Helping Our Toddlers, Developing Our Children's Skills: Innovative Behavioral Management Training for Pediatric Residents

Heather Agazzi; Sarah Dickinson; Rebecca M Plant

doi:10.1016/j.yapd.2022.03.007

Helping Our Toddlers, Developing Our Children's Skills: Innovative Behavioral Management Training for Pediatric Residents

Adv Pediatr. 2022 Aug;69(1):13-21. doi: 10.1016/j.yapd.2022.03.007. Epub 2022 Jun 17.

Authors

Heather Agazzi¹, Sarah Dickinson², Rebecca M Plant³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics, University of South Florida, 13101 North Bruce B Downs Boulevard, CMS 2078, Tampa, FL 33612, USA. Electronic address: hcurtis@usf.edu.
² Department of Pediatrics, University of South Florida, 13101 North Bruce B Downs Boulevard, CMS 2078, Tampa, FL 33612, USA.
³ University of South Florida, Department of Neurology, 2 Tampa General Circle, 5007 Tampa, FL 33606, USA.

PMID: 35985705
DOI: 10.1016/j.yapd.2022.03.007

Abstract

This article describes the implementation of a behavioral management training program into pediatric and combined medicine-pediatric residencies at a large urban academic medical center in southwest Florida. We describe 2 modalities for training residents in effective behavioral modification strategies immediately useable in pediatric practice. Results indicate that residents significantly increased their knowledge of effective, evidence-based strategies and continued to use them 6 to 12 months following completion of the training.

Keywords: Behavior; Childhood; Development; Pediatrics; Resident.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Child
Child, Preschool
Curriculum
Humans
Internship and Residency*
Parent-Child Relations