Pediatrics In Review: Questions For The 41st Year

1. Joseph A. Zenel, MD*,† 1. * Editor-in-Chief , Pediatrics in Review 2. †Sanford Childrenu0027s Hospital, The Sanford School of Medicine, University of South Dakota, Sioux Falls, SD PIR is now in its 41st year. After last year’s publication of commentaries, blogs, and a supplement devoted to celebrating the past 40 years of the journal, what should PIR ’s next step be? Twenty years ago, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education described 6 core competencies in which practicing physicians should be skilled. One of those competencies is practice-based learning and improvement. At the end of PIR ’s inaugural year, forward-thinking founding editor Dr Robert Haggerty, intent on improving the journal, reflected on readers’ remarks. (1) Readers gave generally positive comments, and most readers appreciated the mix of review articles and abstracts of current studies. However, some just wanted new material, others solely the basics of standard general practice, and a few simply controversial topics. …