Traci Wolbrink*, Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Anesthesia, Perioperative and Pain Management, Children’s Hospital Boston and the Department of Anesthesia, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA, Boston, United States Jeffrey Burns, Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Anesthesia, Perioperative and Pain Management, Children’s Hospital Boston and the Department of Anesthesia, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA, Boston, United States Track: Practice Presentation Topic: Web 2.0-based medical education and learning Presentation Type: Oral presentation Submission Type: Single Presentation Building: Mermaid Room: Room 1 - Newgate Date: 2013-09-24 11:30 AM – 01:00 PM Last modified: 2013-09-25

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OPENPediatricsâ„¢: An Innovative Knowledge Sharing Platform for Pediatric Critical Care Medicine.
Traci A. Wolbrink, M.D., M.P.H and Jeffrey P. Burns, M.D., M.P.H.

From the Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Anesthesia, Perioperative and Pain Management, Children’s Hospital Boston and the Department of Anesthesia, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

BACKGROUND:
Social networking and collaboration is changing how business is conducted in many industries, including medicine. Connecting global communities of practice is paramount to keep up with 21st century medical education and practice demands, and experts have suggested that information technology is the key element of medical education reform1. Pediatric critical care medicine is a small community worldwide, and is without an existing platform to collaborate and easily share knowledge and ideas. We describe the development of OPENPediatricsâ„¢, an open-access, peer-reviewed platform for knowledge sharing between multidisciplinary pediatric critical care providers.

METHODS:
A global multidisciplinary needs assessment was conducted through the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies, and informed development of curricular content with local and international experts and the key functional elements of the limited beta release.

RESULTS:
OPENPediatricsâ„¢ was developed over 24 months in collaboration with IBM. Respiratory care, specifically mechanical ventilation, and protocols, case-based simulation and video were the requested primary topics and means for learning. An innovative social networking feature allowing users to ask questions and leave comments at specific point in an educational video was developed. An international beta release commenced on September 13, 2012 with World Sepsis Day. We currently have 69 hospitals in 42 countries with 420 registered users sharing knowledge on OPENPediatricsâ„¢.

CONCLUSION:
Although still early in the beta release, we have created a web-based educational platform that highlights social networking as a key feature to share knowledge and connect the global community of practice in pediatric critical care medicine. The capability to ask questions and comment at any point in the educational videos allows providers to share experiences, knowledge, and current practices in an easy to use social networking feature, connecting this global community of practice in a novel way. Current challenges include involvement of busy clinicians and adaptation of an unfamiliar technology. Further involvement of additional beta users and platform enhancements based on user feedback will be crucial to the successful development of OPENPediatricsâ„¢.


References:
1Frenk J, Chen L, Bhutta ZA, et al. Health professionals for a new century: transforming education to strengthen health systems in an interdependent world. The Lancet. 2010;376:1023-1058.