Research
The Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine has a long history of conducting meaningful clinical research, publishing more than 20 peer-reviewed publications annually in high impact journals for the past decade. The faculty has expertise in both quantitative and qualitative methodologies across a broad range of content areas, allowing fellows to explore research interests in a myriad of topics. The Division has also been a lead or participating site of numerous multicenter studies, including those conducted in the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN), the Pediatric Emergency Medicine Collaborative Research Committee (PEM-CRC) of the AAP, the International Network for Simulation-based Pediatric Innovation, Research, & Education (INSPIRE), the P2 Network (ultrasound network) and the Pediatric Sedation Research Consortium.
Our fellowship provides trainees with a rigorous research curriculum and mentorship to ensure a foundation in fundamental research skills. Our research faculty works closely with fellows to develop their scholarly interest, focus and project. Research skills are taught during the comprehensive research methods course as well as one on one by scholarly mentors. Fellows are encouraged to become involved in national research networks such as the PEMCRC.
Recently completed fellowship projects include the following:
- Reporting of Unsafe Conditions at an Academic Women and Children's Hospital
- Playground equipment-related extremity fractures in children presenting to US emergency departments, 2006-2016
- Invasive Bacterial Infections in Afebrile Infants Diagnosed With Acute Otitis Media
- Guideline Adherence in Diagnostic Testing and Treatment of Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Children
- Comparison of preadministered and coadministered lidocaine for treating pain and distress associated with intranasal midazolam administration in children: A randomized clinical trial
- Discrete event simulation modelling to evaluate the impact of a quality improvement initiative on patient flow in a paediatric emergency department
- Building an adaptable resident curriculum for acute pediatric sexual abuse evaluations: A qualitative needs assessment
- Frequency of and Factors Associated With Prescription Medication Sharing Within Families
- Urinary Neutrophil Gelatinase-Associated Lipocalin for the Diagnosis of Urinary Tract Infections
- Attitudes towards three ultrasound-guided vascular access techniques in a paediatric emergency department