Pediatric Subspecialty Workforce 2024: State, Needs, Barriers, and Solutions

Chair(s)

• CD

  Christiane Dammann, MD (she/her/hers)

  Professor of Pediatrics
  Tufts Medical Center, Boston Children's Hospital
  Boston, Massachusetts, United States

  Slides
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  Barrett Fromme, MD, MHPE (she/her/hers)

  Professor of Pediatrics
  University of Chicago Division of the Biological Sciences The Pritzker School of Medicine
  Chicago, Illinois, United States
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  Maria Trent, MD, MPH (she/her/hers)

  Professor of Pediatrics, Public Health and Nursing
  Pediatrics
  Johns Hopkins University
  Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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  Satyan Lakshminrusimha, MD FAAP (he/him/his)

  Professor and Chair
  UC Davis Children's Hospital
  Sacramento, California, United States

Session

Description: Understanding the changing composition of the pediatric workforce is important for preparing for the growing demands of our pediatric population. Multiple factors impact the vitality of our workforce: First, inequity in physician salaries for adult vs pediatric care leading to prolonged student debts and lower lifetime earnings. Second, the pediatrics workforce is predominated by women, who face inequity in all areas of their career. Third, intersectionality prevents the needed diversity in the pediatric workforce. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine announced the forming of an ad hoc committee to examine pediatric subspecialty workforce trends related to health care needs of infants, children, and adolescents, and impact of those trends on child health and well-being.

Leaders of AAP, NMA, AMSPDC, ABP, NICHD, SPR, and APS will discuss:
1. Workforce vitality: How can the vitality of our workforce collaboratively be promoted. Who does need to sit at the table. Do we need state and federal policies to develop and support the pediatric workforce?
2. Gender/intersectionality: How can diversity of the pediatric population and geographic needs be mirrored by pediatric subspecialists and how can we promote women and minorities into pediatric leadership?
3. Work environment: How can we create a safe work environment, which is inclusive and healthy, that provids working parents with childcare, PFML, and part time work options?
4. Financing: How can we finance providing salaries to cover the debt burden (cost of training) and increase lifetime earning potential, which would increase the attrition of trainees into pediatric subspecialties?

Presentations:

• 2:00 PM – 2:10 PM ET

  Introduction
  

  Speaker: Christiane EL Dammann, MD (she/her/hers) – Tufts Medical Center, Boston Children's Hospital
• 2:10 PM – 2:20 PM ET

  The Pediatric Subspecialty Workforce 2024-Perspective of the AAP
  

  Speaker: Benjamin Hoffman, MD (he/him/his) – Oregon Health and Science University
• 2:20 PM – 2:30 PM ET

  The Pediatric Subspecialty Workforce 2024-Perspective of the NMA
  

  Speaker: William C. Golden, MD (he/him/his) – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
• 2:30 PM – 2:40 PM ET

  The Pediatric Subspecialty Workforce 2024-Perspective of AMSPDC
  

  Speaker: Joseph W. St. Geme, III, MD (he/him/his) – Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia
• 2:40 PM – 2:50 PM ET

  The Pediatric Subspecialty Workforce 2024-Perspective of the ABP
  

  Speaker: Laurel K. Leslie, MD, MPH (she/her/hers) – American Board of Pediatrics
• 2:50 PM – 3:00 PM ET

  The Pediatric Subspecialty Workforce 2024-Perspective of the NICHD
  

  Speaker: Karen Winer, MD (she/her/hers) – National Institutes of Health
• 3:00 PM – 3:10 PM ET

  The Pediatric Subspecialty Workforce 2024-Perspective of the SPR
  

  Speaker: Cristina M. Alvira, MD (she/her/hers) – Stanford University School of Medicine
• 3:10 PM – 3:20 PM ET

  The Pediatric Subspecialty Workforce 2024-Perspective of the APS
  

  Speaker: Catherine M. Gordon, MD, MS (she/her/hers) – Bethesda, MD