Alternative care sites and resident exposure in pediatric emergency medicine: Who, what, and where.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Emergency medicine (EM) physicians and pediatricians who provide acute pediatric care depend on clinical exposure during residency to learn pediatric EM. Increasing volumes of pediatric patients, especially with behavioral health complaints, have stressed pediatric emergency departments (ED) and prompted clinical operations innovations including alternative care sites outside the main ED. We investigated the impact of these recent trends and resulting alternative care sites on the exposure of residents to core pediatric conditions.

Methods

This retrospective study reviewed patient encounters between July 1, 2018, and December 31, 2022, at a pediatric ED that hosts one pediatric and three EM residencies. During the study, the hospital employed alternative care site

SUBMITTER: Miller KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10436031 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature