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Pediatric Continuity Care Intensivist

NCT02146573 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 276

Last updated 2020-09-16

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study will implement and evaluate the effects of a pediatric continuity care intensivist program. This study will determine the impact of an additional pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) intensivist on outcomes at the patient and family level. It will also evaluate the training program to prepare the continuity care intensivist (CCI).

Conditions

  • Critical Illness

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Continuity Care Intensivist Communication Training

Physicians enrolled in the intervention arm will complete a two to three part communication training. Survey measures of communication competency and burnout will be administered at baseline, after training, and at the end of the study. After the communication training, physicians will undergo an OSCE assessment with a simulated patient to evaluate communication skills. At the end of the study, CCI providers will receive surveys that assess the experience and challenges of the role, repeat surveys assessing competency with communication and frequency of engaging families in goals of care conversations, in addition to a follow-up focus group that will assess their experience with the intervention, the time required and the potential tradeoffs in other duties required by them to participate as a CCI.

BEHAVIORAL

Continuity Care Intensivist (CCI) Provider Program

After undergoing CCI training, CCI providers will fulfill a standardized role with parent-patient dyads: * CCI will meet with families on a regular basis and at change of physician of record throughout their entire PICU hospitalization. * Help patients/families navigate decisions in concert with preferences and beliefs * Help patients/families and other care providers look at "bigger picture"; trajectory of illness, goals, and hopes for the patient. * Serve as point person for active intensivists on service and other specialists * Help resolve conflict when multiple providers have different opinions on course of action

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Jennifer K Walter, MD, PhD, MS · Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-05-31
Primary Completion
2017-12-31
Completion
2018-12-31

Countries

  • United States

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