Abstract
Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has prompted pediatric residency programs to adjust the delivery of educational curricula and to update content relevant to the pandemic.Objective: In this descriptive paper, we present how we rapidly developed and implemented a COVID-19 pandemic elective for pediatric residents.Methods: This curriculum was established at a single tertiary care children’s hospital in June 2020. We used the ADDIE (analysis, design, development, implementation, evaluation) framework to develop a two-week elective (30 hours) consisting of six flexibly scheduled modules. We administered post-elective surveys and exit interviews to solicit feedback to improve the elective and obtain effectiveness of our educational interventions.Results: We developed an asynchronous online COVID-19 Elective for Pediatric Residents. The curriculum modules focus on pathophysiology of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the disaster management ecosystem, simulation of clinical care, mental health ramifications, and public health consequences. We also include six in-situ experiences (visits to a drive-through COVID-19 testing site, testing laboratory and local public health department, a simulation of a critically ill child, and meetings with emergency managers and social workers) to solidify learning and allow for further reflection.To date, eight participants have taken the elective. All participants strongly agreed on a five-point Likert item survey that the elective enhanced their knowledge in current evidence-based literature for COVID-19, disaster preparedness, hospital response, management of the critically ill child, and mental and public health ramifications. All participants agreed this curriculum was relevant to and will change their practice.Conclusions: We demonstrate how a COVID-19 elective for pediatric residents could be quickly developed and implemented. The pilot results show that pediatric trainees value asynchronous learning, supplemented by relevant in-situ experiences. Moreover, these results suggest that this curriculum provides needed disaster response and resiliency education for pediatric residents.
Highlights
Medical education must adapt and restructure in response to disasters [1,2]
The pilot results show that pediatric trainees value asynchronous learning, supplemented by relevant in-situ experiences
These results suggest that this curriculum provides needed disaster response and resiliency education for pediatric residents
Summary
Medical education must adapt and restructure in response to disasters [1,2]. Pediatricians are infrequently frontline providers for such events and rarely receive training in disaster response and resiliency [3]. The concept of disaster preparedness, in the setting of general public concern as well as the current COVID19 pandemic, is not directly addressed This suggests that disaster training was not previously a priority for pediatricians and that there may be a lack of relevant education in pediatric residency programs. Https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0957583904001150 OBJECTIVE 2: NATIONAL AND LOCAL TESTING LIMITATIONS 1 Listen to this 22-minute podcast on “How to Track an Epidemic”: https://sph.umich.edu/podcast/season2/disease-detectives.html OBJECTIVE 3: CLOSING AND REOPENING THE STATE AND COUNTRY The ramifications of “closing” and “reopening” the state and nation blends the health and economic costs of our society. Tough decisions to declare stay at home/shelter in place orders and the closures of schools and businesses and public places are weighed against healthcare resources/ the Public’s health. The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has prompted pediatric residency programs to adjust the delivery of educational curricula and to update content relevant to the pandemic
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