PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Menzin, Eleanor R.
TI  - Not Like They Used To: The Decline of Procedural Competency in Medical Training
AID  - 10.1370/afm.240309
DP  - 2025 Jan 01
TA  - The Annals of Family Medicine
PG  - 81--82
VI  - 23
IP  - 1
4099  - http://www.annfammed.org/content/23/1/81.short
4100  - http://www.annfammed.org/content/23/1/81.full
SO  - Ann Fam Med2025 Jan 01; 23
AB  - As a primary care pediatrician trained before work hour restrictions were enacted, I spent hours mastering procedures that trainees today rarely perform. The changing landscape of health care clinician roles, technology, and work hour restrictions have all contributed to a remarkable decline in trainees’ procedural competence which has significant negative effects for patients, health care systems, and physicians themselves. I suggest simulation, live training, mentoring, and scheduled opportunities as ways to reemphasize the importance of learning these technical skills.