Children are 23 percent of the U.S. population, yet pediatrics drew just 8.1 percent of matched medical residents in 2025, down from 8.8 percent in 2021, according to the Children’s Hospital Association.
For children’s hospitals, that shortfall becomes a daily operational problem. Shortages in highly specialized pediatric roles, tougher recruitment, tighter budgets and rising care demands all compound at once and some pediatric subspecialist vacancies now stretch past 12 months.
In this session, executives from leading children’s hospitals share how they are building workforce strategies that hold up under real pressure.
You’ll learn:
- The workforce challenges unique to children’s hospitals, from pediatric specialty shortages to recruitment barriers and long-term sustainability
- Innovative approaches to workforce planning, talent acquisition, retention and staffing model design
- Real-world perspectives from children’s hospital leaders on staffing for rising specialized demand