why choose a career in pediatrics? prof. fahad al zamil professor and consultant pediatric...
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Why Choose A Career in Pediatrics?
Prof. Fahad Al Zamil
Professor and Consultant
Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Head of Infectious Diseases Unit
King Saud University
Question:
How many of you are planning to become pediatricians in the future?
Questions?
UK
Job Satisfaction
96% of graduating pediatric residents who are in the job market for a general pediatric job state that they would choose Pediatrics again if they had to do it all over. 2003 AAP Survey Data
Job Satisfaction
Pediatricians rated higher satisfaction than internists in job, career, and specialty satisfaction
General pediatricians more satisfied than all other physicians regarding their relationship with patients and personal time
More likely to recommend their specialty to students seeking advice Shugerman, et. al. 2001, Leigh et. al. 2002
Job Opportunities
80% of residents seeking a general practice position report obtaining their most desired position
Workforce shortages in a variety of pediatric subspecialties mean more job opportunities for graduates
Job Flexibility
26% of pediatricians (as opposed to 14% of all other specialties) have worked part time at some point in their career
Multiple types of jobs offered ranging from part-time to more demanding hours
Pediatrics Training
3 year training (203 programs avail.) Inpatient Outpatient clinic General and subspecialty exposure NICU, PICU ER
Combined Peds/Adult Residency Training
Pediatrics/Internal Medicine (4 yrs) Pediatrics/Derm (5 yrs) Pediatrics/ER (5 yrs) Pediatrics/Genetics (5 yrs) Pediatrics/PM&R (5 yrs) Pediatrics/Adult Psych/Peds Psych (5 yrs)
What are the options?
General Pediatrics Clinic Based
Community Academic
Hospital Based Community Academic
General Pediatrics - background Focus on the physical, mental, social health of
children from birth to 21 years. Prevention, detection, and management of these
issues Major advocates for children (i.e. health/safety
policies, education)
Subspecialty Pediatrics
Most require 2-3 years of post-residency fellowships
Some require training in another discipline before becoming more focused on pediatrics such as: surgery, pathology, radiology
Pediatric neurology and psychiatry can be done with 2 years of general pediatric training followed by 2 years of fellowship
Subspecialty Pediatrics
Adolescent Medicine Allergy/Immunology Cardiology Clinical Genetics Critical Care
Medicine Dermatology Developmental Emergency Medicine Endocrinology
Gastroenterology Hematology/
Oncology Infectious Disease Medical Toxicology Neonatology Nephrology Pulmonology Rheumatology Sports Medicine
Question:
How many of you are planning to become pediatricians in the future?
THANK YOU AND HOPING TO SEE YOU IN THE
FUTURE