Medical Toxicology Education in Pediatrics Residency Training: Can It Be Improved?

Medical toxicology (MT) education in United States (US) pediatrics residency programs has not been described in over two decades; however, childhood poisonings account for over 1.2 million calls to US poison centers (PCs) annually [1], many of which are exploratory/unsupervised ingestions in young children that result in high rates of Emergency Department (ED) visits and hospitalizations [2, 3, 4]. As of 2020, poisoning and drug overdose are a leading cause of death in children and adolescents [5].

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