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A Violence-Prevention Program Helps Teach Medical Students and Pediatric Residents About Childhood Aggression

Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, seth.scholer{at}vanderbilt.edu

Peter A. Brokish, MD

Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee

Anamika B. Mukherjee, MD

Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee

Joseph Gigante, MD

Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee

There were 65 third-year medical students and 59 pediatric residents who participated. The intervention was a 40-minute multimedia program that teaches how to counsel parents about childhood aggression. Comparing pre- and 2-month postintervention data, there was an increase in the proportion of medical students (11% pre vs 92% post; P < .001) and residents (3% pre vs 95% post; P < .001) who felt that their ability to counsel parents about hurtful behavior was high or very high. Compared with baseline, a higher proportion of trainees at the 2-month follow-up recommended redirecting (11% pre vs 69% post; P < .001), promoting empathy (13% pre vs 42% post; P < .001), and not using physical punishment (25% pre vs 50% post; P < .001). A brief, independently viewed curriculum addition expanded the repertoire of health care trainees related to counseling parents about childhood aggression. These findings have implications for violence prevention.

Key Words: violence prevention • medical education • childhood aggression

This version was published on November 1, 2008

Clinical Pediatrics, Vol. 47, No. 9, 891-900 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/0009922808319965


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