what's the difference between family practice doctor, pediatrician, and you? do you all do the same training for kids? Are you a pediatrician or not...critical care specialist?

thank you, renee v Monroe, MI

That's a good question, and a lot of people ask it.

Family practice docs are trained in taking care of the whole family, Pediatricians concentrate on just taking care of children. Pediatric critical care specialists are trained in general pediatrics and then trained more on critically ill children.

Different training (residency) programs have different requirements. I have tried to summarize the approximate amount of training each specialty gets during its residency training in pediatrics.

It's important to get a doctor who is board certified, and whom you trust.

As for me...I am trained as a Pediatrician and as a pediatric critical care specialist. I was in pediatric critical care from 1991 until 2000. But, I now have my own office and concentrate more on general pediatrics.

Thank you for your question. Dr. Mike

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