Design, Usability, and Acceptability of a Needs-Based, Automated Dashboard to Provide Individualized Patient-Care Data to Pediatric Residents.

Background And Objectives: Pediatric residency programs are required by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education to provide residents with patient-care and quality metrics to facilitate self-identification of knowledge gaps to prioritize improvement efforts. Trainees are interested in receiving this data, but this is a largely unmet need. Our objectives were to (1) design and implement an automated dashboard providing individualized data to residents, and (2) examine the usability and acceptability of the dashboard among pediatric residents.

COVID-19 Impact on Intern Exposure to Common Inpatient Diagnoses.

Objective: We sought to understand the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on the clinical exposure of pediatric interns to common pediatric inpatient diagnoses.

Methods: We analyzed electronic medical record data to compare intern clinical exposure during the COVID-19 pandemic from June 2020 through February 2021 with the same academic blocks from 2017 to 2020. We attributed patients to each pediatric intern on the basis of notes written during their pediatric hospital medicine rotation to compare intern exposures with common inpatient diagnoses before and during the pandemic.

COVID-19 Impact on Intern Exposure to Common Inpatient Diagnoses.

Objective: We sought to understand the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on the clinical exposure of pediatric interns to common pediatric inpatient diagnoses.

Methods: We analyzed electronic medical record data to compare intern clinical exposure during the COVID-19 pandemic from June 2020 through February 2021 with the same academic blocks from 2017 to 2020. We attributed patients to each pediatric intern on the basis of notes written during their pediatric hospital medicine rotation to compare intern exposures with common inpatient diagnoses before and during the pandemic.

Weakness, Anemia, and Neutropenia in a 9-Year-Old Girl With Influenza.

A previously healthy 9-year-old immigrant girl from Mexico was evaluated in the emergency department (ED) with one week of fatigue, fevers, rhinorrhea, and cough. She initially presented to her primary pediatrician, where a complete blood count revealed neutropenia, prompting referral to the ED. In the ED, she was found to be influenza A-positive.

Collaboration between Pediatric Primary Care Providers and Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists in Arkansas: Where to Start?

There is a considerable shortage of child and adolescent psychiatrists (CAPs) in Arkansas. Collaboration between pediatric primary care providers (PCPs) and CPSs is an innovative model of care that may address this shortage. A tiered model of collaboration, ranging from brief speciality consultation to intensive psychiatric services, may help with early treatment and expeansion of available services to a larger population.

The development of a competency-based assessment rubric to measure resident milestones.

Background: The outcomes-based assessment rubric is a novel systematic instrument for documenting improvement in clinical learning.

Approach: This article describes the development of a rubric aimed at introducing specific performance indicators to measure the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education competencies.

Results: The potential benefits and implications for medical education include specifying performance indicators and outcomes, ensuring that assessment is coherent and consistent for all residents, measuring resident outcomes based on real-life criteria, providing opportunities for residents to demonstrate proficiency in a specific competency and outcome level, and improving the quality of assessment.