While pediatric residents gain valuable knowledge and skills through clinical experiences, formal educational conferences are crucial to ensure adequate preparation for the ABP Certifying Exam. At our institution, which trains over 190 pediatric residents each year, educational conferences were not systematically evaluated and hence feedback was inconsistently provided to presenters.

Many academic hospitals have created satellite locations to meet needs of growing communities. Video conferencing or telemedicine has increasingly been used to address challenges of growth such as increasing subspecialty consultation demands. Similar limitations exist in providing core resident education at these locations. Conference series may not easily be reproduced for small numbers of off-site residents, leading to either abandonment of traditional conferences when off-site or replacement with alternative experiences.