Building Capacity for Community Pediatric Autism Diagnosis: A Systemic Review of Physician Training Programs

Conclusion: Training PCPs to make ASD diagnoses can yield high diagnostic agreement with specialty teams' assessments and reduce diagnostic wait times. Current data are limited by small sample size, poor to fair quality study methodology, and heterogenous study designs and outcome evaluations. Evidence is insufficient to draw conclusions about the overall effects of training PCPs for ASD diagnostic assessments. Since further research is still needed, this review highlights which outcomes are relevant to consider when evaluating the quality of ASD assessments across the continuum of approaches.
Source: Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics - Category: Child Development Tags: Review Article Source Type: research