Eric Weinberg

Publications (2)4.4 Total impact

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  Available from: Marc Auerbach

  Article: The use of simulation for pediatric training and assessment.

  Eric R Weinberg, Marc A Auerbach, Nikhil B Shah
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  ABSTRACT: Simulation has been widely adopted as a training and assessment tool in medical education. Conventional teaching methods may be inadequate to properly train healthcare providers for rare but potentially lethal events in pediatrics such as trauma and respiratory arrest. Recent studies suggest pediatric acute care providers have limited exposure to critically ill patients and also lack the skills to manage them. Simulation has the potential to fill this educational void. This review will highlight the role of simulation as an educational and assessment tool, with a particular emphasis on retention of knowledge and skills. Simulation is currently used as an assessment tool to provide ongoing feedback during training (formative assessment) and is gaining popularity as an adjunctive method for demonstrating competency (summative assessment). Recent literature demonstrates increased retention of knowledge and skills after simulation-based training in the areas of resuscitation, trauma, airway management, procedural training, team training, and disaster management. Simulation is an effective training tool for pediatric acute care providers. Further research is necessary to develop validated performance assessment tools and demonstrate improvement in clinical outcomes after simulation training.
  Current opinion in pediatrics 05/2009; 21(3):282-7. · 2.01 Impact Factor
• Article: Pediatric emergency department assessment of psychological trauma and posttraumatic stress.

  Eyal Shemesh, Reza Keshavarz, Nina K Leichtling, Eric Weinberg, Ali Mousavi, Karin Sadow, Jeffrey H Newcorn, James Schmeidler, Rachel Yehuda
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  ABSTRACT: This study aimed to describe the kinds of stressors and the extent of symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) that were reported by children and their parents in a pediatric emergency department and to examine the response rate to an emotional trauma questionnaire in this setting. Three self-report questionnaires were given to patients aged eight to 21 years and to their primary caretakers: a brief assessment of service use, the Posttraumatic Stress Reaction Index (PTSRI), and the Impact of Event Scale (IES). Sixty-four of 81 families who were approached agreed to participate (consent rate of 79 percent), and 62 completed the questionnaires. Fifty-six patients reported at least one event that met DSM-IV-TR criteria for emotional trauma. The average number of reported events per child was 3.14 (range, 0 to 7). Eighteen patients met threshold criteria for severity of PTSD symptoms. Twenty-five patients reported that the most distressing traumatic event that they experienced was related to a medical illness. Patients with PTSD reported exposure to more adverse life events than patients without PTSD. IES scores reported by caretakers who identified the same event as their child as the most stressful were as high as those of caretakers who reported a different event as the most stressful. Exposures to emotionally traumatic events and PTSD symptoms are commonly reported in the pediatric emergency department. Asking children and their parents about their history of emotional trauma when they visit the emergency department is possible and can be well received.
  Psychiatric Services 10/2003; 54(9):1277-81. · 2.38 Impact Factor