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To the Editor: Reading medical journals is an important way to become informed of advances in clinical practice.^1-4 I studied the methods, including reading medical literature, by which pediatric educators remain informed of advances in medical education.

Methods

I conducted a survey of all the members of the Council on Medical Student Education in Pediatrics (COMSEP), as listed in the 1999 directory. The COMSEP is a national cohort of pediatric educators that includes all the directors of undergraduate pediatric education at all US medical schools. In addition to a director of undergraduate education, most medical schools have another COMSEP representative who is usually a physician with substantial responsibility for medical education; a few schools have 3 representatives. Of the COMSEP members listed in the 1999 directory, 97.8% were physicians. A 12-item questionnaire was developed, pilot tested among a group of COMSEP members, and then modified for use in this study. Respondents . . . [Full Text of this Article]