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- Title
Adolescent medicine during specialized paediatric training: the past, the present and the future.
- Authors
Cristóvão Ferreira, Ana; Videira da Silva, António; Freira, Sílvia; Fonseca, Helena
- Abstract
Paediatricians increasingly need to take care of adolescents, a life stage with specific needs, however many of them admit a limitation in their medical education regarding Adolescent Medicine. The objective of this paperwork is to evaluate the formative model adopted in the Department of Paediatrics, Hospital de Santa Maria, and assess the impact of the training in Adolescent Medicine. We surveyed the current Paediatric Residents and those who graduated as Paediatricians from the Department in the past five years, in order to get feedback on the one-month compulsory training at the Adolescent Medicine Division during their Residency. Both groups considered it as a very interesting/useful training. Paediatricians considered that the training had an insufficient duration, with statistical difference comparing to the current Residents' opinion. Conversely, Residents considered more often that the acquired competencies would be useful in their future clinical practice, when compared to Paediatricians. In order to potentiate learning and training during such a short period of time, a few changes were identified as beneficial to be implemented.
- Publication
International Journal of Adolescent Medicine & Health, 2021, Vol 33, Issue 3, p83
- ISSN
0334-0139
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1515/ijamh-2021-0006