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

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 Neuroc...

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Main Authors: 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
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Published: MDPI AG 2022-07-01
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/7/1086
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author 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
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Ajay X. Thomas
Sue J. Hong
Brian L. Appavu
Jessica L. Carpenter
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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
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description 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.
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spelling doaj.art-94cca62118234cb89cb9b106c486b5402023-12-03T14:51:37ZengMDPI AGChildren2227-90672022-07-0197108610.3390/children9071086A Virtual Community of Practice: An International Educational Series in Pediatric Neurocritical CareJennifer C. Erklauer0Ajay X. Thomas1Sue J. Hong2Brian L. Appavu3Jessica L. Carpenter4Nicolas R. Chiriboga-Salazar5Peter A. Ferrazzano6Zachary Goldstein7Jennifer L. Griffith8Kristin P. Guilliams9Matthew P. Kirschen10Karen Lidsky11Marlina E. Lovett12Brandon McLaughlin13Jennifer C. Munoz Pareja14Sarah Murphy15Wendy O'Donnell16James J. Riviello17Michelle E. Schober18Alexis A. Topjian19Mark S. Wainwright20Dennis W. Simon21Pediatric Neurocritical Care Research Group22Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Texas Children’s Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USADepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Neurology and Developmental Neuroscience, Texas Children’s Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USADepartment of Pediatrics, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USADivision of Neurology, Barrow Neurological Institute at Phoenix Children’s Hospital, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Phoenix, AZ 85004, USADepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Neurology, University of Maryland Children’s Hospital, Baltimore, MD 21201, USADepartment of Pediatrics, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USADepartment of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USADivision of Critical Care, Barrow Neurological Institute at Phoenix Children’s Hospital, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Phoenix, AZ 85004, USADepartment of Neurology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130, USADepartment of Neurology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130, USADepartment of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USADepartment of Pediatric Critical Care, Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Florida Jacksonville and Wolfson Children’s Hospital, Jacksonville, FL 322007, USADepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Critical Care Medicine, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43205, USADepartment of Critical Care Medicine, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15224, USADepartment of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Miami Miller, Miami, FL 33136, USADepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital for Children, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USADepartment of Critical Care Medicine, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15224, USADepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Neurology and Developmental Neuroscience, Texas Children’s Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USADepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Critical Care of the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USADepartment of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USADivision of Neurology, Seattle Children’s Hospital, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98105, USADepartment of Critical Care Medicine and Pediatrics, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15224, USADepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Texas Children’s Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USAPediatric 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.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/7/1086pediatric neurocritical careneurocritical carecommunity of practicemedical education
spellingShingle 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
A Virtual Community of Practice: An International Educational Series in Pediatric Neurocritical Care
Children
pediatric neurocritical care
neurocritical care
community of practice
medical education
title A Virtual Community of Practice: An International Educational Series in Pediatric Neurocritical Care
title_full A Virtual Community of Practice: An International Educational Series in Pediatric Neurocritical Care
title_fullStr A Virtual Community of Practice: An International Educational Series in Pediatric Neurocritical Care
title_full_unstemmed A Virtual Community of Practice: An International Educational Series in Pediatric Neurocritical Care
title_short A Virtual Community of Practice: An International Educational Series in Pediatric Neurocritical Care
title_sort virtual community of practice an international educational series in pediatric neurocritical care
topic pediatric neurocritical care
neurocritical care
community of practice
medical education
url https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/7/1086
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