A Modified Delphi Study for Curricular Content of Simulation-Based Medical Education for Pediatric Residency Programs.

Objective: We sought to establish core knowledge topics and skills that are important to teach pediatric residents using simulation-based medical education (SBME).

Methods: We conducted a modified Delphi process with experts in pediatric SBME. Content items were adapted from the American Board of Pediatrics certifying exam content and curricular components from pediatric entrustable professional activities (EPAs).

Employment Opportunities for Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship Trained Physicians in the United States.

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine (PCCM) training programs and trained fellows in the United State increased steadily without a corresponding increase in population growth. PCCM trainees worry about limited employment prospects. This study aimed to quantify the demand for PCCM trained physicians in the United States by prospectively tracking full-time employment opportunities over 12 months.

Expanding Faculty Development of Teaching Skills: A National Needs Assessment of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Faculty.

Objectives: High-quality clinical teaching is an essential element in preparing trainees to become independently competent clinicians. In order to better understand the context-specific faculty development needs of teaching faculty in a specific community, we sought to determine the self-reported teaching skill deficits of pediatric critical care medicine faculty and their preferences and motivations regarding faculty development to enhance their teaching.

Design: Modified Delphi technique was used to create an online survey in which respondents rated their need for education on a variety of teaching skills, their preferred learning modalities, and factors that motivate their participation in faculty development.

Burnout in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Fellows.

Objectives: Assess the overall level of burnout in pediatric critical care medicine fellows and examine factors that may contribute to or protect against its development.

Design: Cross-sectional observational study.

Setting: Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education-accredited pediatric critical care medicine fellowship programs across the United States.

Pediatric arterial catheters: Complications and associated risk factors.

Background/purpose: Arterial catheter complications are a common problem in a pediatric critical care setting, but reported complication rates and risk factors associated with peripheral arterial catheter complications vary. We conducted a retrospective cohort study to identify risk factors in a pediatric patient population.

Methods: We performed a detailed abstraction of provider notes in the electronic medical records of inpatients ≤18years of age who underwent arterial line placement between January 1, 2008 and January 1, 2013 at a university-affiliated standalone pediatric hospital.

Defining leadership competencies for pediatric critical care fellows: Results of a national needs assessment.

Introduction: Physicians in training, including those in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, must develop clinical leadership skills in preparation to lead multidisciplinary teams during their careers. This study seeks to identify multidisciplinary perceptions of leadership skills important for Pediatric Critical Care Medicine fellows to attain prior to fellowship completion.

Methods: We performed a multi-institutional survey of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine attendings, fellows, and nurses.

Risk factors for acquiring functional and cognitive disabilities during admission to a PICU*.

Objective: To describe the risk factors for acquiring functional or cognitive disabilities during admission to a PICU.

Design: Retrospective analysis of a multicenter PICU database.

Setting: Twenty-four PICUs in the Virtual PICU Performance System network from January 1, 2009, through December 31, 2010.