Helping Our Toddlers, Developing Our Children's Skills: Innovative Behavioral Management Training for Pediatric Residents

Abstract

This article describes the implementation of a behavioral management training program into pediatric and combined medicine-pediatric residencies at a large urban academic medical center in southwest Florida. We describe 2 modalities for training residents in effective behavioral modification strategies immediately useable in pediatric practice. Results indicate that residents significantly increased their knowledge of effective, evidence-based strategies and continued to use them 6 to 12 months following completion of the training.

Keywords: Behavior; Childhood; Development; Pediatrics; Resident.