The Child Health System in Denmark: Current Problems and Successes.
In Denmark, child primary care is taken care of by general practitioners who have 6 months of pediatric training as part of their specialty training and, therefore, are qualified to work as gatekeepers for the secondary health care at the hospitals. As new, more expensive, drugs are increasingly prescribed, corresponding expenses pose serious threats to the economy at 18 pediatric departments. We will highlight the new developments in pediatric education: skills training and training of clinical reasoning.
Department of Pediatrics, Naestved Hospital, Næstved, Denmark.
Pernille
P
Mathiesen
Department of Pediatrics, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.
Sabine Frølich
SF
Maarbjerg
Research Unit for General Practice, Copenhagen University, København K, Denmark.
Kirsten
K
Lykke
Department of Pediatrics, Regional Hospital Viborg, Viborg, and Center of Health Educations Education, Aarhus, Denmark.
Thomas
T
Balslev
D002648:Child; D002662:Child Health Services; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D003718:Denmark; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000193:education*
clinical reasoning training; gatekeeper function; immunization of children