Critical Care Medicine Dermatology Developmental Emergency Medicine Endocrinology Gastroenterology Hematology/Oncology Infectious Disease Medical Toxicology Neonatology Nephrology Pulmonology Rheumatology Sports Medicine Subspecialty Pediatrics

  14. Research • Those in subspecialties or in academic environments can choose between more research intensive goals or patient care/clinical goals or a combination of the two

  15. Questions?

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