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Vol. 17 - Num. 68

Brief Original Papers

Characteristics of Primary Care rotation of pediatric residents

María El Kadaoui Calvoa, M Gascón Garcíab, A Méndez-Echevarríac, Teresa del Rosal Rabesd

aPediatra. CS Arroyo de la Media Legua. Madrid. España.
bMIR-Pediatría. Hospital Universitario La Paz. Madrid. España.
cServicio de Pediatría, Enfermedades Infecciosas y Tropicales Pediátricas. Hospital Universitario La Paz. Madrid. España.
dServicio de Infectología Pediátrica. Hospital Universitario Infantil La Paz. Madrid. España.

Correspondence: M El Kadaoui. E-mail: mariolikc@hotmail.com

Reference of this article: El Kadaoui Calvo M, Gascón García M, Méndez-Echevarría A, del Rosal Rabes T. Characteristics of Primary Care rotation of pediatric residents. Rev Pediatr Aten Primaria. 2015;17:329-31.

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Abstract

Objective: to determine whether training in Primary Care (PC) during pediatric residency in the Autonomous Community of Madrid (ACM) follows the recommendations established in the Ministerial Order SCO 3148/2006: mandatory rotation with a minimum length of 3 months, being advisable to distribute it in two periods (R1-R2 and R3-R4).

Material and methods: a survey by telephone or e-mail was carried out and answered by a pediatric resident and supervised by an attending physician, tutor of residents. All ACM hospitals with accredited training in this speciality were included.

Results: in the ACM there are 19 hospitals with training in Pediatrics, and in all of them the rotation in PC is mandatory. In 58% (11/19) of them the rotation lasts for three months, being shorter in the rest. In 42% (8/19) of the cases, the rotation is divided into two periods, but only in 4 centers as recommended by the Ministerial Order.

Conclusions: only in one out of five hospitals in the ACM is PC training organized according to the Ministerial Order.

Keywords

Pediatrics Postgraduate education in Medicine Primary care Resident Training

 

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