Pediatrics
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"We are a very competitive program and receive over 1,000 applications each year."
- University of Colorado Denver Department of Pediatrics
Learn more about the pediatric residency selection process through our interview with Dr. Su-Ting Li, Program Director of the University of California Davis pediatrics residency program.
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Why pursue Pediatrics as a career?
2010 Pediatrics Salary
Overview of Residency Training
To become a pediatrician, three years of residency training are required. According to the AMA and AAMC, there are over 8,100 residents training in 196 ACGME-accredited pediatrics residency programs. Sixty-seven percent are USMDs, 24% are international medical graduates, and 9% are osteopathic graduates.
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Pediatrics residents in the United States |
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# of total residents |
% USMDs |
% IMGs |
% osteopathic graduates |
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8,124 |
67% |
24% |
9% |
| Data adapted from Brotherton S, Etzel S. Graduate medical education, 2009 - 2010. JAMA 2010; 304(11): 1255 - 1270. | |||
2010 Match Data
U.S. senior medical school applicants are readily able to match into pediatrics. In the 2010 NRMP Match, only 2.5% of U.S. seniors went unmatched. However, top tier residency programs remain very competitive.
International medical graduates (IMGs) find matching into pediatrics much more difficult. IMGs are considered independent applicants and, in 2010, 42.8% of independent applicants failed to match.
Osteopathic students may apply to both allopathic and osteopathic pediatrics residency programs. There are seventeen osteopathic residency programs.
Why pursue Pediatrics as a Career?
Pediatricians discuss reasons why they chose to pursue a career in pediatrics:
Tom George, MD
Aliye Uc, MD
Pediatrics 101 (American Academy of Pediatrics)
2010 Pediatrics Compensation/Salary
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Subspecialties of Pediatrics
Subspecialties in which pediatricians can pursue fellowship training leading to board certification include:
- Adolescent Medicine
- Child Abuse Pediatrics
- Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics
- Hospice and Palliative Medicine
- Medical Toxicology
- Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
- Neurodevelopmental Disabilities
- Pediatric Cardiology
- Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
- Pediatric Emergency Medicine
- Pediatric Endocrinology
- Pediatric Gastroenterology
- Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
- Pediatric Infectious Diseases
- Pediatric Nephrology
- Pediatric Pulmonology
- Pediatric Rheumatology
- Pediatric Transplant Hepatology
- Sleep Medicine
- Sports Medicine
Excelling in your Pediatrics Clerkship
Our book, Success on the Wards: 250 Rules for Clerkship Success, has an extensive chapter that will prepare you for this clerkship. Read pages 7 and 8 of the first chapter for more information.
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Pediatrics Clerkship: 101 Biggest Mistakes And How To Avoid Them
Important Information for the Aspiring Pediatrician
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Which primary care specialty? Factors that relate to a choice of family medicine, internal medicine, combined internal medicine-pediatrics, or pediatrics.
The impact of osteopathic physicians' participation in ACGME-accredited postdoctoral programs, 1985-2006
Physician career satisfaction within specialties
Money, lifestyle, or values? Why medical students choose subspecialty rather than general pediatric careers.
What makes a great clinical teacher in pediatrics? Lessons learned from the literature