WIP 84 - Standardizing Simulation Curriculum in Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellowships: A National Needs Assessment

Publication Number: WIP 84.7627

Madhuri Prasad, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, United States; Sarah Varghese, Emory University / Childrens Healthcare of Atlanta, AtlantA, GA, United States; Neema Shah, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, United States; Amy RL. Rule, Emory University School of Medicine, Decatur, GA, United States; Mark H. Corden, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States; Megan Coe, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, United States; Hui Huang, Emory University School of Medicine, Alpharetta, GA, United States; Zhulin He, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States

Background: Pediatric Hospital Medicine (PHM) was recognized as a subspecialty in 2016, and by 2017, PHM fellowship programs gained accreditation with formalized curriculum guidelines, updated most recently in 2020. Standardized curricula in PHM could enhance core competency training across programs. Simulation-based medical education (SBME) is a proven, effective instructional modality widely applied across pediatrics for procedural training, communication, and team-based scenarios, and its use has demonstrated improvements in both learner confidence and patient outcomes. Currently, there are no standardized, national simulation curricula utilizing the PHM core competencies for PHM fellows. The development of standardized curricula could be beneficial for fellowship programs nationally to have access to common educational content.

Objective: Identify specific skills, practices, or clinical situations that can be sustainably addressed through targeted simulation education by surveying PHM fellowship programs directors (PDs), recently graduated PHM fellows, and second year PHM fellows.

Design/Methods: We are conducting an IRB-exempt, national survey-based needs assessment with current second and third-year PHM fellows, recently graduated PHM fellows (matriculation years 2019-2024), and current PHM fellowship program directors in the fall and winter of 2024. A variety of survey questions, utilizing 4-point Likert scales (1 = disagree, 4 = agree), matrix questions, multiple choice, and free response answers, are designed with a focus on PHM fellowship core competencies. To determine significant differences between answers by respondents’ current roles, Fisher’s Exact Test will be used for categorical variables. All data cleaning, statistical analyses, and visualizations will be conducted using R, version 4.3.3. Final data analysis will begin January 2025.