title: Reduced-schedule pediatric residency training.
abstract: Reduced-schedule residency training is an option deemed desirable by many residents and medical students applying for residencies. The number of such positions offered through the National Resident Matching Program and through independent arrangements made between residents and program directors is, however, quite small compared with the total number of residency positions available. In this paper, the authors review the national experience with reduced-schedule residency training during the past decade and present data concerning 15 pediatric residents at the University of Rochester Strong Memorial Hospital who chose a reduced-schedule training option between 1977 and 1984. The advantages and disadvantages of the implementation of this option from the perspectives of the residents choosing it, the residents who did not, and the faculty members are presented. Reduced-schedule training for selected residents and programs is an attractive and viable option.
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers; D005180:Faculty, Medical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D008297:Male; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000193:education*; D014481:United States