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ReviewJournal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association2026

Farewell to PGY-6? Addressing the realities of pediatric fellowship training.

Satyan Lakshminrusimha, Clara Song, Robin H Steinhorn

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Review in Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Resuscitation of neonatal critical care: a call for identity and course correction.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Satyan LakshminrusimhaDepartment of Pediatrics, University of California at Davis, Sacramento, CA, USA. slakshmi@health.ucdavis.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6098-2155
Clara SongSouthern California Kaiser Permanente, Orange County, CA, USA.
Robin H SteinhornDepartment of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The shortages in pediatric subspecialist workforce are threatening care of children in the US. A prolonged residency plus fellowship of 6 years and relatively low salaries may discourage medical students from choosing pediatric fellowship training. To address this "subspecialty shortage," the American Board of Pediatrics (ABP) recently announced a fundamental shift toward competency-based medical education (CBME). This proposal reduces fellowship training duration to a two-year clinical track option. This change is likely to start as early as 2028. We propose an alternate approach that is similar in length (5-years) but with a shorter residency (2-years) and a three-year fellowship for procedural-based subspecialties in pediatrics, cardiology and intensive care fields, such as neonatal-perinatal medicine (NPM), and pediatric critical care medicine (PCCM).

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Competency-Based EducationEducation, Medical, GraduateFellowships and ScholarshipsInternship and ResidencyPediatricsCareer ChoiceHumansUnited States

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