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GUIDELINES
FOR COMBINED TRAINING
IN DERMATOLOGY AND PEDIATRICS
OBJECTIVES
Combined training in dermatology and pediatrics will allow the development of physicians who are fully qualified in both specialties.
Physicians completing this training should be competent dermatologists and pediatricians capable of focusing their professional activity
in either discipline. It is anticipated that many trainees will develop careers focused on dermatologic problems in children. The strengths
of the two residencies should complement each other to provide the optimal educational experience.
Combined training includes the components of independent pediatrics and dermatology residency programs that are accredited respectively by
the Residency
Review Committee for Pediatrics and by the Residency
Review Committee for Dermatology, both of which function under the
auspices of the Accreditation
Council for Graduate Medical Education. While combined training will not be independently accredited by
the RRCs and the ACGME, the continued approved accreditation status of the parent pediatrics and dermatology programs is essential for
the stability and continued approval of the combined training program in pediatrics and dermatology. Residents for combined training must
not be recruited if the accreditation status of either program is probationary or provisional. Proposals for combined residency training
programs must be submitted to and approved by the American Board of Pediatrics and the American Board of Dermatology before a candidate
can be accepted in the program.
The boards will
review training in each program approximately every five years.
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