Central Lines in Children

Authors

Rishi Agrawal, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Neha H. Shah, George Washington UniversityFollow

Document Type

Instructional Material

Publication Date

10-27-2015

Description

Children with special health care needs are increasingly prevalent in US hospitals. The pediatric hospitalist is often the primary provider of inpatient care for these patients. However, exposure to this patient population during training varies from provider to provider. No published educational curricula are specific to the inpatient care of this population.

This publication is a self-directed education module on central lines in children, including indications for placement, types of lines available, and prevention and treatment of complications. The module includes a PowerPoint slide show, instructor guide, and questions for assessment.

The purpose of this project is to build a multimodal educational curriculum for providers with the overall goal of improving inpatient care for this at-risk population. This curriculum is primarily composed of a series of topic-specific multimedia learning modules. Asynchronous learning modules, utilized appropriately, can augment learning by providing individualized instruction and mastery of fundamentals.

This module has been piloted among pediatric hospitalists in two institutions with effectiveness measured by pre- and posttest surveys. Please see the file attachment entitled CCC Central Lines Module Pilot Data.pdf.

AAMC MedEdPORTAL publication ID 10246. Link to original

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

DOI

10.15766/mep_2374-8265.10246

Recommended Citation

Agrawal R, Shah N. Central lines in children. MedEdPORTAL Publications. 2015;11:10246. http://doi.org/10.15766/mep_2374-8265.10246