Clinical pediatrics
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Clinical pediatrics · Jan 2008
Web sites and pediatric residency training programs in the United States.
The purpose of this study was to describe the use of Web sites by pediatric residency programs in the United States, the information provided on those Web sites, and the degree of user-friendliness in navigating the Web sites. Most residency programs (137/197) listed a Web address; 96% (131) of these sites were accessible and were analyzed. Most programs (98/131) provided information for 11 to 20 content items, 11 programs described less than 10 content items, and the remaining 22 programs listed 21 to 42 content items on their Web sites. ⋯ Although 95% and 96% of positions were filled through match in programs with user-friendly Web sites and programs with extremely user-friendly Web sites, respectively, these were not statistically different from the programs with less user-friendly Web sites, where only 88% of positions were filled through the match. The majority of pediatric residency training programs have Web sites. Most of these Web sites were user-friendly and provided a variety of information sought by applicants.
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Clinical pediatrics · Jan 2008
Initiating a hospital-wide pediatric sedation service provided by emergency physicians.
Advanced diagnostic procedures, imaging studies, and therapeutic procedures have combined to substantially increase the need for pediatric sedation. The objective of this study is to describe the initiation of a hospital-wide (nonemergency department) pediatric deep sedation service provided by pediatric emergency physicians. This article describes a consecutive cohort of pediatric patients undergoing deep sedation provided by a new hospital sedation service (excluding the emergency department). ⋯ The risk of adverse events was low. This case series of pediatric deep sedation patients describes the initiation of a hospital-wide pediatric sedation service utilizing pediatric emergency physicians, which has resulted in improved patient care, and improved financial performance of several hospital units. The risk of adverse events is low if proper precautions are taken.