Abstract
Background: Many children are suffering from food allergy, however, not all of them are treated properly by pediatricians based on the latest practice guideline. The guideline does not recommend excessive elimination diet, but suggests initial appropriate skincare treatment before examining candidate allergens for food-allergy-patients with atopic dermatitis. We developed and evaluated a curriculum for continuing medical education for pediatrician about food allergy. Methods: We provided a medical educational program for pediatricians at the Division of Allergy in National Center for Child Health and Development, from January 2013 to January 2014. The program was aimed to improve their behavior in the management of food allergy, if they excessively eliminated diet from the patients and did not treat atopic dermatitis appropriately. The program was constituted of SBOs and educational strategy. Participant's self evaluation of learning and that of behavior were carried out before and after the training, and their scores were analyzed for the program evaluation. Results: Thirty-five participants completed the program. All the scores rating 22 items for evaluation of learning were increased. Five items out of 7 about evaluation of behavior were significantly improved. Conclusion: We developed a medical educational program about food allergy for pediatricians. After training based on this program, the participants' knowledge and skills were improved and their behavior was desirably modified.
