National trends in pediatric resident recruitment.
Primary care residency programs throughout the nation are having increasing difficulty recruiting sufficient residents. Only 65% of pediatric residency positions are filled with medical graduates from the United States. We sent a questionnaire to pediatric residency program directors throughout the country to assess what changes pediatric programs had implemented in response to matching concerns. Forty-one percent had recruited non-house officer professionals to perform resident-type work. Such professionals included osteopathic and/or foreign-trained physicians (55%) and moonlighters (49%). House staff work hours had been reduced in 35% of programs and on-call frequency in 33%. Sixty-one percent had made significant changes in their recruiting practices in the past 5 years that are described herein. Annual recruiting budgets varied from nothing to over $75,000. This survey reveals widespread reduction in resident work load and increased intensity in the recruiting process throughout the country.
Piatt
J P
JP
Department of General Pediatrics, Phoenix Children's Hospital, AZ 85006.
Bergeson
P S
PS
D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D010560:Personnel Selection / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States; D000078329:Workforce