Unique Considerations for Psychologists Working in Pediatric Critical Care

This chapter reviews the roles of pediatric psychologists in critical care settings. Assessment and intervention strategies are discussed while also highlighting the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration. Relevant literature is reviewed while also providing practical information regarding psychology practice in these complex settings. The authors summarize adverse psychiatric sequelae and risk factors during and after the critical care admission. The consultation and liaison roles of psychologists, including assessment and intervention, health promotion, interprofessional team support, and familial support through biopsychosocial and developmental frameworks, make a case for the value they bring to critical care teams. The chapter also reviews the key knowledge, skills, and attributes necessary for psychologists to function effectively within pediatric critical care settings.

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1292: CLINICIANS’ REFERRAL COMMUNICATION FOR INTERHOSPITAL PEDIATRIC CRITICAL CARE ADMISSION

Critical Care Medicine ◽

10.1097/01.ccm.0000811492.52186.ae ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 50 (1) ◽

pp. 647-647

Author(s):

Caitlin Thirnbeck ◽

Elizabeth Espinoza ◽

Elizabeth Beaman ◽

Kimberly Dukes ◽

Hardeep Singh ◽

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Keyword(s):

Critical Care ◽

Pediatric Critical Care ◽

Critical Care Admission

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Study examines the relevance and applications of the Institute of Medicine's quality aims on pediatric critical care

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e556152006-008 ◽

2006 ◽

Keyword(s):

Critical Care ◽

Pediatric Critical Care

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The Association of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Training Programs with Research Publication Productivity and Employment Outcomes of Their Graduates

Journal of Pediatric Intensive Care ◽

10.1055/s-0040-1721732 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Sonali Basu ◽

Robin Horak ◽

Murray M. Pollack

Keyword(s):

Critical Care ◽

Intensive Care ◽

Medical School ◽

Training Programs ◽

Fellowship Training ◽

Publication Productivity ◽

Research Publication ◽

Pediatric Critical Care ◽

Publication Success ◽

Fellowship Programs

AbstractOur objective was to associate characteristics of pediatric critical care medicine (PCCM) fellowship training programs with career outcomes of PCCM physicians, including research publication productivity and employment characteristics. This is a descriptive study using publicly available data from 2557 PCCM physicians from the National Provider Index registry. We analyzed data on a systematic sample of 690 PCCM physicians representing 62 fellowship programs. There was substantial diversity in the characteristics of fellowship training programs in terms of fellowship size, intensive care unit (ICU) bed numbers, age of program, location, research rank of affiliated medical school, and academic metrics based on publication productivity of their graduates standardized over time. The clinical and academic attributes of fellowship training programs were associated with publication success and characteristics of their graduates' employment hospital. Programs with greater publication rate per graduate had more ICU beds and were associated with higher ranked medical schools. At the physician level, training program attributes including larger size, older program, and higher academic metrics were associated with graduates with greater publication productivity. There were varied characteristics of current employment hospitals, with graduates from larger, more academic fellowship training programs more likely to work in larger pediatric intensive care units (24 [interquartile range, IQR: 16–35] vs. 19 [IQR: 12–24] beds; p < 0.001), freestanding children's hospitals (52.6 vs. 26.3%; p < 0.001), hospitals with fellowship programs (57.3 vs. 40.3%; p = 0.01), and higher affiliated medical school research ranks (35.5 [IQR: 14–72] vs. 62 [IQR: 32, unranked]; p < 0.001). Large programs with higher academic metrics train physicians with greater publication success (H index 3 [IQR: 1–7] vs. 2 [IQR: 0–6]; p < 0.001) and greater likelihood of working in large academic centers. These associations may guide prospective trainees as they choose training programs that may foster their career values.

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