title: Evaluation of a global health training program for pediatric residents.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  At Children's Hospital of Michigan, an international health program was initiated in 2004.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the effectiveness of the program in imparting knowledge to pediatric residents.
  
  
  METHODS
  A pretest examining international health knowledge was administered to pediatric residents, and they were reexamined at the end of 1 year.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Out of 20 residents who participated in the study, 11 (55%) fully participated in the international health program, and the other 9 partially participated. The mean overall pretest score was 56% and posttest score was 65.8% (P < .004). Full participant mean pretest was 57% and posttest was 69% (P < .005). Partial participant mean pretest was 55% and posttest was 62%, no significant difference (P = .10). Birth, medical education, residency training, or work history in a developing country did not impact pretest or posttest scores.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Despite small numbers of participants, this evaluation suggests that knowledge in international health can be expanded through a training program.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, USA. aoettgen@dmc.org
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Oettgen
authors.forename: Ashraf
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Harahsheh
authors.forename: Srinivasan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Suresh
authors.forename: Deepak
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kamat
mesh_terms: D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D003710:Demography; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate / Q000379:methods*; D004521:Educational Measurement; D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric