Workgroup: Redesign Education

Lead: Becky Blankenburg, MD, MPH
Stanford University
Assistant Dean of Graduate Medical Education
Associate Chair of Education in Pediatrics
Past President of the Association of Pediatric Program Directors (APPD)

Goal: Enhance education, training, recruitment and retention in order to attract diverse, high quality trainees into Pediatrics and Pediatric subspecialities.

Topic Areas

Early exposure to pediatrics and our subspecialties
Explore innovative models for education in UME
Targeted early recruitment of a diverse workforce
Pediatric role models
Expand UME opportunities in pediatric research
Clerkship length
Fellowship length