Published online April 1, 2005
PEDIATRICS Vol. 115 No. 4 April 2005, pp. 1210-1211 (doi:10.1542/peds.2004-2825W)
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SUPPLEMENT ARTICLE

Summary

Errol R. Alden, MD, FAAP* and James A. Stockman, III, MD, FAAP{ddagger}

* American Academy of Pediatrics, Elk Grove Village, Illinois
{ddagger} American Board of Pediatrics, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

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Anne E. Dyson, MD, was a pediatrician with a vision that pediatric residents would come out of their training programs equipped with the tools, knowledge, and experience necessary to improve child health within communities. She knew that for her vision to become reality, however, pediatric residents would need active, intentional training on the concepts of community pediatrics, which would require some fundamental changes in the way pediatricians are trained in this country. To that end, under her direction, the Dyson Foundation launched the Anne E. Dyson Community Pediatrics Training Initiative in 1999. The preceding articles in this supplement are evidence that, thanks to this bold and innovative initiative, Dr Dyson's vision is well on its way to becoming reality.

Although the articles contain much valuable information, there are major points that are particularly noteworthy. Where pediatricians once dealt with the classic and new morbidities, we now care for patients and families affected by millennial . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Address correspondence to Errol R. Alden, MD, FAAP, American Academy of Pediatrics, 141 Northwest Point Blvd, Elk Grove Village, IL 60007. ealden@aap.org