Is Neonatology Being Abandoned by the RRC and General Pediatrics

The neonatal grapevine seems to be growing with vigor these days. Fed by the rumor that there will be a new proposal by the Residency Review Committee (RRC) to limit the time of critical care training that pediatric house officers receive, the vine is sprouting with amazing vitality. "Critical care exposure" is reported to be limited to 5 of the 33 months of training that the house officers receive including the time spent in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), the pediatric intensive care unit, and the transplant service.