title: Technical skills required in general pediatric practice.
abstract: Several years ago the American Board of Pediatrics developed a list of 101 technical procedures, which was sent to directors of accredited pediatric programs (N = 231). There was a 70% response and 72 of 101 procedures were considered necessary for residents to develop competency by at least 80% of the program directors. The list of 72 procedures was then sent to 500 randomly selected general pediatricians from a pool size of 10,304. The response rate was 35%. Forty-nine of the 72 procedures were considered necessary by 80% of those responding and one third of the skills (24 of 72) could be classified as absolutely necessary because more than 95% of practitioners considered them to be. Only 7 procedural skills were considered unnecessary by more than 50% of practitioners. It is suggested that program directors consider the 24 skills as ones that should be taught and competence in performing them be verified and recorded.
authors.affiliation: American Board of Pediatrics, Chapel Hill, NC 27514.
authors.forename: T K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Oliver
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Butzin
authors.forename: R O
authors.initials: RO
authors.lastname: Guerin
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Brownlee
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002983:Clinical Competence; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000193:education / Q000592:standards*; D013044:Specialty Boards; D014481:United States