TABLE 1.

Subspecialty topics rated as more important to resident education

Subspecialty topic	Residents rating topic as more important (n=27)	Programs viewed as placing more importance on topic (n=127)	PD rating topic as more important (n=10)
Areas in which recent graduates felt deficient
Cardiology	99	94	100
Endocrinology	98	80	100
Infectious diseases	97	83	100
Respirology	97	81	100
Neurology	96	85	100
Emergency	95	92	100
Neonatology	95	99	100
Gastroenterology	94	86	100
Nephrology	92	76	90
Development	92	85	100
Hematology & oncology	91	88	100
Areas in which recent graduates felt competent
Nutrition	78	21	70
Dermatology	75	18	50

Data presented as %. Column 1 lists the subspecialty topics felt to be most important by residents themselves; column 2 indicates the actual percentage of residents rating these topics as more important (only those topics rated as more important by at least 75% of residents have been displayed). Column 3 shows the percentage of programs perceived by residents to place more importance in these subspecialty areas. Column 4 lists the percentage of program directors that rated these topics as more important to resident learning. The table is subdivided into two sections: the areas where recently graduated Canadian paediatricians felt deficient, and the areas in which they felt competent (as shown by Leiberman and Hilliard)(3). PD Paediatric residency program directors