Time to stimulate, not limit, pediatric subspecialist training
Monday, May 9, 2011 - 09:00
in Health & Medicine
As Washington looks for ways to trim budget costs, one of the programs facing continued threats of cuts or elimination is the Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education (CHGME) Program, a program administered by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) that provides federal funds to freestanding children's hospitals to support pediatrician and resident training. A new commentary in the May Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine illustrates the critical need for continued funding of this vital program, which supports the training of more than 40 percent of all pediatricians and 43 percent of all pediatric subspecialists.