Creation and Dissemination of a Multispecialty Graduate Medical Education Curriculum in Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology: The North American Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology Resident Education Committee Experiences

Resident Education Curriculum in Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology: The Short Curriculum 2.0

“…In 2017, the NASPAG Resident Education Committee published a description of the collaborative process of the creation of this committee as well as the drafting and dissemination of the Short Curriculum, Long Curriculum, and additional tools for resident education in PAG. 13 After publication of the Short Curriculum, the committee completed a prospective study of its use in US Ob/Gyn residency programs without PAG faculty. This study showed that significant PAG deficiencies exist in these programs, and that the use of the Short Curriculum improved selfreported knowledge in PAG.…”

Resident Education in Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology

“…In this issue of the Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, Wheeler and colleagues present the rationale for the development of a multispecialty graduate medical education PAG curriculum, and describe the processes by which the committee developed the curriculum. 1 Many residency programs in pediatrics as well as in obstetrics and gynecology do not have the advantage of a setting in which there is a dedicated and trained PAG faculty member, and even if there is a PAG service, residents might have limited opportunity to evaluate and treat pediatric patients, and might not have a formalized PAG curriculum. The Council on Resident Education in Obstetrics and Gynecology (CREOG) educational objectives, the objectives of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education program requirements for graduate medical education in adolescent medicine all specify PAG learning objectives.…”