Graduate Medical Education in Pediatrics : From Basic Processes to True Innovation

This book is a wide-ranging and comprehensive overview of pediatric residency education including  specific administrative and educational best practices. As programs navigate new accreditation rules, evolving recruitment practices including signaling, and changes in assessment and program evaluation, pediatric residency leaders are confronting a period of extraordinary change. This book brings together national leaders in medical education to offer essential guidance and actionable solutions that help programs adapt, innovate, and excel.

The volume provides a thorough guide to designing, implementing, and advancing pediatric residency programs. Covering foundational structures, program design, recruitment, curriculum development, assessment, and resident support, it equips educators with practical strategies to develop a high-performance program. The final sections explore faculty development and future innovations, making this a vital resource for shaping the next generation of pediatric residency programs.

Graduate Medical Education in Pediatrics: From Basic Processes to True Innovation is an invaluable resource for pediatric residency program directors, faculty, clinic and hospital managers, residency coordinators, hospital leadership, department and medical school leadership, and resident physicians who are interested in pursuing a career in pediatric education. In addition, much of this book will be of interest to pediatric fellowship directors and combined training directors, such as med-peds program directors.

The editors have a wide range of experiences and national standing in pediatrics and graduate medical education. All editors have served 7 or more years as Pediatric Residency Program Directors.

Heather McPhillips, MD, MPH, FAAP

Vice Dean for Academic Affairs
Professor, Department of Pediatrics
UW School of Medicine
Dr. McPhillips served as Associate Program Director (13 years) and Program Director (8 years) for the pediatric residency program at University of Washington and Seattle Children’s Hospital before becoming Associate Dean for Curriculum for the University of Washington School of Medicine (UWSOM) in 2021. After four years in that role, she was appointed the Vice Dean for Academic Affairs for the UWSOM.  She is current Chair of the Residency Review Committee for Pediatrics for the Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) and a former member of the Board of the Association of Pediatric Program Directors (APPD).

Patricia Poitevien, MD, MSc, FAAP
Vice President for Campus Life
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Brown University
Immediate Past President, Association of Pediatric Program Directors
Dr. Poitevien served as Program Director for the pediatric residency program at New York University Grossman School of Medicine (5 years), Program Director for the pediatric residency program at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University (4 years) and then as Senior Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University (3 years) before becoming Vice President for Campus Life at Brown University. She is the Immediate Past-President of the Association of Pediatric Program Directors (APPD).

Joanna Lewis, MD
Director, Pediatric Residency Program
Advocate Children’s Hospital – Park Ridge

Dr. Lewis serves as Program Director (since 2014) for the pediatric residency program at Advocate Children’s Hospital. She is the current Vice-Chair of the Residency Review Committee for Pediatrics for the Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) and a current member of the Board of the Association of Pediatric Program Directors (APPD).

Rebecca Blankenburg, MD, MPH
Clinical Professor, Pediatric Hospital Medicine

Associate Dean of Graduate Medical Education
Designated Institutional Official

Stanford School of Medicine

Dr. Blankenburg served as the Pediatrics Residency Associate Program Director (6 years), Program Director (7 years), Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellowship Director (3 years), Associate Chair of Education in Pediatrics (8 years), and Assistant Dean for Graduate Medical Education (2 years) before becoming the Associate Dean of GME and Designated Institutional Official for Stanford School of Medicine. She is a Past President of the Association of Pediatric Program Directors (APPD).