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So, You Want To Go Into Pediatrics?

So, You Want To Go Into Pediatrics?. Jennifer Trainor, MD Career Advising Coordinator in Pediatrics January 16, 2013. What ’ s the attraction?. Kids: are cuter than adults get better faster than adults don ’ t whine as much as adults usually don ’ t cause their own illness. Don ’ t you

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So, You Want To Go Into Pediatrics?

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  1. So, You Want To Go Into Pediatrics? Jennifer Trainor, MD Career Advising Coordinator in Pediatrics January 16, 2013

  2. What’s the attraction? Kids: • are cuter than adults • get better faster than adults • don’t whine as much as adults • usually don’t cause their own illness Don’t you want to take care of me?

  3. Common Myths • All pediatricians do is see kids with runny noses & vomiting/diarrhea • If you are AOA with great board scores, you shouldn’t “waste” your hard work by going into an easy-to-match specialty • All pediatricians have low salaries • A career in pediatrics won’t offer enough intellectual stimulation • Only women go into pediatrics

  4. Pediatricians can: • Be primary care providers • Have longitudinal relationships with children and families • Resuscitate newborns in the delivery room & counsel adolescents on substance abuse & sexually transmitted illness both in the same day

  5. Pediatricians can: • Be subspecialty care providers • Perform procedures multiple days per week • OR never perform procedures

  6. Pediatricians can: • Work exclusively in hospital-based practice • In an academic environment • In a community environment • Work exclusively in an outpatient-based practice • As clinicians • As clinician-educators • As clinician-educator, researcher • Combine the two

  7. Pediatricians can: • Focus on public health • Focus on advocacy • Participate in international health opportunities

  8. Pediatricians can: • Serve important leadership roles in US government, public policy, industry • Richard Besser was acting director of the CDC in 2009

  9. Adolescent Medicine Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Pediatric Cardiology Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Pediatric Emergency Medicine Pediatric Endocrinology Pediatric Gastroenterology Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Pediatric Infectious Diseases Pediatric Nephrology Pediatric Pulmonology Pediatric Rheumatology Pediatric Sports Medicine Sleep Medicine Medical toxicology Neurodevelopmental Disabilities Pediatric Transplant Hepatology Board certified subspecialty training opportunities

  10. Breakdown of Primary v. Subspecialty CareBy Gender

  11. What do we know about recent residency graduates? ABP Workforce Data 2009

  12. How many pediatricians do we train per year? ABP

  13. How many pediatricians do we train per year?

  14. How many men go into pediatrics?

  15. What percent of peds residents go into subspecialties?

  16. What subspecialties did pediatricians choose?

  17. Who’s out in the workforce?

  18. Where are the pediatricians?

  19. Are pediatricians happy?

  20. How old are pediatricians? ABP 2009

  21. Now let’s get to what you really want to know…

  22. Median total compensation for primary care providers Medical Economics August 1,2008 Exclusive Survey: Good news for primary care income: Supply and demand lead to higher reimbursement, but for how long?

  23. Average salaryby pediatric subspecialty 2009 Physician Compensation Survey by the American Medical Group Association

  24. Loan Repayment Options • NIH Extramural Pediatric Research Loan Repayment Program • http://www.lrp.nih.gov/about_the_programs/pediatric.aspx • Pediatric investigators, up to $35,000/year • National Health Service Corps • http://www.idph.state.il.us/about/rural_health/NHSC_State_LR_program_app.pdf • Up to $120,000 total for 4 year commitment • Primary care pediatrics • Indian Health Service • www.ihs.gov • Up to $20,000/yr, min 2 year commitment, plus additional 20% to offset tax liability

  25. What do we know about the match in pediatrics?

  26. NRMP Data Warehouse 2011

  27. Distribution of USMLE Step 1 Scores

  28. Distribution of USMLE Step 2 Scores

  29. Numbers of programs students rank

  30. Is it important to be AOA?

  31. How many have published?

  32. Done research?

  33. Some comparative data

  34. Some comparative data

  35. How do program directors select people to interview?

  36. What’s important?

  37. What about the personal statement?

  38. Commitment & Research

  39. Applicant RankingWhat’s important?

  40. Mean importance ratings…

  41. Mean importance ratings…

  42. What about USMLE?

  43. USMLE Step 2

  44. When are interviews offered?

  45. How many applications did students submit?

  46. Where do Feinberg Students Go?Matches in Pediatrics 1999-2012

  47. Planning for next year • Sign up for an advisor if you think you may be interested in pediatrics, note if you have a previous relationship/special interest • Set up a meeting in February to discuss plans • Bring transcript, narrative evaluations for clerkships • Sign up for pediatric subinternship if you are sure about peds • Avoid taking all pediatric electives

  48. Planning for residency match • Plan at least one elective over the summer to allow a pediatric faculty member to get to know you well for LOR • Work on essay and CV over the late spring/early summer • Get your application materials into ERAS as early as possible, especially if you are a weaker applicant GOAL SEPT 1 • Unclear when programs will grant interviews based on new timing of MSPE, September 1

  49. Bibliography

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