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PEDIATRICS Vol. 108 No. 6 December 2001, pp. 1388-1389

Clinical Auscultation Skills in Pediatric Residents

To the Editor—

We read with great interest the article by Gaskin et al entitled "Auscultation Skills in Pediatric Residents," published in Pediatrics.1 Their article is an important contribution to a growing list of studies2,3,4,5,6 describing the suboptimal cardiac auscultation skills among internal medicine, family practice, and pediatric residents. Of additional concern was the small number of pediatric residents (6 of 47) in the Gaskin study who chose a cardiology elective. In an era of competing demands and limited resources, the need to . . . [Full Text of this Article]