Pediatric Workforce: A Look at Pediatric Infectious Diseases Data from the American Board of Pediatrics

This report, which is part of a series discussing workforce trends for general pediatrics and related subspecialty areas, highlights the American Board of Pediatrics’ (ABP) workforce data for pediatric infectious diseases. Readers are encouraged to read the initial report¹ in the series, because it provides information about general pediatrics and summary information about other ABP subspecialties. In 1994, pediatric infectious diseases became the 12th ABP subboard to offer a certification examination, with the first examination yielding 501 board-certified pediatric infectious diseases subspecialists. Today, approximately 1000 pediatricians have been certified by the ABP as pediatric infectious diseases physicians. The focus of this report is to provide a snapshot of the current ABP workforce data for this subspecialty. The full ABP workforce data are available on the ABP Web site at www.abp.org.

Abbreviations: ABP, American Board of Pediatrics, AMG, American Medical School Graduates, FOPE II, Future of Pediatric Education II