Pediatric resident staff follow-up, 1958 to 1972: their present place of practice and activities.

Of 174 medical graduates who had undertaken residency training in pediatrics at the Health Centre for Children, Vancouver between 1958 and 1972, 156 replied to a questionnaire designed to determine their present activity. Excluding those still in training 58.4% are currently practising pediatrics, 28% are in family practice and 12.8% are in other areas of professional activity; 49% obtained a specialty degree in pediatrics and 5.4% obtained certification of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in another specialty. Of the total, 69% have remaind in Canada; of the Canadian graduates 83% have remained in this country, compared with 63.8% of graduates from other countries. Estimation of pediatric manpower requirements should take into account the anticipated increase in population, the pediatrician attrition rate, the contribution one province may provide for the rest of the country, and the fact that only approximately 60% of pediatric trainees will ultimately practise this specialty.