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Low-value health care is pervasive in the United States, and clinicians need to be trained to be stewards of health care resources. Despite a mandate by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education to educate trainee physicians on cost awareness, only 10% of pediatric residency programs have a high-value care (HVC) curriculum. To meet this need, we set out to develop and evaluate the impact of High-Value Pediatrics, an open-access HVC curriculum. High-Value Pediatrics is a 3-part curriculum that includes 4 standardized didactics, monthly interactive morning reports, and an embedded HVC improvement project. Curriculum evaluation through an anonymous, voluntary survey revealed an improvement in the self-reported knowledge of health care costs, charges, reimbursement, and value (P < .05). Qualitative results revealed self-reported behavior changes, and HVC improvement projects …