Pediatric Infectious Diseases Milestones: A Step in the Right Direction to Evaluate Subspecialty Learners

Sanya J Thomas; Marsha S Anderson; Elisabeth E Adderson; Laura Edgar; Donna Curtis; Sara W Dong; Yasaman Fatemi; Shaina M Hecht; Scott H James; Alice Lehman; Ian C Michelow; Norma Perez; Matthew M Sattler; Angela L Myers; Rachel Martin-Blais

doi:10.1093/jpids/piad085

Pediatric Infectious Diseases Milestones: A Step in the Right Direction to Evaluate Subspecialty Learners

J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2023 Nov 30;12(11):564-571. doi: 10.1093/jpids/piad085.

Authors

Sanya J Thomas^{1

2

3}, Marsha S Anderson^{3

4}, Elisabeth E Adderson^{3

5

6}, Laura Edgar^{3

7}, Donna Curtis^{3

4}, Sara W Dong^{3

8}, Yasaman Fatemi^{3

9}, Shaina M Hecht^{3

10}, Scott H James^{3

11}, Alice Lehman^{3

12}, Ian C Michelow^{3

13}, Norma Perez^{3

14}, Matthew M Sattler^{3

15}, Angela L Myers^{3

16}, Rachel Martin-Blais^{3

17}

Affiliations

¹ Host Defense Program, Section of Infectious Diseases, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA.
² Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH, USA.
³ Milestones 2.0 Work Group, Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), Chicago, IL, USA.
⁴ Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA.
⁵ Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.
⁶ Department of Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, Memphis, TN, USA.
⁷ The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), Chicago, IL, USA.
⁸ Division of Infectious Diseases, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA.
⁹ Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine and Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, USA.
¹⁰ Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Global Health, Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
¹¹ Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
¹² Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
¹³ Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Connecticut Children's and University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Hartford, CT, USA.
¹⁴ Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston - McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX, USA.
¹⁵ Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.
¹⁶ Division of Infectious Diseases, Children's Mercy Hospital, UMKC School of Medicine, Kansas City, MO, USA.
¹⁷ Section of Infectious Diseases, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA.

PMID: 37813092
DOI: 10.1093/jpids/piad085

Abstract

We share the work of the ACGME Pediatric Infectious Diseases Working Group in creating the Pediatric Infectious Diseases-Specific Milestones and discuss key considerations that lead to the reformation of competencies to better assess learners in Pediatric Infectious Diseases.

Keywords: competency; education; fellow; learner; milestone.

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MeSH terms

Accreditation
Child
Clinical Competence
Humans
Infectious Disease Medicine
Internship and Residency*