Duration: 00:25:03
Inspiring the Next Generation of Academic Pediatricians: We All Play a Role in the Solution
Workforce shortages are real and solutions addressing the causes are years in the making.
In this critical conversation by the Child Health Advisory Council (CHAC), members discuss:
– the obvious and obscure issues impacting student and resident decisions
– sharper declines in MD vs DO students
– Foreign Medical Graduate subspecialty decisions
At the end of this conversation, you’ll have strategies and best practices to incorporate into student and trainee experiences to help mitigate some of the issues impacting shortages.
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Watch the Conversation.
Topic Resources.
Expert Opinion: How to Fight the Pediatric Specialist Shortage, D-Magazine, April 3, 2025, Wesley Millican
Pediatric Workforce Shortages Persist in 2024, Children’s Hospital Association, 2024.
Why Are Fewer U.S. MD Graduates Choosing Pediatrics, Bridget Balch, AAMC News, Sept. 2024.
The Pediatric Workforce: Recent Data Trends, Questions and Challenges for the Future, Robert J. Vinci, MD, AAP Publications, June 2021.
Meet the Panel.
Wesley D. Millican, MBA
CEO and Physician Talent Officer
Craig Hillemeier, MD
Pediatric Gastroenterologist
Danielle Laraque-Arena, MD, FAAP
Child Abuse Pediatrics
Valerie Opipari, MD
Pediatric
Hematologist/Oncologist
Bruder Stapleton, MD
Pediatric Nephrologist
Arnold (Arnie) Strauss, MD
Pediatric Cardiologist
View the Child Health Advisory Council’s bios. Click here.
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