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Training fellows and residents in paediatric cardiac critical care

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 February 2017

Sarah Tabbutt*
Affiliation:
Benioff Children’s Hospital, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
Nancy Ghanayem
Affiliation:
Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America
Melvin C. Almodovar
Affiliation:
Johns Hopkins All Children’s Heart Institute, Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital, Saint Petersburg, Florida, United States of America
John Charpie
Affiliation:
CS Mott Children’s Hospital, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
Stephen J. Roth
Affiliation:
Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, Stanford University, Paolo Alto, California, United States of America
James Fortenberry
Affiliation:
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Ron Bronicki
Affiliation:
Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas, United States of America
*
Correspondence to: S. Tabbutt, Benioff Children’s Hospital, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America. Tel: 415-476-5153; Fax 415-502-4186; E-mail: Sarah.Tabbutt@ucsf.edu

Abstract

As pediatric cardiac critical care becomes more sub-specialized it is reasonable to assume that dedicated units may provide a better infrastructure for improved multidisciplinary care, cardiac-specific patient safety initiatives, and dedicated training of fellows and residents. The knowledge base required to optimally manage pediatric patients with critical cardiac disease has evolved sufficiently to consider a standardized training curriculum and board certification for pediatric cardiac critical care. This strategy would potentially provide consistency of training and healthcare and improve quality of care and patient safety.

Type
Original Articles
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 2017 

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