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Policy & Advocacy

PEDIATRIC READINESS ASSESSMENT PORTAL REOPENS

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Author: Kathleen Brown, MD – Children’s National Health System

The National Pediatric Readiness (Peds Ready) assessment portal has reopened! Recall that the electronic assessment was first released in late 2013 and sent to approximately 5,000 emergency departments (ED) within the U.S. and its territories. An overwhelming 82% of America’s hospitals participated in the Peds Ready online assessment.

Since its reopening on November 1, 2015, more than 175 hospitals have participated in the reassessment. Many who took the assessment in 2013 are completing the reassessment to measure their progress in becoming ready for children. Other hospitals have joined this important initiative for the first time. read more

Education

Teaching vs Clinical Productivity: A Zero Sum Gain?

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Michael Greenwald, MD  FACEP, FAAP
Associate Professor, Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine
Emory University/Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta

It’s déjà vu all over again.  Each winter we (or at least some of us) seem genuinely shocked at how busy it’s become in the ED.  We get to enjoy a brief respite over the winter holidays and then the surge returns until that last RSV prion fades in the spring.  And just as we find ourselves in “battle mode” for the onslaught of febrile children with their insidious runny noses and ever present coughs, our affection for teaching trainees seems to wane. read more

Pediatric Emergency Medicine Committee

AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE COMMITTEE

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Tuesday, October 27, 2015
Boston Convention and Exhibit Center, Room 162 A, B
9:00 — 10:30 am Eastern

— Meeting Minutes —

Committee Members Attending
Madeline Joseph, MD, FACEP (Chair) • Michael Gerardi, MD, FACEP • Lee Benjamin, MD, FACEP (out-going Chair) • Debra Perina, MD, FACEP (Board Liaison) • Jeff Bullard-Berent, MD, FACEP (Pediatric EM Section Chair) • Chris Amato, MD, FACEP • Jahn Avarello, MD, FACEP • Alex Aroyo (guest) • Steve Baldwin, MD • Kathleen Brown, MD, FACEP • Paul Eakin, MD • Phillip Friesen, DO • Marianne Gausche-Hill, MD, FACEP • Alan Heins, MD• Douglas Holtzman, MD, FACEP, FAAP • James (Jim) Homme, MD • Tim Horezcko, MD • Paul Ishimine, MD, FACEP • Carrie Karsters (guest) • Sharon Mace, MD, FACEP• Kurtis Mayz, JD, MD, MBA • Jennifer Mitzman (guest) • Lauren Olivera, DO • Audrey Paul, MD, PhD • Dennis Pauze, MD, FACEP • Nadia Pearson, DO • Emory Petrack, MD • David Rayburn, MD, MPH • Josh Rocker, MD, FAAP, FACEP • Emily Rose, MD • Tim Ruttan, MD • Moh Saidinejad, MD
Joelle Simpson, MD, MPH • Mike Stoner, MD • Jonathan Valente, MD, FACEP • Jessica Wall, MD • Muhammad Waseem, MD, MS • Dale Woolridge, MD, PhD, FACEP • Lindsay Peters, ACEP Staff • Dan Sullivan, ACEP Staff read more

Policy & Advocacy

Pediatric Readiness Partners Move Forward with Phase II Activities

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Author: Kathleen Brown, MD – Children’s National Health System

Representatives from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP), and the Emergency Nurse Association (ENA) have launched new initiatives to help facilitate pediatric emergency department (ED) readiness. Their efforts will support and strengthen national and state activities of the Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC) Program, which are moving full speed ahead based on recent data analysis from the 2013 National Pediatric Readiness (Peds Ready) Project assessment. read more

Education

A Model for Every Occasion

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Michael Greenwald, MD  FACEP

Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine

Emory University/Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta

A new academic year is upon us and that means brand new students and interns who rotate through the emergency department with a variety of backgrounds, skills, comfort and interests.  To some this may cause a flare-up of acid reflux; but I love this time of year.  The new learners are eager and optimistic and each new face represents a puzzle.  What kind of learner do I have? Moreover – what approach should I take when trying to make the most out of each patient encounter. read more