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| Title: |
PediatricEducation.org |
| Url: |
https://pediatriceducation.org/ |
| Creator: |
D\'Alessandro, Michael
D’Alessandro, Donna M.
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| Publisher: |
PediatricEducation.org
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Description:
The hypothesis is that residents, fellows, and staff physicians practicing pediatrics can broaden and deepen their pediatric knowledge through the use of a continuing pediatric education program delivered daily in small granules and integrated into their workflow in the form of pediatric cases. Over time, these cases will aggregate into an unstructured curriculum of pediatric topics that will closely parallel the structured curriculum of a pediatric residency, fellowship, and continuing medical education program. Engaging in discussions related to these cases will also result in the development of educational collaborative relationships. To place the learning in a clinical context, each case begins with a question, and the case is then used to illustrate and discuss the question, thus creating a form of situated learning that is focused on the discussion that occurs at a higher level after the diagnosis is made. A new pediatrics case is being added weekly and in the first 18 months there were 75 cases are available covering all age ranges (including fetal medicine and young adults) and all specialties (e.g., allergy, genetics, travel medicine, dentistry, ethics). The symptoms covered were 67/127 (51%) and the diseases/problems covered were 94/707 (13.3%). Qualitative analysis of 100 user-submitted comment forms (in 2005) showed visitors representing the spectrum of learners from students to residents and fellows to pediatric health care providers (i.e. nurses, nurse practitioners, physicians) to professors in the domains of emergency medicine, family medicine, pathology, pediatrics, and radiology. The visitors used the site to answer clinical questions, to help them prepare for lectures, conferences, and informal teaching sessions, and as a self-directed learning tool for helping them to stay up-to-date and to help prepare for examinations. Additions based on the evaluation include: explicit documentation of ACGME competencies highlighted by the cases; addition of patient information prescriptions from MEDLINEplus; and addition of Google news searches to highlight the social/community context of a disease/problem, etc. Future plans include: formal documentation of ACGME competencies; evaluation of use in other educational venues; offering continuing medical education credit; and implementing a learning community - "group of people who share the same concern or passion for something they do and learn how to do it better as they interact regularly." |
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| LC Classification: |
Education -- Special aspects of education -- Types of education -- Competency based education
Education -- Theory and practice of education -- Teaching (Principles and practice) -- Problem-based learning
Medicine -- Medicine (General) -- Medical education. Medical schools
Medicine -- Pediatrics -- Examinations. Diagnosis -- Special diagnostic methods, A-Z -- Radiography
Medicine -- Pediatrics -- Study and teaching
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| GEM Subject: |
Health
Vocational Education
Health -- Technology
Health -- Body systems and senses
Health -- Family life
Vocational Education -- Allied health occupations
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| Date Issued: |
2003-01-01 |
| Resource Type: |
Collection
Reference Material
Instructional Material
Instructional Material -- Case Study
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| Format: |
Document -- HTML
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| Audience: |
Educator
Learner
Professional/Practitioner
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| Education Level: |
Higher Education
Higher Education -- Graduate/Professional
Higher Education -- Undergraduate (Lower Division)
Higher Education -- Undergraduate (Upper Division)
Vocational/Professional Development Education
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| Language: |
English
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| Rights: |
Donna M. D'Alessandro, M.D. and Michael P. D'Alessandro, M.D. |
| Access Rights: |
Free access
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| Source: |
HEAL
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| Full Record Views: |
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| Resource URL Clicks: |
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| Cumulative Rating: |
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