Evaluation of training of pediatric specialists

Regular audit of training of specialist physicians by means of comparable methods is a recommended means to take care of immediate quality assessment of the training. An audit group consisting of the professor of pediatrics at the University of Helsinki and professor of pediatrics at the University of Tampere, two clinical lecturers and two representatives of physicians specializing in pediatrics at the Children's Hospital together with an outside expert evaluates the common trunk belonging to specialization in pediatrics in teaching hospitals. The group stated that the recommendation for degree associated with specialist training is being followed in the hospitals, but the follow-up of the objectives and their implementation is insufficient.