Journal ArticleJ Surg Res · June 2024
INTRODUCTION: Trauma is the leading cause of death and disability in children. Differences in mechanism, injury pattern, severity, and physiology in this population distinguish pediatric trauma patients from adults. Educational techniques including simulat ...
Full textLink to itemCite
Journal ArticleSurgery · December 2023
BACKGROUND: Pediatric traumas are often high-acuity but are low-frequency compared to adult trauma activations. This is reflected in the relatively limited experience with these events during training. Although some principles of trauma resuscitation are s ...
Full textLink to itemCite
Journal ArticleJ Surg Res · November 2023
INTRODUCTION: Most injured children receive trauma care outside of a pediatric trauma center. Differences in physiology, dosing, and injury pattern limit extrapolation of adult trauma principles to pediatrics. We compare US trauma center experience with pe ...
Full textLink to itemCite
Journal ArticleJ Surg Educ · 2022
OBJECTIVE: We describe a novel approach to promoting medical student learning and engagement during trauma resuscitation with implementation of a structured observation and debriefing tool. DESIGN: In the context of a multifaceted quality improvement effor ...
Full textLink to itemCite
Journal ArticlePediatr Emerg Care · December 1, 2021
OBJECTIVES: Bundled pediatric sepsis care has been associated with improved outcomes in tertiary pediatric emergency departments. Sepsis care at nontertiary sites where most children seek emergency care is not well described. We sought to describe the rate ...
Full textLink to itemCite
Journal ArticleBMC Med Educ · January 19, 2021
BACKGROUND: POCUS is a growing field in medical education, and an imaging modality ideal for children given the lack of ionizing radiation, ease of use, and good tolerability. A 2019 literature review revealed that no US pediatric residency programs integr ...
Full textLink to itemCite
Journal ArticleJ Pediatr · April 2018
OBJECTIVES: To assess whether the risk of missed clinician diagnosis of pediatric sepsis requiring care in the intensive care unit (ICU) was greater in community vs tertiary pediatric emergency care settings with sepsis pathways. STUDY DESIGN: An observati ...
Full textLink to itemCite
Journal ArticleAnat Sci Educ · 2014
The teaching of gross anatomy has, for centuries, relied on the dissection of human cadavers, and this formative experience is known to evoke strong emotional responses. The authors hypothesized that the phenomenon of cadaver naming is a coping mechanism u ...
Full textLink to itemCite