title: Developmental-behavioral pediatric teaching of medical students: a national COMSEP survey.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The Council on Medical Student Education in Pediatrics (COMSEP) pediatric clerkship curriculum is widely followed. To date, there are no known studies on clerkship instruction related to developmental-behavioral pediatric (DBP) curricular elements.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The goals of this study are to examine pediatric clerkships' current DBP teaching methods and to identify barriers and solutions to recommended curriculum implementation.
  
  
  METHODS
  Electronic survey was conducted with COMSEP-member pediatric clerkship directors. Descriptive statistics and qualitative data analysis was conducted.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Response rate was 66%. General Pediatricians (87.1%) were mostly responsible for clerkship DBP teaching. Around 18% of directors reported not assessing DBP competencies. Most clerkship directors report time constraints (61.8%) as a barrier to implementing the curriculum, along with faculty availability and resources. Suggested solutions included DBP faculty collaboration and resources.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  General pediatricians should collaborate with DBP faculty for instructional content creation, and community-based observational opportunities and web-based shared resources could help clerkship directors achieve the COMSEP DBP curriculum competencies.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine , University of California Los Angeles , Los Angeles , California , USA.
authors.forename: Neelkamal
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Soares
authors.forename: Qishan
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Shibani
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kanungo
mesh_terms: D002982:Clinical Clerkship; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003479:Curriculum; D004521:Educational Measurement; D004522:Educational Status; D006801:Humans; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000193:education*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*; D014481:United States
keywords: curriculum; developmental-behavioral pediatrics; medical student education