TABLE 2.

Subspecialty topics rated as less important to resident education

Subspecialty topic	Residents rating topic as less important (n = 127)	Programs viewed as placing less importance on topic (n = 127)	PD rating topic as less important (n=10)
Areas in which recent graduates felt deficient
Ophthalmology	74	93	60
Gynecology	69	92	60
ENT	59	89	40
Genetics	55	63	20
Orthopedics	49	83	60
Metabolic disease	48	64	50
Allergy & immunology	44	75	40
Child psychiatry	38	60	20
Adolescent medicine	33	42	0
Behavioral paediatrics	28	64	10
Dermatology	25	82	50
Areas in which recent graduates felt competent
General surgery	51	26	60
Rheumatology	38	67	30
Radiology	38	77	40

Data presented as %. Column 1 lists the subspecialty topics believed to be least important by residents themselves; column 2 indicates the actual percentage of residents rating these topics as less 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 less importance in these subspecialty areas. Column 4 lists the percentage of program directors that rated these topics as less 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]).ENT Ear, nose, and throat; PD Paediatric residency program directors