TY - JOUR
T1 - Council of Pediatric Subspecialties (CoPS)
T2 - The first five years
AU - Mink, Richard
AU - Norwood, Victoria
AU - Degnon, Laura
AU - Harris, Christopher E.
AU - Kennedy, Chris
AU - Spicer, Robert
AU - Coury, Daniel
AU - Bale, James F.
PY - 2012/8
Y1 - 2012/8
N2 - The Council of Pediatric Subspecialties (CoPS) was founded in September 2006 largely due to concerns about the nonuniformity of the fellowship application process. Working with the pediatric subspecialty community, CoPS has been successful in promoting a uniform process with many more pediatric fellowship programs now using a matching program and the Electronic Residency Application Service. More important, the organization has created a bidirectional network of communication among the pediatric subspecialties and has used this to accomplish a great deal more than improving the entry of residents into subspecialty training. CoPS has provided a united voice for the subspecialties in response to the Institute of Medicine's Duty Hours report, participated in the development of educational conferences geared toward the subspecialist, promoted careers in the subspecialties, and worked with other pediatric organizations to advocate for improved health care for children. This article highlights CoPS' many achievements and describes the methods it used to accomplish them, illustrating how pediatric subspecialists can develop a communication network and use this to work together to achieve common goals.
AB - The Council of Pediatric Subspecialties (CoPS) was founded in September 2006 largely due to concerns about the nonuniformity of the fellowship application process. Working with the pediatric subspecialty community, CoPS has been successful in promoting a uniform process with many more pediatric fellowship programs now using a matching program and the Electronic Residency Application Service. More important, the organization has created a bidirectional network of communication among the pediatric subspecialties and has used this to accomplish a great deal more than improving the entry of residents into subspecialty training. CoPS has provided a united voice for the subspecialties in response to the Institute of Medicine's Duty Hours report, participated in the development of educational conferences geared toward the subspecialist, promoted careers in the subspecialties, and worked with other pediatric organizations to advocate for improved health care for children. This article highlights CoPS' many achievements and describes the methods it used to accomplish them, illustrating how pediatric subspecialists can develop a communication network and use this to work together to achieve common goals.
KW - CoPS
KW - Council of pediatric subspecialties
KW - Pediatric subspecialties
KW - Pediatrics
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U2 - 10.1542/peds.2011-2979
DO - 10.1542/peds.2011-2979
M3 - Review article
C2 - 22802604
AN - SCOPUS:84864511208
VL - 130
SP - 335
EP - 341
JO - Pediatrics
JF - Pediatrics
SN - 0031-4005
IS - 2
ER -