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Incentives and barriers to pursuing pediatric emergency medicine fellowship: A cross‐sectional survey of emergency residents
BACKGROUND: Pediatric emergency physicians complete either a pediatric or emergency residency before fellowship training. Fewer emergency graduates are pursuing a pediatric emergency fellowship during the past decade, and the reasons for this decrease are unclear. OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this stu...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7771800/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33392557 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/emp2.12234 |
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author | Wall, Jessica J. MacNeill, Emily Fox, Sean M. Kou, Maybelle Ishimine, Paul |
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description | BACKGROUND: Pediatric emergency physicians complete either a pediatric or emergency residency before fellowship training. Fewer emergency graduates are pursuing a pediatric emergency fellowship during the past decade, and the reasons for this decrease are unclear. OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to explore emergency residents' incentives and barriers to pursuing a fellowship in pediatric emergency medicine (PEM). METHODS: This was a cross‐sectional survey‐based study. In 2016, we emailed the study survey to all Emergency Medicine Residents' Association (EMRA) members. Survey questions included respondents' interest in a PEM fellowship and perceived incentives and barriers to PEM. RESULTS: Of 6620 EMRA members in 2016, 322 (5.0%) responded to the survey. Respondents were 59.6% male, with a mean age of 30.6 years. A total of 105 respondents (32.6%) were in their first year of emergency medicine residency, 92 (28.6%) were in their second year, 77 (23.9%) were in their third year, and 48 (14.9%) were in their fourth or fifth year. A total of 102 (31.8%) respondents planned to pursue fellowship training, whereas 120 (37.4%) were undecided. A total of 140 (43.8%) respondents reported considering a PEM fellowship at some point. Among these respondents, the most common incentives for PEM fellowship were (1) a desire to improve pediatric care in community emergency departments (86, 26.7%), (2) to develop an academic focus (54, 16.8%), and (3) because a mentor encouraged a PEM fellowship (40, 12.4%). A perceived lack of financial benefit (142, 44.1%) and length of PEM fellowship training (89, 27.6%) were the most commonly reported barriers. CONCLUSION: In a cross‐sectional survey of EMRA members, almost half of the respondents considered a PEM fellowship. PEM leaders who want to promote emergency medicine to pediatric emergency residents will need to leverage the incentives and mitigate the perceived barriers to a PEM fellowship to increase the number of emergency residency applicants. |
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spelling | pubmed-77718002020-12-31 Incentives and barriers to pursuing pediatric emergency medicine fellowship: A cross‐sectional survey of emergency residents Wall, Jessica J. MacNeill, Emily Fox, Sean M. Kou, Maybelle Ishimine, Paul J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open Pediatrics BACKGROUND: Pediatric emergency physicians complete either a pediatric or emergency residency before fellowship training. Fewer emergency graduates are pursuing a pediatric emergency fellowship during the past decade, and the reasons for this decrease are unclear. OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to explore emergency residents' incentives and barriers to pursuing a fellowship in pediatric emergency medicine (PEM). METHODS: This was a cross‐sectional survey‐based study. In 2016, we emailed the study survey to all Emergency Medicine Residents' Association (EMRA) members. Survey questions included respondents' interest in a PEM fellowship and perceived incentives and barriers to PEM. RESULTS: Of 6620 EMRA members in 2016, 322 (5.0%) responded to the survey. Respondents were 59.6% male, with a mean age of 30.6 years. A total of 105 respondents (32.6%) were in their first year of emergency medicine residency, 92 (28.6%) were in their second year, 77 (23.9%) were in their third year, and 48 (14.9%) were in their fourth or fifth year. A total of 102 (31.8%) respondents planned to pursue fellowship training, whereas 120 (37.4%) were undecided. A total of 140 (43.8%) respondents reported considering a PEM fellowship at some point. Among these respondents, the most common incentives for PEM fellowship were (1) a desire to improve pediatric care in community emergency departments (86, 26.7%), (2) to develop an academic focus (54, 16.8%), and (3) because a mentor encouraged a PEM fellowship (40, 12.4%). A perceived lack of financial benefit (142, 44.1%) and length of PEM fellowship training (89, 27.6%) were the most commonly reported barriers. CONCLUSION: In a cross‐sectional survey of EMRA members, almost half of the respondents considered a PEM fellowship. PEM leaders who want to promote emergency medicine to pediatric emergency residents will need to leverage the incentives and mitigate the perceived barriers to a PEM fellowship to increase the number of emergency residency applicants. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020-11-18 /pmc/articles/PMC7771800/ /pubmed/33392557 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/emp2.12234 Text en © 2020 The Authors. JACEP Open published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of the American College of Emergency Physicians. This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made. |
spellingShingle | Pediatrics Wall, Jessica J. MacNeill, Emily Fox, Sean M. Kou, Maybelle Ishimine, Paul Incentives and barriers to pursuing pediatric emergency medicine fellowship: A cross‐sectional survey of emergency residents |
title | Incentives and barriers to pursuing pediatric emergency medicine fellowship: A cross‐sectional survey of emergency residents |
title_full | Incentives and barriers to pursuing pediatric emergency medicine fellowship: A cross‐sectional survey of emergency residents |
title_fullStr | Incentives and barriers to pursuing pediatric emergency medicine fellowship: A cross‐sectional survey of emergency residents |
title_full_unstemmed | Incentives and barriers to pursuing pediatric emergency medicine fellowship: A cross‐sectional survey of emergency residents |
title_short | Incentives and barriers to pursuing pediatric emergency medicine fellowship: A cross‐sectional survey of emergency residents |
title_sort | incentives and barriers to pursuing pediatric emergency medicine fellowship: a cross‐sectional survey of emergency residents |
topic | Pediatrics |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7771800/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33392557 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/emp2.12234 |
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