"You only see the rare problems in your pediatric residency training." "Residents are not being prepared for private pediatric practice." "They no longer teach you how to treat the common problems of children."
What resident in pediatrics at a teach ing institution has not heard these and related comments from visiting staff mem bers and from practitioners whom they meet ? Are these charges true, or are they, like so many other assertions in medi cine, opinions rather than facts ?
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