A Virtual Community of Practice: An International Educational Series in Pediatric Neurocritical Care

Jennifer C. Erklauer; Ajay X. Thomas; Sue J. Hong; Brian L. Appavu; Jessica L. Carpenter; Nicolas R. Chiriboga-Salazar; Peter A. Ferrazzano; Zachary Goldstein; Jennifer L. Griffith; Kristin P. Guilliams; Matthew P. Kirschen; Karen Lidsky; Marlina E. Lovett; Brandon McLaughlin; Jennifer C. Munoz Pareja; Sarah Murphy; Wendy O'Donnell; James J. Riviello; Michelle E. Schober; Alexis A. Topjian; Mark S. Wainwright; Dennis W. Simon; Pediatric Neurocritical Care Research Group

doi:10.3390/children9071086

Children (Jul 2022)

A Virtual Community of Practice: An International Educational Series in Pediatric Neurocritical Care

Jennifer C. Erklauer,
Ajay X. Thomas,
Sue J. Hong,
Brian L. Appavu,
Jessica L. Carpenter,
Nicolas R. Chiriboga-Salazar,
Peter A. Ferrazzano,
Zachary Goldstein,
Jennifer L. Griffith,
Kristin P. Guilliams,
Matthew P. Kirschen,
Karen Lidsky,
Marlina E. Lovett,
Brandon McLaughlin,
Jennifer C. Munoz Pareja,
Sarah Murphy,
Wendy O'Donnell,
James J. Riviello,
Michelle E. Schober,
Alexis A. Topjian,
Mark S. Wainwright,
Dennis W. Simon,
Pediatric Neurocritical Care Research Group

Affiliations

Jennifer C. Erklauer: Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Texas Children’s Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Ajay X. Thomas: Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Neurology and Developmental Neuroscience, Texas Children’s Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Sue J. Hong: Department of Pediatrics, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
Brian L. Appavu: Division of Neurology, Barrow Neurological Institute at Phoenix Children’s Hospital, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Phoenix, AZ 85004, USA
Jessica L. Carpenter: Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Neurology, University of Maryland Children’s Hospital, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Nicolas R. Chiriboga-Salazar: Department of Pediatrics, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
Peter A. Ferrazzano: Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA
Zachary Goldstein: Division of Critical Care, Barrow Neurological Institute at Phoenix Children’s Hospital, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Phoenix, AZ 85004, USA
Jennifer L. Griffith: Department of Neurology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA
Kristin P. Guilliams: Department of Neurology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA
Matthew P. Kirschen: Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Karen Lidsky: Department of Pediatric Critical Care, Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Florida Jacksonville and Wolfson Children’s Hospital, Jacksonville, FL 322007, USA
Marlina E. Lovett: Department of Pediatrics, Division of Critical Care Medicine, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43205, USA
Brandon McLaughlin: Department of Critical Care Medicine, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15224, USA
Jennifer C. Munoz Pareja: Department of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Miami Miller, Miami, FL 33136, USA
Sarah Murphy: Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital for Children, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Wendy O'Donnell: Department of Critical Care Medicine, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15224, USA
James J. Riviello: Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Neurology and Developmental Neuroscience, Texas Children’s Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Michelle E. Schober: Department of Pediatrics, Division of Critical Care of the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
Alexis A. Topjian: Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Mark S. Wainwright: Division of Neurology, Seattle Children’s Hospital, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98105, USA
Dennis W. Simon: Department of Critical Care Medicine and Pediatrics, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15224, USA
Pediatric Neurocritical Care Research Group: Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Texas Children’s Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/children9071086
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 7
p. 1086

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Pediatric neurocritical care (PNCC) is a rapidly growing field. Challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic on trainee exposure to educational opportunities involving direct patient care led to the creative solutions for virtual education supported by guiding organizations such as the Pediatric Neurocritical Care Research Group (PNCRG). Our objective is to describe the creation of an international, peer-reviewed, online PNCC educational series targeting medical trainees and faculty. More than 1600 members of departments such as pediatrics, pediatric critical care, and child neurology hailing from 75 countries across six continents have participated in this series over a 10-month period. We created an online educational channel in PNCC with over 2500 views to date and over 130 followers. This framework could serve as a roadmap for other institutions and specialties seeking to address the ongoing problems of textbook obsolescence relating to the rapid acceleration in knowledge acquisition, as well as those seeking to create new educational content that offers opportunities for an interactive, global audience. Through the creation of a virtual community of practice, we have created an international forum for pediatric healthcare providers to share and learn specialized expertise and best practices to advance global pediatric health.

Published in Children

ISSN: 2227-9067 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Medicine: Pediatrics
Website: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/children

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