Gaps in pediatric emergency medicine education of emergency medicine residents: A needs assessment of recent graduates

Background More than 90% of pediatric patients presenting to emergency departments (EDs) in the United States are evaluated and treated in community‐based EDs. Recent evidence suggests that mortality outcomes may be worse for critically ill pediatric patients treated at community EDs. The disparate mortality outcomes may be due to inconsistency in pediatric‐specific education provided to emergency medicine (EM) trainees during residency training. There are few studies surveying recently graduated EM physicians assessing perceived gaps in the pediatric emergency medicine (PEM) education they received during residency. Methods This was a prospective, survey‐based, descriptive cohort study of EM residency graduates from 10 institutions across the United States who were