Don't wait, vaccinate: evaluation of routine vaccination administration and reactogenicity in preterm infants.

Objective: To evaluate the incidence of cardiorespiratory events in preterm infants when administering the 2-month vaccine series all at once compared to spreading vaccines over multiple days.

Study Design: This single-center, retrospective cohort study from 2019-2022 included preterm neonates receiving 2-month vaccinations. The primary outcome was incidence of cardiorespiratory events from time of initial vaccine administration up to 48 h after final administration.

Zoom Objective Structured Clinical Exams: Virtually the Same as the Real Thing?

Objective: Objective structured clinical exams (OSCE) are used to train and assess resident foundational family-centered communication skills incorporating key stakeholders. In 2020 encounters were conducted virtually. We sought to compare standardized patient (SP) and family faculty (FF) assessment across OSCE and virtual OSCE (VOSCE) formats.

Teaching and Assessing Communication Skills in Pediatric Residents: How Do Parents Think We Are Doing?

Objective: Curricula designed to teach and assess the communication skills of pediatric residents variably integrates the parent perspective. We compared pediatric residents' communication skills in an objective structured clinical exam (OSCE) case as assessed by Family Faculty (FF), parents of pediatric patients, versus standardized patients (SP).

Methods: Residents participated in an OSCE case with a SP acting as a patient's parent.

Self-directed video versus instructor-based neonatal resuscitation training: a randomized controlled blinded non-inferiority multicenter international study.

Objective: To compare the efficacy of video-assisted self-directed neonatal resuscitation skills course with video-assisted facilitator-led course.

Methods: This multicenter, randomized, blinded, non-inferiority-controlled trial compared two methods of teaching basic neonatal resuscitation skills using mask ventilation. Groups of novice providers watched an instructional video.

Group B Streptococcus and the Vaginal Microbiota.

Background: Streptococcus agalactiae (group B Streptococcus [GBS]) is an important neonatal pathogen and emerging cause of disease in adults. The major risk factor for neonatal disease is maternal vaginal colonization. However, little is known about the relationship between GBS and vaginal microbiota.