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PEDIATRICS Vol. 106 No. 5 Supplement November 2000, pp. 1173-1174

Introduction

Russell W. Chesney, MD, FAAP

Holly J. Mulvey, MA

Jimmy L. Simon, MD, FAAP

Errol R. Alden, MD, FAAP

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Introduction

Each generation grapples with challenges and opportunities that are both inherited and uniquely new. Pediatrics, at the close of the 20th century, was no different. The pediatric community embraced the challenge of providing optimal health care to all infants, children, adolescents, and young adults by addressing the educational needs of all providers of pediatric health care. Through The Future of Pediatric Education II (FOPE II) Project, the opportunity was presented to evaluate the current state of pediatric education and to make recommendations for the future.

The FOPE II Project was a 3-year, grant-funded initiative, and a Project of the entire pediatric community. The 32 pediatrician leaders who came together under the aegis of the FOPE II Project used as their foundation the report of the first FOPE Task Force (1978). There were 3 overarching goals:

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