Special articlePediatric Workforce: A Look at Adolescent Medicine Data from the American Board of Pediatrics
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Methods
As described in the initial report, the ABP uses 3 primary methods to collect and maintain data about workforce numbers: tracking of residents and fellows, examination application surveys, and continual maintenance of the ABP master database as individuals become certified.
Tracking for first-year fellows began in 1995. By the 1997-1998 academic year, all subspecialty fellows in all training levels were tracked. In 2005, the ABP contacted all accredited adolescent medicine training programs in
Adolescent Medicine Fellow Tracking
Table I provides the number of fellows in training since the 1997-1998 academic year, with a breakdown by sex and medical school. Although the number of fellows enrolled in adolescent medicine has increased by 24.5% since 1997, there was 10.8% drop in total trainees from 2004 to 2005. The total percentage of women fellows is at a current peak of 83.3%. Since 1997, the total percentage of American Medical School Graduates (AMG) fellows has increased from 74.1% to 87.9%.
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Discussion
Although many studies have projected physician workforce needs, it was not until the Future of Pediatric Education II (FOPE II) task force report that a recent and detailed study focused exclusively on pediatrics, both at the generalist and subspecialty levels.3, 4
As aforementioned, the number of adolescent medicine physicians in training (training years 1-3) decreased by 10.8% from the previous year, with the number of adolescent medicine physicians entering training decreasing from 24 to 19
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