PAG Over Pastries: Who Are the Listeners of a Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology Podcast?

Education in pediatric and adolescent gynecology (PAG) is limited across medical training programs and existing educational PAG content may not be easily accessible to those outside the field. Podcasts have become an efficient modality to broadly provide medical education. This report is an early description of the reach and listener characteristics of an educational PAG podcast.

In January 2025, a monthly educational PAG podcast ("PAG Over Pastries"), based on the 2024 NASPAG Essential of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology textbook, was created by a PAG fellow and attending physician. Members of the North American Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology (NASPAG) were recruited as volunteer speakers. Between April and December 2025, a cross-sectional survey assessed podcast discovery sources, preferred listening platforms, career stages and specialties, and NASPAG membership status. Survey data was summarized descriptively. This project did not constitute human subject research per institutional determination.

As of March 2026, 18 episodes were released with over 3600 downloads. Thirty-one listeners completed the survey. Most respondents discovered the podcast through the NASPAG listserv (41.9%). Preferred platforms were Spotify (38.7%) and Apple Podcast (38.7%). Respondents represented a full range of career stages, from students to senior attendings, and junior attendings were the most represented (29.0%). Respondents' specialties included PAG (35.5%), adolescent medicine (25.8%), obstetrics/gynecology (22.6%), and pediatrics (6.5%). Most respondents were NASPAG members (74.1%).

"PAG over Pastries" reached a multidisciplinary audience across career stages and specialties. The early engagement with this podcast suggests interest in a new PAG educational resource.