CURRICULUM TASK FORCE
Toolshed of Curricula
Competencies
1. Pedialink
and eQIPP: Self and practice assessment tools. The quality improvement
program (eQIPP) has various diseases to review (ADHD, ASTHMA). This costs the
program to register. Pedialink is a CME tracker/self assesser. Good habits for
residents to get into! Gets at PBLandI and Systems based Practice, as well as
professionalism. www.pedialink.org
RATED: 4/5
on ease of use (costs and slightly hard to get registered), 5/5 on quality
2. Tuft’s
Health Care Institute’s Online Learning Campus: This
organization is dedicated to teaching the concepts of practice based
learning and improvement and systems based practice to health care
practitioners. Offers modules and Applied Learning Exercises (AppLEs).
Predominantly adult cases, though. http://thci.org
RATED: 4/5 on ease of use, 5/5 on quality (1 reviewer)
Critical Care
1. Critical Care Site: This contains educational modules and
web based quizzes. “Very helpful and easy to use”. Gives print-outs
to residents on what they have completed, therefore residents can be self-directed
in their learning with good documentation! www.sccm.org
RATED: 5/5 on ease of implementation, 5/5 on quality
(2 reviewers)
General
Pediatrics
1. APA Guidelines: Ready to use
curriculum builder! Can create documents that are specific to your program.
(Pointer…RRC requires goals
and objectives to be level of training specific…PDs must add)
On-line and extremely helpful. “First reference a new program
director should browse”. http://www.ambpeds.org/egweb/
RATED: 5/5 on ease of use/implementation, 5/5 on quality
(5 reviewers)
NOTE:
APA GUIDELINES TEAM REPORTS THAT IN MAY 2005 THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL TOOLS
ON THIS SITE FOR ROTATION PLANNING, FOR PROGRAM PLANNING, AND ALSO TUTORIALS
THAT PROGRAM DIRECTORS CAN USE FOR FACULTY DEVELOPMENT.
2. Bright Futures: Two sites available: www.brightfutures.org (Georgetown)
and www.brightfutures.aap.org (AAP).
Bright futures is a philosophy, a vision and a set of expert guidelines
for giving a practical developmental
approach to providing health supervision to children. Can be utilized
in
continuity clinic.
RATED: 4.5/5 on ease of implementation, 5/5 on quality
(2 reviewers)
3. Pediacases: Cases
on growth development and adolescent issues for teachers.
www.pediacases.org
4. Pediatrics
in Practice: This is a site that has modules to teach
the “core concepts” of Bright Futures. The core concepts
coincide nicely with the competencies. They are Communication,
Partnership, Education, Advocacy, Time Management and Health
Promotion. www.pediatricsinpractice.org
RATED: 5/5 on ease of implementation, 5/5 on quality
(2 reviewers)
Genetics
1. Genetic Clinics (NIH): Can search by disease and/or
locus. Can’t search under clinical signs and symptoms, but they do
have a wide range of info on individual disease. www.geneclinics.org
RATED: 5/5 on ease of use, 5/5 on quality (2 reviewers)
2. Online Mendelian Inheritance
in Man: A site with information on genetic diseases, as
well as a search function for clinical signs and symptoms. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?b=OMIM
RATED: 5/5 on ease of use, 5/5 on quality (2 reviewers)
Neonatology
1. Neonatology on the Web: A general site with a variety of information
including a set of teaching files that are indexed to specific topics.
www.neonatology.org
RATED: 5/5 on ease of use/implementation, 5/5 on quality (1 reviewer)
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