Matthew M Sattler, Elizabeth H Ristagno, Juri Boguniewicz, Yasaman Fatemi, Hassan Jamal, Diego Cruz-Vidal, Simon Parzen-Johnson
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Abstract
We conducted a national survey of current pediatric infectious diseases (PID) fellows and PID fellowship graduates from the past 10 years to assess satisfaction with existing PID initial certifying exam preparatory materials. Satisfaction with existing resources was low. The most desired new resource was additional board-style questions.
期刊介绍:
The Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (JPIDS), the official journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, is dedicated to perinatal, childhood, and adolescent infectious diseases.
The journal is a high-quality source of original research articles, clinical trial reports, guidelines, and topical reviews, with particular attention to the interests and needs of the global pediatric infectious diseases communities.